David Calnitsky

This paper, my socialist case for reformism, was just published. Any feedback would be great because I’m hoping to turn it into a book and want to hear any and all thoughts/criticisms journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

New episode (1228), with Dr. David Calnitsky (@DavidCalnitsky). We talk about basic income, poverty, and socialism. #Sociology #Science YouTube: youtu.be/_v_qOok7vyA Podcast: bit.ly/4urEgiV

@Saphsin I emphasize both in the article, demographers talk about both, it's just that the former hits earlier

@DavidCalnitsky I really think it would be better to frame this as an issue of population structure/demographic composition than total population size.

Wherein I try to make args about population decline by way of GA Cohen's book about camping

@BenBurgis @NathanJRobinson Yeah, it’s that it will decline, and the decline is uneven geographically, and the effects can be bad. Immigration can be a partial solution, but demographers in my dept say that fertility quickly reverts to that of the local population.

@NathanJRobinson 2. Immigration can be a short-term solution (and certainly I'd be shocked if anyone who wrote for Jacobin wasn't pro-immigration) but presumably in the long term we want a world where the developing world (where population isn't yet a problem) isn't doing so much worse than...

But the population isn't declining!! why are you talking about this fake problem

May be of interest to @BenBurgis @MattPolProf @MikeGeruso @ebruenig and some gentle disagreement with @NathanJRobinson

Pls abolish chatgpt, claude, gemini etc etc

We're pleased to announce that this year's BJS Prize has been awarded to @DavidCalnitsky and Kaitlin Pauline Wannamaker for their paper "The revolution next door". Read the open access article in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/58lpaFf

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

But also, it's here too: drive.google.com/file/d/1TWQ2-W…

My article in the last issue of jacobin, on life and death, which I meant to post, is available here for subscribers: jacobin.com/2025/03/the-po…

(Continental philosopher): Without 5, we could not count to 6. (Me): Yes. (Continental philosopher): It could be said 6 is consequently in the 5-shadow, the forthcoming of 6 is 5-heralded, that 5 springs necessarily from the recapitulation of 6. (Me, checking my watch): Yes.

Are we now supposed to live in a world where Israel gets to kill 100 people everyday and nothing happens? Is that it?

@vankous Private R&D is one of commonly used measures, here’s a discussion of variables that get used: cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

@DavidCalnitsky Aren't you measuring innovation by rd spending? That's an input not an output? If you look at patents per capita, the Nordic countries are below the world average ourworldindata.org/grapher/patent…

Here's a new essay of mine on socialism and innovation, in the latest Jacobin issue: jacobin.com/2025/06/a-soci…

If you're not subscribed, it's also here: drive.google.com/file/d/1z7GzuS…

✨Our new issue is out & packed with high quality research by @arvid_lindh @antonbandersson @DavidCalnitsky @KristinaLindem4 @ntborgen @henrikdz @ErikRosenqvist @patriciamcmull7 @StinaSiegert @misunlim_soc @SaschaDosSantos @Giam_Alderotti & more! ➡️academic.oup.com/esr/issue/41/2

@davidjmadden It's a book based on a year long course that Erik Olin Wright taught on Marxist social science. This is the working table of contents.

As a photojournalist living in Gaza, 25-year-old Fatima Hassouna spent the past 18 months of war documenting Israeli airstrikes. On Wednesday, an Israeli airstrike hit her home, killing her and ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister. theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

“The government is seeking to deport Khalil solely for his constitutionally protected speech, a protection which applies to everyone in the United States. If the government succeeds, you could well be next.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…