Since we missed you last Friday, let’s catch up on the past two weeks:
Last Monday, Madison Condon and Luke Herrine explained how modern Law and Economics scholars continue to overlook legal scholarship that draws upon non-neoclassical economics and, to help correct this oversight, offered an overview of that scholarship.
Last Wednesday, Jeremy Bearer-Friend and Sarah Polcz argued their AI equity tax proposal, which aims to curb AI risk, shows how creative tax policy can advance the Left’s broader agenda.
This Monday, Matt Bodie welcomed the appearance of a kinder, gentler, more ecumenical version of law and economics, though he admits that corporate law scholarship doesn’t seem to have received the memo.
This Wednesday, Diana Reddy argued that discrimination law, by focusing on diversity at the top, rather than conditions at the bottom, has failed the workers who need it most.
In LPE Land
Cool Phd scholarship alert: Associate Professor Gautam Bhatia at UNSW Law & Justice invites applications for two PhD positions under his supervision, focusing on comparative constitutional law, critical theory, and law and political economy, broadly conceived.
The Empowering Democracy Initiative at Columbia University has released a set of publications and white papers that aim to rebuild the federal government in service of a more resilient, multiracial, and inclusive democracy. Featuring pieces by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Samuel Bagenstos, Jamila Michener, and many others!
On Grace Blakeley’s substack, Allison Tait writes about the phantasmagoric and mirror-image relationship between blocks emptied out by mass incarceration and blocks emptied out by luxury real estate bought as investment.
