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Ben Schneider
@benmschneider.bsky.social
Research on work, job quality, and technology. Economic history PhD from Oxford. 🗽 in 🇳🇴
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“I got rich by being one of the worst people on earth, but somehow not breaking any laws.”
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
People will just say anything these days cc @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
In 🇳🇴, platform information screens show you when the train will arrive. This is socialism.

In 🇺🇸, platform information screens sell you stuff. This is capitalism, obviously superior.
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reading successful funding applications
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Sources for the above

Winemaking: www.bls.gov/spotlight/20...

Coal Mining: researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outp...
September 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
September 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
September 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
September 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Call for Papers:

4th Norwegian 🇳🇴 Winter Games ❄️ in Economic History

📍 NTNU Trondheim
📅 29 January 2026

📄 CfP Deadline: 19 October

Vi forventer noen berømte gjester fra Byåsen IL 👀

#econhist #EconSky #skystorians
September 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
What’s that, Ursula? I wouldn’t know the US commitments because they go to another school? Oh ok
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Project 2025 said that the executive branch should eliminate unions in DHS, Congress should “consider” prohibiting all public sector unions, and perhaps most gallingly, wants to replace unions with “non-union worker representation” which by design has no bargaining power.
August 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Lucy-and-Charlie-Brown-with-football dot gif
July 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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June 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Can’t believe we are still doing this dance.

Trump will never by choice send an American service member or piece of equipment to any ally unless he sees that doing so is in his personal interest. That is his “commitment” to NATO and any other alliance.
June 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Just a normal football match here
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Moments in the history of technology:

Skepticism about the automation of elevator operation
June 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Standards are really slipping at predatory journals
June 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I can only speak to the costs here, but while effective tax rates are higher (c. 30% at median income), the maximum OOP for the public health system is about $250/year and childcare is about $2000/year. And this is free:
May 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The technology we are getting:

Frequently wrong text generation websites

The technology we need:

Lilacs that stay in bloom all summer 🪻
May 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
May 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Even from the public broadcaster, Australian election coverage is brutal

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
May 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
May 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Elite-tier gerrymandering from our Canadian friends 🇨🇦

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Ca...
April 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM