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Check out the fictional floor plans of the Cantina in Star Wars, the offices of Sterling Cooper in Mad Men, and many others here, via bizdaq. (Hat tip: digg.)

Is Donald Trump surrounded by white supremacists? Is it disrespectful and downright rude to sit down during the national anthem? Although we think Jemele Hill and Colin Kaepernick (pictured below) are wrong, as good libertarians (and good Bayesians!), aren’t we morally obligated to defend … Continue reading →

Read more about the “Lego Mona Lisa” in Duncan Macleod’s post: Lego Masters in Pixel Art.

Is it possible to teach machines the difference between right and wrong, and if so, what theory of ethics would we teach them, Kantian or Humean ethics? We finally discovered the work of Wendell Wallach, who addresses these esoteric questions … Continue reading →

Now that Richard Posner has announced his retirement from the bench, who will replace this legal legend on the Seventh Circuit? We propose IBM’s Watson computer! If Watson can be programmed to win game shows and diagnose patients, why couldn’t … Continue reading →

That is the title of my work in progress, which I will be presenting at a colloquium to be held this weekend at the Savannah Law School on 516 Drayton Street (here is a link to the program), where lawyers, … Continue reading →

No post mortem of any natural disaster would be complete without a discussion of the law, ethics, and economics of “price gouging.” We understand the economics of price gouging (alas, it is the most efficient and fair method of allocating … Continue reading →

Does a declared state of emergency trump the principle of liberty of contract embodied in the employment-at-will doctrine? According to this report in The Atlantic by Gillian B. White, the short answer is no. Here is an excerpt (edited by us … Continue reading →

Is Apple’s new “iPhone X” really worth $1000? Pro and con.

We won’t be blogging during the next few days. (Thanks, Irma.) During the storm, we will be reading “The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought” (available here, via Amazon) by Dennis … Continue reading →