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William “Bill” Withers died one week ago (30 March 2020) in Los Angeles, Calif. (my hometown). Although “Lean on Me” and “Just the Two of Us” are among his most famous works, “Lovely Day” (below) is one of my personal … Continue reading →

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 →