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The Labor Justice System

By Hiba Hafiz

President Biden’s recent Executive Order on Promoting Competition brought much-needed attention to labor market concentration, employer collusion, and abusive employment contracts. Nevertheless, more action is needed to address systemic sources of employer power.

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Fair Competition Policy without a Fair Competition Philosophy

By Sandeep Vaheesan

By failing to articulate a vision of fair competition, the White House has delegated the task of moral exposition to its cabinet secretaries and agency leaders. This move may not prove fatal to the aspirations of antimonopolists, as some agencies are well positioned to do the work.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: October 29, 2021

By LPE Editors

A discussion about mRNA technology transfer, a Q&A with Odette Lienau about sovereign debt, video from two recent LPE events, and a postdoctoral fellowship in LPE at Harvard Law School.

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Interlocking Crises: Q&A on Global Debt in a Post-COVID World with Odette Lienau, Part 2

By Odette Lienau

The second part of our Q&A with Odette Lienau, discussing global debt relief, corruption and waste, and the possibility of a sovereign debt restructuring mechanism.

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Interlocking Crises: Q&A on Global Debt in a Post-COVID World with Odette Lienau, Part 1

By Odette Lienau

The LPE Blog asks Odette Lienau some questions about global debt in the wake of COVID-19, recent international initiatives to provide debt relief, and the rise of China as a major lender to sovereign states.

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Excerpt: How to Vaccinate the World

By Editors

On Oct. 13, 2021, the LPE Project and the Global Health Justice Partnership sponsored a panel discussion about How to Vaccinate the World. In the following excerpt, which has been lightly edited for length and clarity, the panelists discuss the development of mRNA vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa and whether the U.S. government has done enough to. . .

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: October 22, 2021

By LPE Editors

Mark Silverman discusses the value of a statistical life, Amy Sinden argues against a one-size-fits all approach to regulatory analysis, and John N. Robinson III reflects on the necessity and illusion of public things in a democratic capitalist society.

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Unmasking Racial Capitalism’s Public Face

By John N. Robinson III

Can public things meaningfully protect us from capitalism’s bottom line? If not, is our hope in them as a lever of progressive politics misplaced?

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The Shaky Legal and Policy Foundations of Cost-Benefit Orthodoxy in Environmental Law

By Amy Sinden

Neither Congress nor the Court have called for a one-size-fits-all approach to regulatory analysis, yet CBA continues to loom large in environmental policymaking. Agencies should reach for other tools that better capture the advantages and disadvantages of regulatory alternatives.

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The “Value of a Statistical Life”: Reflections from the Pandemic

By Mark Silverman

Economists who insist that the “value of a statistical life” can be determined solely by looking at the preferences of individual economic agents in a market overstate their case and miss crucial alternatives. The pandemic has shown that democratic determinations of value for non-market goods (like human life) deserve greater consideration.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: October 15, 2021

By LPE Editors

Three views about the costs of cost-benefit analysis, a panel about how to vaccinate the world, and an upcoming event you won’t want to miss!

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A Post-Neoliberal Regulatory Analysis for a Post-Neoliberal World

By James Goodwin

While treating economic growth as the summum bonum of public policy may reflect the preferences of economists, large majorities of voters across the political spectrum oppose using the aim of wealth maximization to guide regulatory decision-making. The time has come to abandon cost-benefit analysis and adopt a progressive approach to regulatory analysis.

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The Limits of the Cost-Benefit Worldview: A Disability-Informed Perspective

By Karen Tani

Two examples from the experience of people living with disabilities demonstrate CBA’s shortcomings.

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Modernizing Regulatory Review Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis

By Melissa Luttrell, Jorge Roman-Romero

CBA’s reliance on a “partial equilibrium” falls apart under the weight of real-world complexity. Rather than attempting to reform cost-benefit analysis, OIRA should reject it outright.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: October 8, 2021

By LPE Editors

Zachary Liscow offers three strategies for bringing distribution into cost-benefit analysis, Elizabeth Popp Berman calls on liberals to politicize CBA, and Stacy Seicshnaydre discusses the untapped potential of the fair housing act. Plus, a bevy of new LPE events!

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