At the Blog
On Monday, Jedediah Britton-Purdy continued our series on Structure and Legitimation in Capitalism, posing two questions. First, on Benkler’s account, how much autonomy does politics have from the prevailing economic order? Second, what role does culture play in shaping politics? Answers to these questions, he observes, will help determine law’s potential role in advancing democratic efforts to shape the terms of common life.
On Wednesday, Megan Wachspress argued that it is a mistake to urge data center developers to supply their own power. This solution, she explains, will fail to address the problem of rising energy demand, facilitate the privatization of the power grid, and undermine efforts to transition away from fossil fuels. To protect customers and accelerate decarbonization, we need public ownership and control of regional transmission organizations.
In LPE Land
On the hit podcast Death Panel, Beatrice Adler-Bolton talks with Gabe Winant about the idea of “gerontocracy” and whether age should be understood to act as a mediator of class.
On the hit podcast Strict Scrutiny, Leah Litman, Lina Khan, and Lev Menand discuss ways to limit how much SCOTUS can mess with federal agencies.
In Democracy, Ron Knox explains how Americans learned (and forgot) that monopolies fuel fascism.
On his substack, Corey Robin reflects on the outsized moral burdens that our society places on individual choice.
In the Boston Review, Noura Erakat discusses the Board of Peace as a template for a new world order.
At Pivot Press, Benjamin P. Davis interviews Jed Purdy about his forthcoming book on Raymond Williams.
Desirée LeClercq has a new article looking at how threats to automate workers affect their organizing efforts today.
Gali Racabi has a new article examining the prevalence of status-based legal distinctions and whether these distinctions should be regulated, abolished, or reclaimed.
Deadline extended 10/5: the UNESCO Chair on Health, Race, and Human Rights invites scholars, legal practitioners, judges, policymakers, public health professionals, and civil society organisations to submit abstracts for the inaugural UNESCO Global Congress on Health, Race and Human Rights.
