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Legal scholars, students, & practitioners working to expose & transform law's role in the perpetuation of economic, racial, & gender inequality. & @LPEblog
Joined August 2019
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The week in review: @rohangrey and Amanda Parsons on crypto, @Sandeep Vaheesan on antitrust reform, Zohra Ahmed and Madiha Tahir on why the U.S. wages war, and Quinn Slobodian on the post-neoliberalism. Plus, LPE news and notes from around the web! https://t.co/1WeIKUnirP
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Ex Goldman Sachs employee claims workers just need to wait a bit longer and Trump will start delivering gains for them. Anyone have a bridge to sell this guy?
@erikmbaker Trump hasn’t even been in office a year and slobo claims no material benefits for workers. A bit silly. But wow does he pine for a revolution, never giving up hope that Marx’s 1848 call for capitalism to collapse on itself will one day prove right. Keep waiting. @LPEblog
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"While the MAGA grouping uses its power to stage a Gramscism from the right... the response of its targets is simply to ask for something softer; to try to meet them halfway in a foggy and nebulous language of community, storytelling, and place."
Today, Quinn Slobodian takes you inside a recent conference devoted to the world after neoliberalism. What emerged, he argues, was less a rupture with the past than a centrist project of status-quo stabilization.
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Today, Quinn Slobodian takes you inside a recent conference devoted to the world after neoliberalism. What emerged, he argues, was less a rupture with the past than a centrist project of status-quo stabilization.
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"The fundamental questions here are not about which body of law to apply—human rights law or the law of war. Instead, as the US opens another front of possible war, we must ask: what interests does it advance, and whose?"
Today, Zohra Ahmed and Madiha Tahir argue that recent criticism of the Trump administration's bombings in the Caribbean risks repeating a familiar mistake: debating how the United States wages war while leaving unquestioned why it wages it at all. https://t.co/WusbxvguXj
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The antitrust establishment's discourse around mergers (firms purportedly pursuing economies of scale and other operational advantages) is so far removed from what drives the M&A machine: easy profits for Wall Street and bigger empires for top executives
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And, for those who haven't been keeping score at home, you can find the entire series here, featuring @gabrielwinant, Sanjukta Paul, @Econ_Marshall, and @mddimick! https://t.co/LqrYzg0fHI
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Today, @sandeepvaheesan concludes our series on Marxism and Antitrust by arguing that antitrust reform can act as a complement to other forms of economic regulation, and, more broadly, as an instrument for democratizing economic life. https://t.co/ckBni7B27Z
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In the recent exchange between the Marxists and the antitrusters, much of the disagreement has turned on different understandings of the project of antitrust reform. What is its animating goal?
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"the disagreement between the antitrusters and the Marxists is due, in part, to differing understandings of the project of antitrust reform—what it aims to do, where it should be situated with respect to other legal fields, and how it relates to broader political movements."
In @LPEblog, I argue that antitrust reform is a critical component of building a more democratic economy Thanks to @j_e_brandt for the excellent editing, as always!
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In @LPEblog, I argue that antitrust reform is a critical component of building a more democratic economy Thanks to @j_e_brandt for the excellent editing, as always!
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"For something to serve effectively as a medium of exchange, it must be broadly accepted for payments. To date, however, the uptake of crypto as a payment method has remained stubbornly low... only 2% of Americans used cryptocurrency in 2024 to buy something or make a payment."
Today, Amanda Parsons explains how the crypto industry is partnering with government institutions to craft demand for a currency that hardly anyone uses. https://t.co/RpYFWsCoaq
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"Government actors, including state tax authorities, are being recruited to craft the demand necessary to prop up what is essentially a Ponzi scheme—one worth $5 billion to our current president and his family."
Today, Amanda Parsons explains how the crypto industry is partnering with government institutions to craft demand for a currency that hardly anyone uses. https://t.co/RpYFWsCoaq
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The “post-legitimacy” court (our new paper-comments welcome). The ecology-legal/moral/political-of a Supreme Court whose majority degrades its public standing to achieve ideological ends in a moment of opportunity. https://t.co/l5nXE3fxHp
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Today, Amanda Parsons explains how the crypto industry is partnering with government institutions to craft demand for a currency that hardly anyone uses. https://t.co/RpYFWsCoaq
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Despite its professed commitment to radical libertarianism and anarchy, the crypto industry is actively cultivating government intervention in markets on its behalf. From recruiting states to accept…
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"The enemy is not developers or hobbyists tinkering with apps. It is oligarchs like Andreessen and Thiel, who understand that control of the future of money means control of the future itself."
Today, @rohangrey kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
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Today, @rohangrey kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
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