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A blog that explores the co-constitution of law and political economy. Part of @lpe_project. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/w2dhcnKrUy
Joined July 2017
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Don't let the embarrassment that is Ezra Klein's op-ed distract you from the embarrassment you will feel if you forget to submit your ALPE proposal by Monday 😳
Today at the Blog, it's last call 🚨🚨 Submissions for the first-ever Association of Law & Political Economy Conference are due Monday, Sept. 15 ⏰ https://t.co/8L8nraYNxr
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Today at the Blog, it's last call 🚨🚨 Submissions for the first-ever Association of Law & Political Economy Conference are due Monday, Sept. 15 ⏰ https://t.co/8L8nraYNxr
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Don’t miss your chance to present at the first-ever ALPE Conference. Proposals for paper panels, individual papers, and roundtables are due by September 15!
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Today at the Blog, it's last call 🚨🚨 Submissions for the first-ever Association of Law & Political Economy Conference are due Monday, Sept. 15 ⏰ https://t.co/8L8nraYNxr
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Don’t miss your chance to present at the first-ever ALPE Conference. Proposals for paper panels, individual papers, and roundtables are due by September 15!
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Good morning! My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order.
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“The dichotomy has never been more clear, that you have one side that wants to fundamentally transform one of the greatest blessings that God has given his children, and that is this country.” - Charlie Kirk
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Here’s my new @LPEBlog post about Friday’s FTC decision to stop defending its rule banning non-competes. I also highlight how red & blue states are stepping in to defend worker mobility with new legislation & existing consumer & antitrust laws:
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In a stunning betrayal of 30 million workers, the Federal Trade Commission has abandoned its nationwide ban on non-compete agreements. Fortunately, states are filling the void with remarkable…
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Today, @kvj2108 argues the same populist disease that has wreaked havoc on democratic institutions across the world has come for corporate governance. Musk’s companies, seen from this perspective, are a microcosm for American democratic decay. https://t.co/xJq59MXMWf
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Recent amendments to Delaware’s corporate code have tilted the playing field toward powerful tech CEOs and private equity representatives. Beneath these reforms lies a deeper political shift — the…
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"Corporate law, although far from perfect, was supposed to ensure that the titans of industry acted lawfully and in the best interests of not only the stockholders, but their companies. Now, it seems, Delaware has opted for backsliding." Don't miss this new post by Kate Jackson!
Today, @kvj2108 argues the same populist disease that has wreaked havoc on democratic institutions across the world has come for corporate governance. Musk’s companies, seen from this perspective, are a microcosm for American democratic decay. https://t.co/xJq59MXMWf
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"Unlike Constitutional law, business law never seemed like any kind of democratic bulwark... Regrettably, we may soon learn to miss Delaware’s small contribution to the rule of law and democracy."
Today, @kvj2108 argues the same populist disease that has wreaked havoc on democratic institutions across the world has come for corporate governance. Musk’s companies, seen from this perspective, are a microcosm for American democratic decay. https://t.co/xJq59MXMWf
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Today, @kvj2108 argues the same populist disease that has wreaked havoc on democratic institutions across the world has come for corporate governance. Musk’s companies, seen from this perspective, are a microcosm for American democratic decay. https://t.co/xJq59MXMWf
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Recent amendments to Delaware’s corporate code have tilted the playing field toward powerful tech CEOs and private equity representatives. Beneath these reforms lies a deeper political shift — the…
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First reported at @LPEblog, back when I was editing: https://t.co/cJG0XfB7jL
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The empirical research we present in this post itself exemplifies how economics can be a powerful tool for examining (and not just assuming) the relationships between the formal structure of the law…
One of the best antitrust papers now in the QJE: Nearly half of US federal judges attended a crash course in economics at the Manne Institute. This training had lasting effects: judges used more econ language, sided against regulators more often, and imposed harsher sentences.
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Don't let the national embarrassment that is Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court distract you from the national embarrassment that is Andrew Ferguson and the FTC.
Here’s my new @LPEBlog post about Friday’s FTC decision to stop defending its rule banning non-competes. I also highlight how red & blue states are stepping in to defend worker mobility with new legislation & existing consumer & antitrust laws:
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"Chair Ferguson claims that the FTC can more effectively protect worker mobility through individual enforcement actions... But such one-off actions won’t be nearly as effective as the blanket ban and won’t clearly signal to 30 million workers that their noncompetes are void."
Today, @LawProfJHarris explains how the FTC just abandoned its non-compete ban — leaving millions trapped in jobs they can’t escape. Fortunately, from Wyoming to Colorado, a new wave of state laws is rewriting the rules on worker freedom. https://t.co/Wyfdb1JBnT
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Today, @LawProfJHarris explains how the FTC just abandoned its non-compete ban — leaving millions trapped in jobs they can’t escape. Fortunately, from Wyoming to Colorado, a new wave of state laws is rewriting the rules on worker freedom. https://t.co/Wyfdb1JBnT
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In a stunning betrayal of 30 million workers, the Federal Trade Commission has abandoned its nationwide ban on non-compete agreements. Fortunately, states are filling the void with remarkable…
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A massive betrayal of the 25,000+ Americans who explained to @FTC how noncompetes keep people trapped and coerced, undermining basic freedoms. Another clear sign that, despite its rhetoric, this administration is deeply hostile to American workers.
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Managing your finances, no matter how much you make, is key to financial success. No one knows this better than @teyanataylor. The recent culinary school grad was given $300 to create a 🔥fit for Chime’s Ball on A Budget. See how she pulled it off. Powered by @Chime
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Week in review: a Labor Day special, with @MikeWishnie on faculty unions, and @EamonCoburn on the long-eroded social norms against union busting. Plus, the best of LPE from around the web! Link in next tweek.
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"A common refrain is that NLRA violations are just 'economically rational' for employers... Yet we do not view other types of workplace harms this way. Wage theft is broadly viewed as wrongful... Discrimination cases are even further removed from the economic in the public mind."
Today, @EamonCoburn argues that the legal scholars and the labor movement must confront a fundamental challenge to organizing: the erosion of social norms against union-busting. https://t.co/6KM4DVIQil
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Excited to share that my job talk paper, The Myth of Credit Card Competition, is forthcoming in @VandLRev! I explore the limits of competition (through antitrust, consumer law, or regulation) as a solution to high and regressive swipe fees in the credit card payments market. 1/8
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Nearly every large organization - Columbia, Starbucks, REI, Trader Joes, Amazon - has embraced an illegal anti-union playbook. While we should increase the legal penalties for such behavior, Eamon's right that we also need a shift in social norms to safeguard organizing rights.
Today, @EamonCoburn argues that the legal scholars and the labor movement must confront a fundamental challenge to organizing: the erosion of social norms against union-busting. https://t.co/6KM4DVIQil
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Today, @EamonCoburn argues that the legal scholars and the labor movement must confront a fundamental challenge to organizing: the erosion of social norms against union-busting. https://t.co/6KM4DVIQil
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As legal protections for labor organizing face existential threats, the American labor movement must confront a deeper challenge: the erosion of social norms that once condemned union-busting as…
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