“How Opting Out Among Women With Elite Education Contributes to Social Inequality” Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality 3(2), Spring 2015, 192-215Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-11
What happened in Waco? Several biker gangs met at a large bar. A fight started in the bathroom, and despite the presence of 12 policeman, it became general and 9 people ended up killed. My question: Why were
Probably there is nothing I can do to convince you, reader, that you should be interested in today’s decision in Maryland v. Wynne. Not only is it a tax case, but it is also a dormant commerce clause case,
… I kinda find the Patriots' rebuttal document persuasive. Do they make the classic bad-lawyering mistake of throwing in every argument they could think of (ahem, "The Deflator"), instead of limiting themselves to just the good ones? Indeed. But here's
We're off to the Annual Meeting of the American Law & Economics Association. Missing the fun? The deadline for our northern neighbors is July 1.
There's been a discussion on the Crimprof list of whether the wilfulness requirement for federal criminal prosecution of police should be eliminated. I think that would allow malicious prosecutions and not reduce police misconduct at all. I think what we really
“Trickle-Down Consumption” CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10468
Economist David Friedman has a couple of recent good posts on fraudulent reports that left-handedness is a sin in Judaism and Christianity and that Darwin wrote certain supposed derogatory quotes on races. The left hand and Darwin posts raise the
Steve Sailer’s blog reprinted an interesting table on racial disparities in imprisonment rates. Liberal states imprison many more blacks relative to whites. The deep South has the most equal imprisonment rates. And the liberal states not only have high relative
“Bankruptcy Rates Among NFL Players with Short-Lived Income Spikes” NBER Working Paper No. w21085
