The Roberts Courts Antitrust Philosophy: You Say Harvard, I Say Chicago …
The debate over the whether the current Supreme Court’s decisions are more accurately described as influenced by the Chicago School, the Harvard School, Post-Chicago thinking, or other influences has recently attracted a great deal of scholarship from premier antitrust scholars (e.g. FTC Commissioner William Kovacic’s article on the identifies a Chicago/Harvard double-helix structure in the ... The Roberts Courts Antitrust Philosophy: You Say Harvard, I Say Chicago …
Bill Henderson Takes On the California Bar
Bill tells the story of his research team’s failed attempt to get data from the California Bar to test a possible mismatch effect in law schools. Bill’s prepared remarks are here. He sums up the case for disclosing the data aptly at the end of his post: But if we fail to diagnosis factors that ... Bill Henderson Takes On the California Bar
The Chicago School As A Virus?
Danny Sokol points to Spencer Webber Waller’s “The Chicago School Virus.” Given the paper’s title, the fact that I’ve written previously on the irresponsible or misleading usages of the term Chicago School, and the author’s predilection to take shots at the Chicago School more generally (previous attempts include describing Hovenkamp’s recent movement toward Chicago School views as imposing the “thinking man’s ... The Chicago School As A Virus?
The Canseco Effect in the Legal Academy?
Eric Gould and Todd Kaplan have posted an interesting paper (highlighted at the WSJ Economics Blog) identifying the “Canseco Effect.” They test baseball player Jose Canseco’s impact on his teammates productivity in response to Canseco’s assertion in his book that he made he improved his teammates’ performance by introducing them to steroids. Turns out he ... The Canseco Effect in the Legal Academy?
Conference: End of the Microsoft Antitrust Case?
The Searle Center at Northwestern University School of Law will be holding a conference on this subject starting a week from today on Thursday, November 15th.  I’m very much looking forward to participating. I will be a discussant on a panel focusing on the contracts at issue in the Microsoft case, and responding (along with ... Conference: End of the Microsoft Antitrust Case?
When In Doubt, Ask the Internet …
Geoff doesn’t vote. Neither do many of my economist friends. In fact, they laugh at me for voting. But I do. The joke will be on them if I’m the tiebreaker, wont it? Anyway, in the search for some shortcuts this presidential election season, I decided to try the Selectsmart 2008 President Selector Quiz (HT: ... When In Doubt, Ask the Internet …
Congrats to the GMU Class of 2007
I am very pleased to join my colleague David Bernstein and the rest of the GMU community in congratulating GMU’s class of 2007 for producing first-time bar passage rates in Virginia exceeding 90% (93.2) and beating out all of our in-state competitors for the first time.
In Case You Were Wondering …
Jesse Jackson has come out against the Sirius / XM Merger …
FCC Bans Exclusive Contracts In Apartment Buildings
From the NY Times: Federal regulators on Wednesday approved a rule that would ban exclusive agreements that cable television operators have with apartment buildings, opening up competition for other video providers that could eventually lead to lower prices. The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved the change, which Chairman Kevin Martin said would help lower cable ... FCC Bans Exclusive Contracts In Apartment Buildings
Antitrust Enforcement Levels and Quality Again: A Hypothetical Conversation
I’ve done some more thinking about my recent post on the problems associated with claims that infer greater antitrust enforcement quality solely from enforcement activity and come to the conclusion that my post oversimplified matters. I remain rather skeptical about this inference but wanted to highlight some of the nuances in the debate that I ... Antitrust Enforcement Levels and Quality Again: A Hypothetical Conversation
"Free is More Complicated Than You Think"
So says Scott Adams, creater of Dilbert and now author, in today’s WSJ. The context might interest TOTM readers who’ve been following the Radiohead/ voluntary pricing discussions here and elsewhere: A few years ago I tried an experiment where I put the entire text of my book, “God’s Debris,” on the Internet for free, after ... "Free is More Complicated Than You Think"
