Ethan Ellis
@ethanjellis.bsky.social
He/Him | UMN Public Affairs PhD Candidate | Labor Economicsy Things | Carleton ‘19 | Formerly FDIC and PC🇺🇦 | All views expressed are my own
Minneapolis stands (in the cold) with our Somali neighbors
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Minneapolis stands (in the cold) with our Somali neighbors
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We spent 100% more time being told Democrats shouldn't say "oligarchy" than having anyone in the National Conversation tell these people not to call human beings "vermin" or "illegals"
Comer incorrectly refers to Minnesota's Somali community as "illegals"
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We spent 100% more time being told Democrats shouldn't say "oligarchy" than having anyone in the National Conversation tell these people not to call human beings "vermin" or "illegals"
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The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
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As I posted earlier, this campaign is similar to panic about "boys in girls' sports" and, as commenters pointed out, "welfare queens"—and refugees! And DEI! Conservatives try to use outlier scenarios to stoke resentment and suspicion about any system that extends benefits to marginalized people.
One of the biggest impacts I’ve seen from the unproven idea that people are wrongfully using disability accommodations is that people stop trusting people with disabilities and in fact further restrict, remove, and demonize accommodations for people with disabilities in general
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As I posted earlier, this campaign is similar to panic about "boys in girls' sports" and, as commenters pointed out, "welfare queens"—and refugees! And DEI! Conservatives try to use outlier scenarios to stoke resentment and suspicion about any system that extends benefits to marginalized people.
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to reiterate a point from the column trump’s pardons of fraudsters and corrupt politicians should be understood as an expression of his belief that corruption should not be a crime
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
to reiterate a point from the column trump’s pardons of fraudsters and corrupt politicians should be understood as an expression of his belief that corruption should not be a crime
So it turns out Radiohead is going to be in Copenhagen when I’m there. Ticket already bought.
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
So it turns out Radiohead is going to be in Copenhagen when I’m there. Ticket already bought.
Hell yeah Jack White
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hell yeah Jack White
Last year it took me until early December to get into the 2024 @liquidmikeband.bsky.social album. This year it took me until late November to get into the 2025 Liquid Mike album. Progress! This music is so well-suited to Upper Midwest winter and the associated dive bars and beer blankets.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Last year it took me until early December to get into the 2024 @liquidmikeband.bsky.social album. This year it took me until late November to get into the 2025 Liquid Mike album. Progress! This music is so well-suited to Upper Midwest winter and the associated dive bars and beer blankets.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hey Senate Republicans, what if you had a little bit of empathy for people who don't live in your home state who are affected by the gross overreach of DHS?
Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hey Senate Republicans, what if you had a little bit of empathy for people who don't live in your home state who are affected by the gross overreach of DHS?
Does anyone have a synthetic DiD paper they particularly like (either a methods paper or an applied paper)? Asking both for my teaching and my research 😅
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Does anyone have a synthetic DiD paper they particularly like (either a methods paper or an applied paper)? Asking both for my teaching and my research 😅
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A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
A New Jersey man convicted of defrauding investors of roughly a quarter-billion dollars is among a growing number of people granted clemency only to to be charged with new crimes.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.
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The timing of this paper is perfect.
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The timing of this paper is perfect.
This is pretty corny, but #appam2025 made me feel hopeful for the first time in a while
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is pretty corny, but #appam2025 made me feel hopeful for the first time in a while
Good evening to be in Seattle!
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Good evening to be in Seattle!
Folks going to APPAM, I'll be presenting/discussing 3 times! Would love to get feedback and talk shop with folks. Here's where you'll be able to find me:
-Thursday 1:45-3:15pm, presenting The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Racial Wage and Employment Gaps (V preliminary, would love a couauthor)
-Thursday 1:45-3:15pm, presenting The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Racial Wage and Employment Gaps (V preliminary, would love a couauthor)
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Folks going to APPAM, I'll be presenting/discussing 3 times! Would love to get feedback and talk shop with folks. Here's where you'll be able to find me:
-Thursday 1:45-3:15pm, presenting The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Racial Wage and Employment Gaps (V preliminary, would love a couauthor)
-Thursday 1:45-3:15pm, presenting The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Racial Wage and Employment Gaps (V preliminary, would love a couauthor)
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Paperwork burden, stigma and stress are common for SNAP and increase food insecurity. Many (most) recipients are children, disabled or older, while many already work, if they can. Not letting people go hungry should be a fundamental function of government.
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Paperwork burden, stigma and stress are common for SNAP and increase food insecurity. Many (most) recipients are children, disabled or older, while many already work, if they can. Not letting people go hungry should be a fundamental function of government.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
So proud of Alan for this work — I often bring this up to non-academics as clear proof of the existence of gender-based discrimination and need for DEI
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So proud of Alan for this work — I often bring this up to non-academics as clear proof of the existence of gender-based discrimination and need for DEI
It's great to root for a functional baseball franchise like the White Sox
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's great to root for a functional baseball franchise like the White Sox
Anyone have any papers they like on how capital constraints contribute to racial educational attainment gaps?
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Anyone have any papers they like on how capital constraints contribute to racial educational attainment gaps?
Reminding myself to avoid doing double threshold workouts on lecture days. Legs were sore and brain lacked the oxygen to coherently answer hyper-specific model specification questions about 2xT diff-in-diff.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Reminding myself to avoid doing double threshold workouts on lecture days. Legs were sore and brain lacked the oxygen to coherently answer hyper-specific model specification questions about 2xT diff-in-diff.
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BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
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How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Pop off Minnesota distance running: Joel Reichow top American male, Annie Frisbie 2nd American female at NYC
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Pop off Minnesota distance running: Joel Reichow top American male, Annie Frisbie 2nd American female at NYC