At the Blog
On Monday, Jonathan Harris explained how state policymakers are stepping into the void left by the FTC to defend worker mobility through both new legislation and existing consumer and antitrust laws.
On Tuesday, Kate Jackson argued that the same populist disease that has wreaked havoc on political institutions across the world has taken hold in a new domain: corporate governance.
And on Thursday, we implored you not to miss your chance to present at the first-ever ALPE Conference. Proposals for paper panels, individual papers, and roundtables are due by September 15!
In LPE Land
At ProMarket, Luke Herrine explained how the FTC’s investigation into gender-affirming care exemplifies its embrace of the culture wars.
Over at Phenomenal World, Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay explored the future of an uninsurable earth.
In The New Republic, Todd Tucker argued that if progressives don’t seize this moment to define a democratic, public-minded state capitalism, they will find themselves living in one designed by the Trump administration.
In the Journal of Law and Political Economy, Michael Swerdlow published a new article: When Monopolists Union-Bust: Antitrust Standards for Unilateral Labor Market Conduct.
Cool job alert: the Climate and Community Institute is hiring a Housing Policy Manager.
Cool post-docs alert: Columbia’s Center for Political Economy searching for post docs for next academic year working on labor, firms and markets, and climate change!
Cool new book alert: Brian Callaci’s Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy.
