Plaintiffs buy land in remote county, put up some pre-fab 200 sq ft "mini-cabins." Local officials walk up to within a few feet to see if it's an unlicensed campground. 6th Cir: Officials violated plaintiff's 4A rights by entering the curtilage of the mini-cabins, and no QI.

National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is delighted to announce the twenty fellows who make up the ninth cohort of our Public Intellectuals Program. Learn more about the newest #PIPFellows: ncuscr.org/twenty-leading…

TT job announcement: The Anthropology Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the anthropology of China. Link below.

My first book project is a co-edited volume with Marshall Meyer titled “The Arc of the Chinese Economy” that will be published by Cambridge University Press in November 2025! Chapters by leading experts:

The CCP’s triumph over the KMT shocked the world—even the Soviets bet on the KMT with more aid. My book, Domination and Mobilization, asks: how did the CCP survive and prevail? 👇 #ChineseHistory #CCP #KMT #ChinesePolitics #AuthoritarianPolitics #PoliticalHistory #PartyBuilding

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Quoted in BBC about Evergrande: bbc.com/news/articles/…

"By leveraging variations in enterprise connections resulting from official turnover, we show that enterprises with connections to party leaders have higher chances of winning in business litigation than unconnected enterprises." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Incredibly excited for my brand new class at Toronto Rotman this fall: Progress! Econ history + theory + history of tech/thought + philosophy on why rare orgs at rare times in rare places accomplish new things. Trying to put rigor onto an idea that is very much in the air. 1/3

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Ryu & Sewell on the Hart-Dworkin Debate, buff.ly/7QmJR8y - Angelo Ryu (University of Oxford - Saint John's College) & Trenton Sewell (University of Oxford) have posted The Hart-Dworkin Debate on SSRN.

"Provinces have emerged as an increasingly powerful actor in China’s subnational political economy as they have centralized regulatory, economic, personnel, and judicial authorities previously exercised by cities."

Michael Mann on the balance of theory and empirical studies.

From our latest issue: "Civic Organizations and the Political Participation of Cross-Pressured Americans: The Case of the Labor Movement" by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Wondering how the authors handle the self-selection bias. Need to read the full paper.

"The actual auction can be humiliating for the homeowner in foreclosure. And auctions often replace neighbors with investors." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

I similarities in the author's solution to Rick Hills's and my idea of "Land Options for Housing." "This article explains that, for foreclosures where the homeowner has no equity to recover, there should be another option for lenders, neighborhoods, and homeowners."

Better Permitting and More Building: Possible? conversableeconomist.com/2025/09/12/bet…