Two new entries in our LPE vs. Law and Economies series: James Tierney considers what LPE could want from a method, and Darren Bush, Mark Glick, and Gabriel Lozada search far and wide for "contemporary" law and economics. Plus, an upcoming LPE Night School event on the NYC housing crisis, Sam Levine on governing AI for consumers and workers, Ben Kaufman on the scourge of the lower courts, Lenore Palladino on the potential of public credit funds, and Joel Michaels on how to restore Congress’s fiscal powers.

Marc Shkurovich on the case for public pharma, Katharina Pistor on the challenges of social democratic reform, and Yochai Benkler on taking social relations as the basic unit of analysis. Plus Niko Bowie and Daphne Renan on 5-4, Nate Holdren on Death Panel, new articles by Sanjukta Paul and Sandeep Vaheesan, and more!

Jed Purdy discusses law’s role in capitalism, while Megan Wachspress explores how the data center boom risks privatizing the power grid. Plus, Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Gabe Winant on gerontocracy, Lev Menand and Lina Khan on jurisdiction stripping, Ron Knox on forgotten lessons about monopolies and fascism, Jed Purdy on Raymond Williams, Noura Erakat on the Board on Peace, Corey Robin on the moral burdens of individual choice, Desirée LeClercq on labor organizing and the threat of automation, and Gali Racabi on status as a source of law.

Yochai Benkler on the dynamics of capitalism and law's role within it, Matthew Dimick on capital and law as social forms, and Matthew Lawrence on administrative law after transsubstantivity. Plus, new books by Nikolas Bowie, Daphna Renan, and Allison Tait, a symposium on the global political economy of artificial intelligence, an upcoming event on public pharma, and new pieces on the right to housing, the rise and fall of tech workers, and the transition from dollars hegemony to dollar dominance.

Sameer Ashar on the potential transformation of the U.S. immigration system, Luke Herrine on the history of multilevel marketing and right-wing movement building, and a CFP for the second annual ALPE conference. Plus, a collaborative research project for law students interested in the transition from capitalism to socialism, a new book by Sabeel Rahman, two new academic job listings focused on political economy, a discussion with Astra Taylor, David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, and Moira Birss on insurance and climate catastrophe, a recent Roosevelt Institute report on durable climate policy, and new items from Sandeep Vaheesan, Claire Kelloway, Veena Dubal, Gabriel Winant, Alex Press, & Alvin Velazquez.

The Association of Law and Political Economy invites proposals for its second annual meeting, to be held on June 9-10, 2027, in Boston, MA.