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Locks 101
Credit for this animation goes to Stian Berg Larsen. More here.
Posted in Questions Rarely Asked
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Review of Dan Ariely, “Irrationally Yours”
We just finished reading Dan Ariely’s latest book Irrationally Yours (Harper, 2015), a book dedicated “to the oddities, complexities, and beauty of human nature” (p. v). Since the book consists of a compilation of entries from the “Ask Ariely” advice … Continue reading
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Coordination Games (Internet “Sabbath” Edition)
Why is there no “Sabbath” or day of rest on the Internet? Would bloggers, Facebook users, Email spammers–i.e. everyone who uses the Internet–be better off if we could all take a day or two of rest from the Internet once … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperation, Game Theory
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Double-edged swords (Bank Secrecy Act edition)
There is a fascinating and lively academic literature on the law and economics of the crime of blackmail. (Type in the word “blackmail” in Google Scholar and let the fun begin; also, for what it’s worth, you will find our … Continue reading
Reimagining Manhattan
Via The Decolonial Atlas.
Grade the Professor
As we approach the midpoint of our Summer Session, we would like some voluntary feedback from our amazing students. It’s your chance to “grade the professor,” so to speak, so if you have a moment, please address one or both of … Continue reading
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Legal liability of Michael J. LaCour and others?
Question 1: When a social science researcher like Michael J. LaCour publishes another bogus or fabricated study in a peer-reviewed journal–or in the case of Alice Goffman, an entire book based on dubious sources–what legal liability (civil or criminal or … Continue reading
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Messi Madness
Note: Since the film clip we had originally posted of Lionel Messi’s beautiful goal in the Copa del Rey match has since been taken down, we are posting to a different video of another astonishing shot by the amazing Messi.
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Strategic behavior in litigation
Litigation provides many opportunities for “strategic behavior.” Broadly speaking, the intuition behind the fancy word “strategy” is that individuals and firms decide how to act based on their expectations of how other individuals and firms are likely to act. Put … Continue reading
Posted in Game Theory, Law
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prior probability 