Economics

Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Drafting of University Policies?

What should college trustees do when the college legal department gives bad legal advice?

Jun 20 •

"We'll Just Have to Drop the Sociology Department"

So goes the punchline of an old Doonesbury cartoon, after the deans are talking about their financial woes in the first few panels.

May 26 •

Cornell's Alumni Trustee Election-- Unlawfully Rigged by the Trustees?

Why nonprofit corporations are more likely than for-profit corporations or governments to be corrupt

Feb 3 •

TikTok I: Can Trump Refuse to Enforce the Law? Can He Delay Enforcing It? Can He Buy TikTok?

There has a been a lot of wrong-headed talk about what will happen and should happen with the TikTok Law, so I’ll write about it.

Jan 20 •

"Russia and Ukraine Should Keep on Fighting, Not Make Peace": Making the best case for U.S. opposition to a peace treaty (Part I: selfish…

After I wrote, “A Ukrainian Bargaining Strategy for Trump; Alternatively, the Three-Russia Romanov Solution,” (2024), I posted a question on Scott…

Dec 19, 2024

Would Buying All the Slaves Have Been Cheaper than the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address,

Sep 16, 2024 •

Can Tariffs Be Justified as a Way to Offset American Income Tax?

[After November emails with Avinash Dixit, I think I’ve found the flaw in my argument below: I assume we are starting with suboptimal income taxes.

Sep 11, 2024 •

Elon Musk's Lawsuit against the Companies That Have Boycotted Twitter by Pulling Out Their Advertising.

X, the former Twitter, has sued an advertising trade assocation, GARM, for antitrust (anti-monopoly) violations along with several corporations that…

Aug 11, 2024 •

Lisa Cook's Credentials

Today Chris Rufo and Luke Rosiak published, “Trouble at the Fed: An Investigation into Federal Reserve governor Lisa D.

Apr 11, 2024 •

Teslaw I: The Shareholder's Suit over Tesla's 56-Billion-Dollar Pay Package for Elon Musk

Why Chancellor McCormick's decision is wrong

Feb 5, 2024 •

Texas v. Techlords II

The draft brief in full

Jan 15, 2024 •

Texas v. TechLords:

A Draft of the "Summary of the Argument" for an Amicus Brief

Jan 7, 2024 •

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