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Elgar Companion to Transaction Cost Economics

Peter Klein (over at Organizations and Markets) and I recently edited a volume for the Elgar Companion series titled The Elgar Companion to Transaction Cost Economics. At long last, the volume will be available in the US in November, 2010; in plenty of time for spring semester classes that might want to incorporate some or ... Elgar Companion to Transaction Cost Economics

The SEC takes heat over the Goldman suit

Per the WSJ, the SEC’s internal watchdog told the Senate Banking Committee that the SEC’s suit against Goldman was a “suspicious” attempt to “to distract attention from a report criticizing the SEC for failing to detect an alleged Ponzi scheme.” It’s not like I’m surprised.  Here’s my criticism of the suit and the settlement.  The only ... The SEC takes heat over the Goldman suit

Antitrust and Congress

Last Thursday and Friday, I attended a conference at Case Western Law School on the Roberts Court’s business law decisions. I presented a paper on the Court’s antitrust decisions. (The paper, described here, is now available on SSRN.) Adam Pritchard, Matt Bodie, and Brian Fitzpatrick presented papers considering the Court’s treatment of, respectively, securities law, ... Antitrust and Congress

Time to go

This episode has had a profoundly negative impact on me. To be sure, I deserved and even welcomed criticism of my remarks. But the firestorm this created was completely unanticipated. Lies and misinformation, like that our family earns $450,000, spread uncontrollably. One of the perpetrators, Henry Blodget, has graciously agreed to correct this mistake. (Thank ... Time to go

I’m sorry II

Likewise.  I don’t retract a word of my prior post, in which I ventured to suggest that economic arguments might substitute for personal attacks.  If the comments to this blog over the last week represent the state of the discussion we are having about economic policy, then I truly fear for this country’s future.

Looking for a few good associates

The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Chris Mondics writes about statistics showing that first-year law firm associate salaries are not declining despite the apparent turmoil in the legal marketplace.  He asks whether this means “the big-law-firm model has come through unscathed after the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Well, actually, no.” In fact, he notes the revenue squeeze ... Looking for a few good associates

Antitrust Karma, the Microsoft-Google Wars, and a Question for Rick Rule

The WSJ recently published the next installment of the Microsoft-Google antitrust wars.  A Google representative argues “competition is one click away”; Charles (“Rick”) Rule, Microsoft’s antitrust attorney, argues that Google’s conduct might harm competition.  Rule’s main point is summed up in the first line of his piece: “what goes around comes around.”  The longer version ... Antitrust Karma, the Microsoft-Google Wars, and a Question for Rick Rule

Comments Policy

A reminder regarding our comments policy in light of the language and tone of a handful of comments to Todd’s post: We welcome comments. We do not intend to moderate them but may delete those that are profane, mean spirited, racist, sexist, or otherwise inappropriate. Sometimes, and especially on the weekend (and even more so ... Comments Policy

Top Ten Books in Corporate Law (Practitioner)

My previous post listing my favorite books in corporate governance turned out to be fairly popular.  A few readers suggested however that my list contained few books that a practitioner would find useful in day to day practice.  I don’t know whether that’s true, but I will accept that my list had an academic focus. ... Top Ten Books in Corporate Law (Practitioner)

The Complexity of Simple Economics

That’s the title of Steve Horwitz’s blog post reflecting on a recent celebration honoring the lifetime contributions of 1986 economics Nobel Prize winner James Buchanan. (HT: Art Cardin for pointing it out on FB) Horwitz describes Bachanan’s comments about how “the most basic insight of economics is fairly simple: the spontaneous order of  the market.” ... The Complexity of Simple Economics

Which CFPB Will We Get?

Todd mentions Elizabeth Warren’s “kick off” speech for the CFPB, in which she accepts the new “President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury?” gig, and tells us what the new Bureau is all about: The new consumer bureau is based on a pretty simple idea:  people ought to be able to read ... Which CFPB Will We Get?

The dregs of the Enron case

The government finally dropped its prosecution of Nigerian Barge defendant James A. Brown. Here’s part of the WSJ story by John Emshwiller: At the 2004 trial, prosecutors alleged that Enron’s sale of an interest in three power-producing barges, located off the coast of Nigeria, to Merrill was a sham that allowed the energy company to ... The dregs of the Enron case