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We’re still waiting …
… for an apology from Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. Instead of apologizing for his team’s rampant cheating, Mr Kraft released this statement in response to the conclusion in the Wells Report that it is “more … Continue reading
The economics of bar exams
Do we really need 50 separate State bar exams in an era of global markets? We have always thought that bar exams and other forms of occupational licensing should be declared illegal restraints of trade under U.S. antitrust laws. After … Continue reading
El cinco de mayo (children’s book cover edition)
Happy Anniversary, Sydjia.
Creative destruction (one-hour photo shop edition)
Are there more or less video-rental stores than one-hour photo shops in the U.S.?
Obvious falsehoods? (number theory edition)
More here (via the amazing Tyler Cowen).
Incentives and deception (cops-and-robbers edition)
Check out this expose’ by Eli Hager, who explains why police officers have much greater legal rights than the suspects they apprehend. Here is an excerpt from Mr Hager’s excellent essay: A set of due-process rights for police officers under … Continue reading
Feminist film test
Hey, does your favorite film pass the Bechdel Test for women in movies? A movie passes this test when it meets the following three criteria: (1) it has at least two women with identifiable names in it, (2) who talk to each other at … Continue reading

