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@jamesbrandt.bsky.socialReposted by @lpeblog.bsky.social@lpeblog.bsky.socialThis post kicks off a series on her recent book, *The Law of Capitalism and How to Transform It.* Look forward to responses from Ninta Tzouvala, Ioannis Kampourakis, Kate Jackson, and Yochai Benkler.
@lpeblog.bsky.socialToday, @katharinapistor.bsky.social explains how three features of our private law—private legal empowerment, decentralized access to the centralized means of coercion, and legal arbitrage—allow capitalists to circumvent public regulation.
@sbagen.bsky.socialReposted by @lpeblog.bsky.socialA new piece from me, a provocation really: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@lpeblog.bsky.socialCool new article alert: @lenorepalladino.bsky.social, “The Potential of Public Credit Funds.”
@lpeblog.bsky.socialCool new article alert #2: Joel Michaels, “The Bowsher Presidency.”
@lpeblog.bsky.socialOver at In Debt, @kennybauf.bsky.social explains how the lower courts are a key problem in the battle to hold companies accountable.
@lpeblog.bsky.socialAt Spectre, Zachary Levenson talks with Heba Gowayed about the political economy of migration and the border as a site of capitalist accumulation.
@lpeblog.bsky.socialAt the @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, Sam Levine lays out the Mamdani adminsitration’s approach to governing AI for consumers and workers.
@lpeblog.bsky.socialOn October 28, LPE Night School returns to CUNY Law with a panel on the New York City housing crisis.
@lpeblog.bsky.socialWeekly Roundup: @jamesftierney.bsky.social considers what LPE could want from a method, and Darren Bush, Mark Glick, and Gabriel Lozada search far and wide for “contemporary” law and economics.
Plus, as always, upcoming events, new articles, and essays from around the web. 🧵
@jamesgoodwin.bsky.socialReposted by @lpeblog.bsky.social@lpeblog.bsky.socialTLDR:
@jamesbrandt.bsky.socialReposted by @lpeblog.bsky.social"The way most students (future policy makers) learn about L&E is through its textbooks, and these textbooks continue to present Kaldor-Hicks efficiency as the goal of public policy. This presentation is not defensible on economic theory grounds because it is contradicted by modern welfare economics"
@lpeblog.bsky.socialAccording to a recent defense of law and economics, contemporary practitioners have abandoned the idea that law should maximize economic efficiency. To put this claim to the test, Darren Bush, Mark Glick, and Gabriel Lozada reviewed twelve major law and economics textbooks.
@lenorepalladino.bsky.socialReposted by @lpeblog.bsky.socialI have a new article in Intl J of PE, as part of a symposium on expanding our thinking about public banking & democratic finance
it's called "The Potential of Public Credit Funds" & builds on work by @stomarova.bsky.social & many others
@lpeblog.bsky.socialReposted by @lpeblog.bsky.socialToday, @jamesftierney.bsky.social considers what kind of methodological maturity the LPE movement should aim to achieve, and what a more rigorous LPE might look like in practice.
@lpeblog.bsky.socialToday, @jamesftierney.bsky.social considers what kind of methodological maturity the LPE movement should aim to achieve, and what a more rigorous LPE might look like in practice.
@jamesftierney.bsky.socialReposted by @lpeblog.bsky.social1/ The L&E vs. LPE debate is stuck. One side asks if LPE is rigorous enough to satisfy economists; the other says economists' rigor hides value judgments. At LPE Blog this morning, I offer a way to break the stalemate. 🧵
@lpeblog.bsky.socialA huge congrats to our editorial board member @veenadubal.bsky.social on being named a 2026 Freedom Scholar. 🎉