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Note: This is the first of three blog posts on the case of U.S. v. Porat. I mentioned in a previous post that Moshe Porat, the former dean of Temple University’s business school, was recently charged by the Feds with … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Alternative title: Man bites dog! Why isn’t data fraud a crime? In a working paper I wrote in 2019, I proposed charging researchers who fabricate data with wire fraud. Here is an excerpt from my…

Kudos to Devon, i.e. @devonzuegel. Although I am still off Twitter and will most likely remain off for the foreseeable future (#SelfCancel), I found this fascinating thread via Marginal Revolution on the topic of “What are the criticisms of your … Continue reading →

The names of 26 States have Native American origins.

The Queen of Jazz was born on this day (April 25) in 1917.

Note: This is my fourth and last blog post (for now) in my series on “Lockean takings.” I want to conclude this series by noting the “Hohfeldian” structure (see image below) of the self-ownership principle.[1] In brief, if each person … Continue reading →

Note: This is my third blog post in my series on “Lockean takings.” Now that we have surveyed some lockdown orders, the next question is, Why doesn’t the concept of self-ownership inform our understanding of the Takings Clause? Generally speaking, … Continue reading →

Note: This is my second blog post in a series on “Lockean takings.” Last year many State governors across the United States promulgated a series of unprecedented and compulsory economic suppression orders–commonly referred to as “lockdown,” “stay-at-home,” or “shelter-in-place” orders–in … Continue reading →

Note: This is my first blog post in a series on “Lockean takings.” In his 1985 book Takings, Richard A. Epstein’s landmark work on takings law (the cover of which is pictured below), Epstein (1985, p. 31) identifies four fundamental … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest and reflection, so let’s reflect on this: media bias and social media censorship. Remember when journalists propaganda agents at Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post reported that the…