A call to join the ranks of the Association for Law and Political Economy, an interview with Bench Ansfield about the business of arson, and a new entry by Amna Akbar in our symposium on Free Gifts. Plus, Andrew Elrod and Marshall Steinbaum lay out a vision for rebuilding higher ed, Katie Wells and Lindsay Owens examine algorithmic pricing at instacart, Sam Moyn discusses the radical centrism of the legal academy, Genevieve Lakier, Mark Tushnet, and Mike Seidman debate whether we need the courts to protect free speech, and Ben Tarnoff extols the possibilities for digital sewer socialism.
Madison Condon on climate change and externalities-thinking, Colleen Carrol on MAGA's attempt to outflank democrats on college affordability, and Alvin Velazquez and Christopher Hampson on what LPE and the Bible have in common. Plus, Zephyr Teachout on the rise of MLMs, Susannah Glickman and Nic Johnson on the political economy of Trump's second term, David Dayen on algorithmic pricing, an interview with Stuart Schrader on policing, Paul Kelleher on whether Coase can be reclaimed for LPE, a new report on the political economy of the US media system, and hot new articles on tax base fragmentation and the radical roots of the representative jury.
Alyssa Battistoni on the free gifts of nature, Rob Hunter on value form theory and the accelerating climate crisis, and Reshard L. Kolabhai on what LPE can learn from the Global South. Plus, a CFP on Lawyering Without the Law, Advait Arun on the capital structure of the AI sector, Sabeel Rahman on the case for a third reconstruction, Brett Christophers on private equity, Andrew Perry on NYC's unique public spending model, Marie Thøgersen on international law's fetishistic character, and Alvin Velazquez on municipal bankrupty as political resistance.
Vanessa Williamson on oligarchy and taxation, and Elle Rothermich on the commodification of hospice care. Plus, Kate Redburn on Skrmetti, LPE Night School on municipal power, Claire Kelloway on public grocery projects, Cassie Powell on private equity's move into mobile home parks, Jacob Udell and Routhy Gourevitch on the multifamily rental market, Martijn Konings on MAGA and the Federal Reserve, and new books by Jason Jackson, Anna Law, and Timothy Kaufman-Osborn.
Matthew Dimick on antitrust and the logic of capitalism, and G.S. Hans on legal clinics under political attack. Plus, a cool new fellowship at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, Cea Weaver on the housing politics in New York City, the Debt Collective on the threat that municipal debt poses to Mamdani, Sam Moyn on making congress great again, Sandeep Dhaliwal on New Deal Law and Order, a new report on the weaponization of antisemitism claims, Bench Ansfield interviewed about their recent book Born in Flames, a political economic reading of the Supreme Court's tariff case, and Nicholas Mulder on why Trump is better at coercing allies than adversaries.
James Goodwin on the rise of OIRA 2.0, Noah Zatz and Jerry Kang on retaliation lawsuits against DEI purges, and Veryl Pow and Mohini Mookim on prefigurative lawyering. Plus, registration and membership for the Association of Law and Political Economy, Lina Khan's new substack, a new Roosevelt Report on effective governance, a measure of comeuppance for Big Law's betrayal of democracy, a symposium on John Witt's new book, and a new paper on bankruptcy law and unions.
