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1. SpaceX wants to impose its ‘own legal regime’ on Mars for human settlements; a space law expert says that’s dubious, but Earth should take it seriously anyway (via Business Insider) 2. Moon’s resources could be ‘destroyed by thoughtless exploitation’, … Continue reading →

You’re welcome! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_containing_Q_not_followed_by_U

FYI: below are links to three of the open tabs on my Internet browser: 1. Smith and Rousseau’s Competing Visions of Commercial Society (via Adam Smith Works) 2. 2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification” (via the American Dialect Society; … Continue reading →

Political theorist Paul Sagar concludes his book Adam Smith Reconsidered with a remarkable claim: “Adam Smith is not a theorist of capitalism” (Sagar, p. 212, emphasis in the original). But this startling conclusion begs the question: if the great Scottish … Continue reading →

They left out Bayes’ Theorem, but hey, nobody’s perfect. More details here, via Andy Kiersz (Business Insider).

That the was the theme of an engaging discussion I attended on Saturday morning at the annual meeting of law professors in Washington, D.C. This four-hour marathon panel featured two living academic legends, Jack Balkin (Yale) and Randy Barnett (Georgetown), … Continue reading →

Don’t throw out your Christmas tree just yet: today (6 January) is the Feast of Epiphany or “Three Kings Day”! (See also here.) For my part, I will spend the first part of the day attending a special extended session … Continue reading →