Pepper Culpepper
@pculpepper.bsky.social
Professor of Government and Public Policy, University of Oxford; Co-author of Billionaire Backlash; prone to Sisyphean cycling follies
I’ve got a book recommendation for you guys (out January 29 in UK, March 17 in US)
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve got a book recommendation for you guys (out January 29 in UK, March 17 in US)
💯 Have I got the book for you @karaswisher.bsky.social . Coming out 29 January.
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
💯 Have I got the book for you @karaswisher.bsky.social . Coming out 29 January.
For the second day running, FT investigative journalism does its job of speaking truth to power. Today looks at how well Trump donors have been doing post-donation.
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
For the second day running, FT investigative journalism does its job of speaking truth to power. Today looks at how well Trump donors have been doing post-donation.
Interesting that other peaks of usage of the word are at times of great division in the US: pre-civil war, gilded age, and red scare. But how many of these are down to @mcopelov.bsky.social 😉.
October 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Interesting that other peaks of usage of the word are at times of great division in the US: pre-civil war, gilded age, and red scare. But how many of these are down to @mcopelov.bsky.social 😉.
There’s a nice article on this by @erikbleich.bsky.social @amauritsvdv.bsky.social et al in Political Studies.
September 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There’s a nice article on this by @erikbleich.bsky.social @amauritsvdv.bsky.social et al in Political Studies.
Great to see the Blavatnik School’s new neighbour, the Schwarzmann Centre for the Humanities, just about ready for the new academic year. Welcome!
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Great to see the Blavatnik School’s new neighbour, the Schwarzmann Centre for the Humanities, just about ready for the new academic year. Welcome!
It appears AGI is delivering everything its boosters promised.
May 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It appears AGI is delivering everything its boosters promised.
Protection from the birds.
April 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Protection from the birds.
Wait, haven't I seen this somewhere recently from real voters in actual elections?
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wait, haven't I seen this somewhere recently from real voters in actual elections?
We think some of the ones at this lecture may have made a mistake.
April 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We think some of the ones at this lecture may have made a mistake.
Trump is starting to lose his 2024 voters on economic policy. That is not true of immigration policies. Another incisive take by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on what puts the US administration in future electoral peril.
April 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Trump is starting to lose his 2024 voters on economic policy. That is not true of immigration policies. Another incisive take by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on what puts the US administration in future electoral peril.
Posting a picture of a relevant research thread because I’m too dumb to link to the thread directly.
March 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Posting a picture of a relevant research thread because I’m too dumb to link to the thread directly.
Oren Cass in today’s FT has a conclusion for the ages as to where we need to look to understand the depravity of modern American ‘fiscal conservatives.’
March 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Oren Cass in today’s FT has a conclusion for the ages as to where we need to look to understand the depravity of modern American ‘fiscal conservatives.’
The US state may no longer be submerged. Has the Trump administration discovered the way to make Americans appreciate public spending?
January 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The US state may no longer be submerged. Has the Trump administration discovered the way to make Americans appreciate public spending?
White Fang on the Oxford tundra.
January 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
White Fang on the Oxford tundra.
I’m afraid legacy media now giving space to billionaire conspiracy theorists.
January 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’m afraid legacy media now giving space to billionaire conspiracy theorists.
Farmers v Starmer out in force on the streets of Oxford today.
January 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Farmers v Starmer out in force on the streets of Oxford today.
Bailout confirms your point, but also weakness of UK state vis-a-vis companies that make most of their revenue elsewhere, eg HSBC then and tech giants now. I wrote a 2014 article about this.
January 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Bailout confirms your point, but also weakness of UK state vis-a-vis companies that make most of their revenue elsewhere, eg HSBC then and tech giants now. I wrote a 2014 article about this.
Had a good interview with Amina Niasse from Reuters on the anger behind the United Healthcare shooting.
December 13, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Had a good interview with Amina Niasse from Reuters on the anger behind the United Healthcare shooting.
What could possibly go wrong?
December 10, 2024 at 8:13 AM
What could possibly go wrong?
Margrethe Vestager recognized by the FT as one of the world’s 25 most influential women for her work countering the domination of tech platforms in the economy. The @blavatnikschool.bsky.social is delighted that Margrethe Vestager will be joining us next year as our inaugural World Leaders Fellow.
December 6, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Margrethe Vestager recognized by the FT as one of the world’s 25 most influential women for her work countering the domination of tech platforms in the economy. The @blavatnikschool.bsky.social is delighted that Margrethe Vestager will be joining us next year as our inaugural World Leaders Fellow.
American economic dynamism and the American oligarch problem in two graphs by Martin Wolf in today’s FT.
December 4, 2024 at 8:33 AM
American economic dynamism and the American oligarch problem in two graphs by Martin Wolf in today’s FT.
Thought-provoking article by Gabriel Gatehouse in today’s FT about the origin of Elon Musk’s anti-regulation ideology.
November 23, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Thought-provoking article by Gabriel Gatehouse in today’s FT about the origin of Elon Musk’s anti-regulation ideology.
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline