“Yale on $0 a Day” Sparks a Wonder Moment
We’re so immersed in the benefits of a market economy that I fear we sometimes fail to notice what a marvel capitalism is. Today’s Wall . . .
“Yale on $0 a Day” Sparks a Wonder Moment
Wright on Pasquale on TOTM on DRM
Frank Pasquale has taken the time to respond to my earlier post on the use of antitrust to tax consumers on the grounds of fairness . . .
Coase, Penalty Defaults, and the Disgorgement Remedy for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Law students, I have found, often have a hard time seeing how the Coase Theorem applies outside the context of land use conflicts. They also . . .
Using Antitrust to Tax Consumers is a Bad Idea Even If You Really, Really Want “True” Interoperability
There is some antitrust buzz in the air after Steve Job’s “Thoughts on Music,” which discussed the possibility of eliminating DRM entirely. The real antitrust . . .
The Market for DRM
Everyone is talking about Steve Jobs’ open letter on DRM,”Thoughts on Music,” including, best among all of them, my colleague, Josh. Among many others, see . . .
Shelf Space Again: Congress Announces Antitrust Investigation of the Grocery Market
Representative Kucinich has announced that the House Oversight and Government Reform Domestic Policy Subcommittee will be launching an investigation into “a variety of marketplace issues . . .
Is There Really Less Securities Fraud? And If So, Should We Thank the Feds?
Securities fraud class-actions are down. In an op-ed in yesterday’s WSJ, Joseph Grundfest observed that both the number of such actions and the dollar value . . .
Hazlett on the Madness of e-Crowds
This piece by my colleague Tom Hazlett is really the best thing I’ve read online all week and has been getting some attention across the . . .
Let Ethanol Fail
The recent State of the Union address, in which President Bush called for an almost 500% increase in alternative fuel consumption by 2017, once again . . .