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It has been several years since I last took a purely online course (Professor Randall Picker’s excellent course on “Internet Giants”), but I have decided to use my quarantine time more productively by signing up for “An Intuitive Introduction to … Continue reading →

File under: “the kids are alright”

That is the title of my most recent work in progress, which is available here via SSRN. Here is an abstract of my paper: “In the United States, most official responses to the current pandemic have included some sort of … Continue reading →

The four corrupt lawmakers pictured below, left to right, are Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.); Richard Burr (R-N.C.); Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.); and Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal.). File under: “Insider trading for me but not for thee.”

Via SSRN, I have just posted my review of Cheryl Misak’s intellectual biography of Frank Ramsey. (FYI: Misak’s beautiful book is available here via Amazon.) Below is the abstract of my review: “The English polymath Frank Ramsey was one of … Continue reading →

Subtitle: “A rumble in the takings jungle” (by F. E. Guerra-Pujol) This post concludes my extended response to Ilya Somin’s pessimistic essay in Reason on the Takings Clause. Thus far, we have carefully reviewed–and have done our best to optimistically … Continue reading →

Subtitle: “A rumble in the takings jungle” (by F. E. Guerra-Pujol) In my previous post, we reviewed Ilya Somin’s contention that the police power is generally exempt from the Takings Clause. I quickly rebutted this argument by citing a recent … Continue reading →