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Prof. Caroline Fohlin

@caroline-fohlin.bsky.social

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I study Economic History & Finance, esp US + Germany in the 20th century. Google Scholar: https://t.co/RdOYnDBiW5 Views are my own. Photo: Bergen, Norway

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Caroline Fohlin is an economics professor at Emory University who specializes in corporate finance, venture capital, economic history, and financial market structures.

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 1d

That story seems preposterous on its face.

Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 1d

This is fun #history and also #econsky!
And I only just realized where the term "fashion plate" comes from. 😁

Simone @monalunasimone.bsky.social · 1d

Journal des Luxus und der Moden, 1792-1793. Fashion plate showing late 18th century female and male fashions. One woman in a white gown, another in a redingote, and a man wearing a jacket and waistcoat with trousers. Collection @rijksmuseum.bsky.social #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thcentury

Detail of fashion plate. Full description in next picture.

Description from the Rijksmuseum (with additions by me): Man in a stippled brown coat, unbuttoned, showing a white waistcoat with blue embroidery underneath, and wearing stippled beige trousers and brown boots. Accessories: breloque, gloves, hat and walking stick in hand. Two women stand beside him. Woman on the left: white gown with green and yellow floral motif (looks like printed cotton). A polka-dotted black fichu around the neck. On her head: a pink hat decorated with green ribbon and sheer veil covering half the face. In her hand: a walking stick that can also be used as a parasol. Woman on the right: red and yellow striped redingote on a pointed green bodice with red laces and white skirt, white fichu tucked into the neckline of the bodice. Wearing a black stippled yellow hat decorated with purple ribbon. Print from the fashion magazine "Journal des Luxus und der Moden," published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Georg Melchior Kraus, Weimar, 1786-1826.

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Simone @monalunasimone.bsky.social · 1d

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 1d

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Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 2d

Thanking our brave troops on behalf of a grateful Europe at NATO’s base in Latvia with Prime Minister Evika Siliņa.

Peace through strength.

Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 1d

What's the currency bar?

Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 1d

#releasethefiles
#epsteinfiles

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Susan Eisenberg @susaneisenberg1.bsky.social · 2d

Release the Epstein Files

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 1d

That's good news. The fact that we are all holding our collective breath awaiting such news is depressing and (insert a range of negative emotions).

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Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 2d

Thanking our brave troops on behalf of a grateful Europe at NATO’s base in Latvia with Prime Minister Evika Siliņa.

Peace through strength.

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Susan Eisenberg @susaneisenberg1.bsky.social · 2d

Release the Epstein Files

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 2d

Black families tend to have strong preferences against nursing homes, usually driven by concerns of inadequate care. Seeing that Black nursing home patients have significantly worse outcomes, and that they are driven by *within-nursing home* differences in care, confirms this suspicion.

NBER @nber.org · 2d

Nursing home value-added for black patients is 30 percent lower than for white patients, with most of the gap reflecting differences within, rather than across, nursing homes, from Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, and James C. Okun www.nber.org/papers/w34324

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 2d

Follow the 💰💸!
#Graft
#insidertrading

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 2d

Advice to journalists: find out who made money trading on this deal happening.

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 2d

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 2d

Great idea! ☮️👨🏼‍🍳

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 2d

I *really* hope tomorrow is José Andrés' Nobel Peace Prize day.

Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 2d

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

You can’t get into Heaven if you go around arresting innocent people and pardoning guilty ones.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

You can’t get into Heaven if you go around arresting innocent people and pardoning guilty ones.

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 2d

What shutdown? Treasury Secy Scott Bessent says (on X) Treasury bought Argentine pesos today -- and finalized a $20 billion swap line with Argentina's central bank. Wonder if the Fed had to sign off on the swaps. x.com/SecScottBess...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on X: "The @USTreasury has concluded 4 days of intensive meetings with Minister @LuisCaputoAR and his team in DC. We discussed Argentina’s strong economic fundamentals, including structural changes already underway that will generate significant dollar-denominated exports and foreign" / X

The @USTreasury has concluded 4 days of intensive meetings with Minister @LuisCaputoAR and his team in DC. We discussed Argentina’s strong economic fundamentals, including structural changes already underway that will generate significant dollar-denominated exports and foreign

x.com

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 2d

Advice to journalists: find out who made money trading on this deal happening.

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 2d

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 2d

Please add circumcision to the list of things that DO NOT cause autism. That list also includes Vaccines and Tylenol use in pregnancy.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 2d

I *really* hope tomorrow is José Andrés' Nobel Peace Prize day.

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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · 2d

Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.

Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records by Joshua Clark Davis

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 3d

Time to get the 💉!
#vaccineswork

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3d

Oh look, vaccines work.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3d

Oh look, vaccines work.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 5d

#VOTE 🇺🇸

Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 5d

This Election Day may seem unimportant because there are no “big” offices on the ballot but many states hold their nonpartisan municipal elections in off years. Races for city council, school boards, county judgeships are VITALLY important to the day to day functions of your community! Participate!

Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 5d

Woah! 🤒

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

If ACA healthcare subsidies are not extended, a 60-year-old earning $65k in Key West, Fla. could see premiums go from $460 a month with the subsidies to $2,400 a month without.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Maps show how expected increases in monthly premiums vary by age and geography.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

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Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 5d

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6d

Thank you Dr. Houry for calling a spade a spade. RFK Jr. is leading a hostile takeover of the CDC. ~80% of experienced leaders gone, science sidelined. The health of all Americans is on the line. #FireRFKJ #SaveTheCDC
@drdebhoury.bsky.social

Full interview:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...