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‘The Law Merchant,’ by Milgrom, North, & Weingast
In “The Role of Institutions in the Revival of Trade: The Law Merchant, Private Judges and the Champagne Fairs,” Paul Milgrom, Douglass C. North, and Barry R. Weingast take as their starting point a circumstance unusual for legal work: circumstances where effective enforcement does not exist. Their motivating example is the “law merchant” or lex ... ‘The Law Merchant,’ by Milgrom, North, & Weingast
After the FTX Crash, What’s Next for Crypto?
For many observers, the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX understandably raises questions about the future of the crypto economy, or even of public blockchains as a technology. The topic is high on the agenda of the U.S. Congress this week, with the House Financial Services Committee set for a Dec. 13 hearing with FTX ... After the FTX Crash, What’s Next for Crypto?
