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Weekly Roundup: May 9

Nicholas Handler on the importance of federal labor unions and Ava Liu on Universal Basic Income and the politics of automation. Plus, last call for new spring scholarship, an upcoming event with Aziz Rana and Vijayashri Sripati, model legislation aimed at rising veterinary prices, and new pieces by Bernard Harcourt, Alex Hertel-Fernandez, and Alex Gourevitch.

Weekly Roundup: May 2

Ganesh Sitaraman on Antimonopoly and Artificial Intelligence, Ntina Tzouvala on Tariffs and Economic Sabotage, and Noa Ben-Asher on Trans Healthcare Bans and White Nationalism. Plus, a three-part interview series with Aziz Rana, Zohra Ahmed on the right-wing legal campaigns to kill progressive social movements, a spreadsheet of where law firms stand vis-a-vis Trump's attacks on the rule of law, a new collection of essays on Economic Democracy, and a review of Sophia Rosenfeld's new book, The Age of Choice.

Weekly Roundup: Feb 28

Six former members of the Biden Administration on a more progressive future, along with a collection of our most illuminating posts on administrative law and democratic governance. Plus, a call for recently accepted LPE-relevant articles, an upcoming event on Organizing Red States, a lecture by Sanjukta Paul on Economic Coordination and Competition in American Legal Thought, a fellowship at The Brennan Center for Justice, Nathan Tankus on Fort Knox and Buying Bitcoin, David Dayen on amnesty day at the CFPB, and Beau Baumann on why progressives need to start thinking much bigger.

From the Vault: LPE & Administrative Law

A collection of our most illuminating posts on administrative law and democratic governance, featuring Sabeel Rahman, Karen Tani, Sophia Z. Lee, Kate Jackson, Daniel Walters, Blake Emerson, and more.

Weekly Roundup: Feb 21

Jedediah Britton-Purdy on the rule of law and the political economy of the current constitutional crisis, and Martin Sybblis on how offshore financial law promotes post-colonial freedom. Plus, a Save the Date for the Inaugural Law and Political Economy Association Conference, a major policy report calling on states to prohibit surveillance wages and prices, Amy Kapczynski and Gregg Gonsalves on the social life of care, Adam Bonica on how DOGE is targeting left-leaning agencies, a cool job alert at LPE at HLS, Jenny Hunter on how the Supreme Court paved the way for Trump II, and so much more!

Weekly Roundup: Feb 14

Luke Herrine on writing down our dreams during a living nightmare, Allison Tait on the not-so-secret lives of trusts, and Ezra Rosser on how antipoverty advocates can go on the offensive. Plus, an upcoming event with Umut Özsu and Sam Moyn, a new paper by Brian Highsmith, Maya Sen, and Kathy Thelen, a new piece by Marshall Steinbaum about the longstanding Democratic reluctance to declare war on inequality, and an open letter to students of the Third Reconstruction.