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Wall Street's Obama Fury: Sometimes Even Spoiled Brats Have a Point

Modest Proposals for Financial Reform: Regulation as Grade-Grubbing

Maybe regulatory life should be more like school.

The Good News and the Bad News About Public Colleges frankh/flickr

The Good News and the Bad News About Public Colleges

Guest post by Laura McKenna, former political science professor, blogger, and freelance writer. If anyone could be described as the poster child for…

Property Rights and Fishery Conservation Reuters

Property Rights and Fishery Conservation

Guest post by Jonathan H. Adler, a professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and regular contributor to the Volokh…

Property Rights and the Tragedy of the Commons Reuters

Property Rights and the Tragedy of the Commons

Guest post by Jonathan H. Adler, a professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and regular contributor to the…

Modest Proposals for Financial Reform: Abolish Mortgage-Backed Securities Reuters

Modest Proposals for Financial Reform: Abolish Mortgage-Backed Securities

Guest post by Dr. Manhattan, a lawyer in New York City who represents, among others, clients in the investment management industry. Thanks to Megan…

Hayek Was Right: Why Cloud Computing Proves the Power of Markets Reuters

Hayek Was Right: Why Cloud Computing Proves the Power of Markets

Guest post by Jim Manzi, founder and Chairman of Applied Predictive Technologies, and the author of Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of…

There is No Easy Button for R&D Reuters

There is No Easy Button for R&D

Don't believe anybody who tells you there's a formula for spending on big new ideas. There isn't.

Mitt Romney, One Night Stands, and the Economics of Relationships Wikipedia

Mitt Romney, One Night Stands, and the Economics of Relationships

The ways we exchange goods and services says lots about the how we interact with the people around us.

The Wacky World of Prices: Rental Cars, Hollywood, and HBO HBO

The Wacky World of Prices: Rental Cars, Hollywood, and HBO

Guest post by Gabriel Rossman -- Sociologist at UCLA. His work applies economic sociology to media industries. He blogs at Code and Culture and is…

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