Eric Klinenberg

@EricKlinenberg

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New York City ericklinenberg.com Joined January 2012

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Eric Klinenberg @EricKlinenberg Mar 11, 2024

Four years ago today, the @WHO declared COVID a global pandemic. We were wrong about what happened to America in 2020, and we've yet to register how much it has changed us, as individuals and as a society. 🧵
nytimes.com/2024/01/31/opi…

www.nytimes.com Opinion | We Were Wrong About What Happened to America in 2020 (Published 2024) The answer, only now coming into view, explains why that awful year still has us in its grip.

Eric Klinenberg @EricKlinenberg Feb 5, 2025

I don’t think anyone has ever loved sociology more than Michael Burawoy. I know that no one has ever loved their students more, or done so much to bring them together into the kind of community every scholar wants.

What a beautiful life. What a devastating loss.

Eric Klinenberg @EricKlinenberg Jan 23, 2025

Why are economists in the US today uniquely able to exercise such sway over the state? What kind of policies would we get if legislators paid attention to the other social sciences, too?

Brilliant essay from @caitlinzaloom in @nybooks nybooks.com/articles/2025/…

www.nybooks.com Too Close for Comfort | Caitlin Zaloom Why are economists are in the US today uniquely able to exercise such sway over the state?

Eric Klinenberg @EricKlinenberg Jan 12, 2025

1995: Chicago Heat Wave. 739 dead.
2005: Katrina. 1392 dead. $125b in damages.
2012: Sandy. 254 dead. $70b in damages.
2025: Los Angeles Wildfires. Deaths & damages TBD.

Disasters don't change climate policies.
People, politics, and movements do.
What do we do now?

Eric Klinenberg @EricKlinenberg Dec 10, 2024

Thrilled that *2020* made @NewYorker 's Best Books of 2024 list! 🙏📘