We tell ourselves economic stories in order to liveFurther thoughts on Milwaukee and the RNCJul 11, 202212Jul 11, 202212
The Mangle of Federalism[These are some loose comments for a roundtable on “What have the COVID-19 crises taught us about federalism and multilevel governance…Jan 13, 20221Jan 13, 20221
The Eviction Crisis and the Many Hands of the StateWithin 48 hours of my last post on the phasing out of pandemic relief programs, the Supreme Court issued a 6–3 ruling striking down the…Aug 28, 20216Aug 28, 20216
Published in3StreamsThe Waning of Pandemic TimeA welfare state has to be built on something sturdier than pandemic timeAug 24, 202161Aug 24, 202161
Published in3StreamsA New Pandemic Federalism?[Note to the reader: this post is appearing after a few months ‘hiatus’, by which I mean following and writing about the politics of…Jan 21, 202112Jan 21, 202112
Life and Death in the Fiscal ViseNote: I’m writing again after a few months of research on the politics of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US. Such work is an enterprise…Jul 10, 20203Jul 10, 20203
federalism.pdfThe document was eighteen pages long, bearing all of the hallmarks of management consultancy: clean sans-serif fonts, wide margins, and…Apr 17, 202021Apr 17, 202021
Laboratories of What?American Federalism and the Politics of Democratic SubversionApr 7, 2020111Apr 7, 2020111