Sortition refers to the random selection of n persons from a larger pool of eligible persons. For my part, I sincerely doubt whether any of these literary groups were randomly created, but (to paraphrase one of the authors in House #6), wouldn’t it be pretty think so?
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I am reposting this item because I made significant revisions to the previous draft of my white paper. Instead of block grants to the States, I second a simple and elegant proposal by Greg Mankiw (with some modifications). My larger point, though, is still the same: State governments are legally obligated to provide “just compensation” under the takings clause when they order “non-essential” business firms to close their doors. Of course, given the severity and scale of the coronavirus situation, what constitutes “just” is no doubt up for debate, but it is not zero.
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 a suppression policy–the shutting down of non-essential business and economic activities–in order to promote “social distancing” and slow the spread of infection. This white paper will not question the wisdom or efficacy of such economic suppression policies. Instead, this paper will make a modest constitutional proposal: that all such suppression polices occur within a well-defined legal and property-rights framework under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
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 favorite songs of all time. If you are like me and cannot get enough of this classic tune, I have also included for your musical pleasure a small sample of remakes of this beautiful song (below the fold). Also, check out Andy Greene’s 2015 retrospective (via Rolling Stone magazine) of Bill Withers’s remarkable and improbable artistic career.
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 Probability” (via Coursera), which is taught by Karl Schmedders, who is a Professor of Quantitative Business Administration at the University of Zurich. Like Picker, Prof Schmedders is an excellent instructor. I have already completed the first three modules of his probability course and will be writing up a review soon …
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 a suppression policy–the shutting down of non-essential business and economic activities–in order to promote “social distancing” and slow the spread of infection. This white paper will not question the wisdom or efficacy of such economic suppression policies. Instead, this paper will make a modest constitutional proposal: that all such suppression polices occur within a well-defined legal and property-rights framework under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
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.”
More details here, via The Guardian (UK).
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