Rob Larson
@ironicprofessor.bsky.social
Economics professor | author Mastering the Universe, Bit Tyrants and Capitalism vs Freedom | house economist Current Affairs | AFT local 2196 | steal from the rich and drink to the poor
Come on now kids, being pressed flat between student loans, $200 grocery bills and the landlord cartel is no excuse for disappointing Wall Street
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Come on now kids, being pressed flat between student loans, $200 grocery bills and the landlord cartel is no excuse for disappointing Wall Street
In the twisted future we are creating these editorial writers will be thought of in the same category as Nazi newspaper editors
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In the twisted future we are creating these editorial writers will be thought of in the same category as Nazi newspaper editors
Happy weekend to those who celebrate
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Happy weekend to those who celebrate
A rich man with a beautiful dream of putting students in windowless cubes
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A rich man with a beautiful dream of putting students in windowless cubes
The country’s biggest newspaper is very proud to run this editorial every thanksgiving for 64 years, which calls a continent with tens of millions of people a “wilderness”
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The country’s biggest newspaper is very proud to run this editorial every thanksgiving for 64 years, which calls a continent with tens of millions of people a “wilderness”
To celebrate the brutality of capitalist Monday, I’m in the socialist economics magazine Dollars & Sense today taking apart the credit rating oligopolycule
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
To celebrate the brutality of capitalist Monday, I’m in the socialist economics magazine Dollars & Sense today taking apart the credit rating oligopolycule
Happy Friday to those who celebrate
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Happy Friday to those who celebrate
Wow what a bummer for all of us
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Wow what a bummer for all of us
Good morning, the nation’s biggest newspaper has an editorial praising Spanish fascism, would you like some coffee babe
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Good morning, the nation’s biggest newspaper has an editorial praising Spanish fascism, would you like some coffee babe
Reposted by Rob Larson
More than 200 people have canceled their New York Times subscriptions for us.
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So far we have successfully cost the NYT $60,000 in annual subscription revenue over Bret Stephens' horrible column. A drop in the bucket for them, but it's important to exact a price for pushing war propaganda.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
More than 200 people have canceled their New York Times subscriptions for us.
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A man whose decades-long media career has put his finger on the pulse of public opinion
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A man whose decades-long media career has put his finger on the pulse of public opinion
A student wants an extension on his term paper to get a tattoo. Should I let him? Y/N
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A student wants an extension on his term paper to get a tattoo. Should I let him? Y/N
Wrote for @truthout.org about the trade war, where the huge rates and constant swerves are alienating US allies and driving rivals into each others’ arms. Trump is the mortar in the BRICS
The recent US-China trade truce may hold, but Trump’s constant policy swerves make industrial peace unlikely.
Trump’s Reckless Tariff Flailing Is a Destructive Turn by a Declining Power
The recent US-China trade truce may hold, but Trump’s constant policy swerves make industrial peace unlikely.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wrote for @truthout.org about the trade war, where the huge rates and constant swerves are alienating US allies and driving rivals into each others’ arms. Trump is the mortar in the BRICS
Happy Friday to those who celebrate
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Happy Friday to those who celebrate
Oh wow, forget I ever complained then
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Oh wow, forget I ever complained then
Happy weekend to those who celebrate
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Happy weekend to those who celebrate
Captured, with the clever military tactic of getting a million votes
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Captured, with the clever military tactic of getting a million votes
The liberal dream: Charisma and policies that won’t change anything or help anyone
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The liberal dream: Charisma and policies that won’t change anything or help anyone
ICYMI, I wrote a new review of the dreadful libertarian children’s book series The Tuttle Twins for @currentaffairs.bsky.social. Reading these is a real chore but @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social blackmailed me by threatening to reveal my theanine addiction
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
ICYMI, I wrote a new review of the dreadful libertarian children’s book series The Tuttle Twins for @currentaffairs.bsky.social. Reading these is a real chore but @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social blackmailed me by threatening to reveal my theanine addiction
Another victory for the forces of socialism
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Another victory for the forces of socialism
But his legacy lives on
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
But his legacy lives on
Oh no not my summer at the Hamptons, a real thing to which I travel in my real platinum rocket car
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Oh no not my summer at the Hamptons, a real thing to which I travel in my real platinum rocket car
Got to hand it to Microsoft, not many companies can say they supported back-to-back genocides
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Got to hand it to Microsoft, not many companies can say they supported back-to-back genocides
Must be a misprint, I was told the Left are the real antisemites because we’re against ethnic cleansing
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Must be a misprint, I was told the Left are the real antisemites because we’re against ethnic cleansing