Blair Fix

@blair_fix

Political economist. Blogger. Scientist. Editor: Review of Capital as Power. Patreon:

Toronto, Ontario
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Joined March 2019
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Oct 24

    What's driving growing income inequality? In this new paper, I argue that the culprit is hierarchy. If we assume that over the last 40 years, corporate hierarchies have become more despotic, the pieces fit together.

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  2. 12 hours ago

    After a brief holy-shit moment where I though I bricked my machine, I've managed to install Lineage OS 18 on my old Samsung tablet and give it a new life. A fun way to spend the afternoon :)

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  3. 16 hours ago

    FYI, the talk got zoom bombed. We're rescheduling for another day.

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  4. 16 hours ago

    So it appears that York didn't set up spam filters for the talk, and we got spammed by a bunch of bots and/or people who dislike my research. So the talk has been postponed.

    Hey friends, If you've got the afternoon free, I'm giving a public seminar on hierarchy and income starting at 12:30 Eastern. Hope to see you there. The zoom link is in this pdf:
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  5. 20 hours ago

    Hey friends, If you've got the afternoon free, I'm giving a public seminar on hierarchy and income starting at 12:30 Eastern. Hope to see you there. The zoom link is in this pdf:

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  6. Retweeted
    Nov 18

    A slow march towards gender equality in the share of American acting roles. (IMDb data)

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  7. Nov 17

    Cory on the 'green-financing service' Aspiration's practice of blending imaginary accomplishments with real ones: 'The technical term for that accounting practice is "a lie."'

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  8. Nov 17

    If you like cinema and are interested in the machinations of power, here's a film list from James McMahon ().

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  9. Nov 17

    I'm substitute teaching in a Toronto high school today. It seems that in its great wisdom, the school board has blocked access to sci-hub. Guess I won't be reading papers today ...

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    Nov 16

    It is stunning that the use of 'absentee owner' drops off in the early 1980s, right as the institution rose to new heights.

    A Google n-gram showing the occurrence of 'absentee ownership'. It rose steadily through the early 1900s, plateaued and levelled off from the 1940s through the 1970s. Usage dropped off quicly in the early 1980s and has trended downward since.
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  11. Nov 16

    An interesting thread on inflation and income redistribution. Reminds me of this chart from showing that when inflation rises, so does the relative markup of big business.

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    Nov 16

    Ever wondered why U.S. growth has trended downward for more than a century? Part of the answer is that dominant capital has gradually shifted from greenfield investment to buying existing assets.

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  13. Retweeted
    Nov 15

    An evolving filmography about power

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  14. Nov 15

    I've been dabbling with posting my charts over at reddit/dataisbeautiful. My first viral post:

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    Nov 15

    Reminder.

    will be presenting a postdoctoral seminar on 'Redistributing Income Through Hierarchy' on November 19, 2021, 12:30-2:30 EDT. The seminar is open to all. Zoom link: Passcode: 233582
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  16. Nov 15

    Why, for instance, is the topic 'locked' on the Google support page, without an actual solution?

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  17. Nov 15

    On my old Android tablet, I recently tried to install new software via the Google Play store, and the 'install' button was unresponsive. Is this a bug? Or is it more insidious? Is Google breaking things to make me buy a new device ...

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  18. Nov 14

    E.O. Wilson's book 'Consilience' is an ode to science and the search for unity amongst difference. Yes, Wilson overstate his case. But the book is still worth reading.

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    Nov 13

    My quest to watch and review all of my collection. no. 93 Black Narcissus. Dirs. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

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  20. Nov 13

    I've been using LaTeX Beamer for a decade and only today discovered the \uncover command for making slides that progressively reveal their content. 🤦‍♂️

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  21. Nov 13

    Which language is easiest to type on the QWERTY keyboard? Interesting analysis:

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