LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
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PointOfLaw Forum (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Association of American Law Schools will host the Jan. 8 event as part of its annual convention in New Orleans. Details here (PDF, see page 2, courtesy TortsProf)...
Medical Futility (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
IN THE MAIL: Richard Epstein on “card check:” The Case Against The Employee Free Choice Act.
The University of Chicago Law Schoo (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Continuing our recent (unintentional) theme of patent law and the Supreme Court, we'd like to draw your attention to a recent Federalist Society podcast that featured our own Richard Epstein, along with Scott Kieff (George Washington University Law School), Mark...
The University of Chicago Law Schoo (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
NYU has posted a video of a recent debate between Richard Epstein and Georgetown's Judy Feder about health care reform. You can watch the video here, and below is a sneak peek of Epstein's position, courtesy of the NYU website:...
Mensa Barbie Welcomes You (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France) and US Warner Huston posts an important video that everyone, regardless of political affiliation or insurance status, should take 1/2 hour to view. Prominent law professor Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago explains the problems with Obama’s healthcare policy plans. [Q & A] ht: publiusforum Prognosis: Too interventionalist...
The Abstract Factory (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... it made me think of this post by Tim Lee about "libertarian political philosopher" Richard Epstein's bold claim in an amicus brief* that: The credible threat of a published patent’s right to exclude acts like a beacon in the dark, drawing to itself all those interested in the patented subject matter. This beacon effect motivates those diverse actors to interact with...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... (which is why, despite my deep libertarian inclinations, I have never claimed the label). Here's Richard Epstein on the topic: In sum, I think that the charge of Hayekian socialism carries with it a certain accuracy, because Hayek did not see the close intellectual and institutional connections between the government interventions that he supported and those which he opposed. In part,...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... a good, accessible exposition of the economic shortcomings of government relative to markets; and Richard Epstein’s Simple Rules for a Complex World , which explains how simple, libertarian legal systems are likely to work better than complex ones with more statism and regulation. The biggest area of disagreement between libertarians and liberals is over the role of government in...
WPKN Today (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... singers who make the music. Lots of Sinatra and Ella often included. 4 PM - Sometimes Classical: Richard Epstein 4-4:30PM The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra is celebrating 70 years of continuous music -making on stage at Connecticut's Norwalk Concert Hall on Saturday night, October 17th. Richard talks about the orchestra, past and present, with Music Director Diane Wittry. 5:55PM...
BackyardConservative (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Big job losses resonate. Investors Business Daily . Deregulate labor markets. U of C prof Richard Epstein, Forbes . (Axelrod inept.) At least Uncle Barney spares venture capital. Silicon Valley Lives, WSJ .
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
At Forbes , legal scholar Richard Epstein has some simple advice for these troubled economic times—deregulate labor markets: As libertarians know, government sages should first direct their fire to reduce market drag by—shudder!—deregulation. Yet on a matter that intersects health and labor, Democratic health care reform proposals predictably protect collective bargaining...
Free Exchange (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
HERE'S your quote of the day: Most theorists agree that blackmail should be illegal; they just can’t agree on why. That's from a New Yorker story on the practice of blackmail, apropos of the blackmailing of television host David Letterman (who had been sleeping with his employees) by a CBS producer. The piece collects a variety of viewpoints from academics. Here's a bit from Richard Epstein:...
