Nursing Homes Are in Crisis. Shutting Down the Economy Won’t Help Them.
As states adjust their lockdown policies, they should account for the outsized risk faced by nursing homes.
Did Maximum Security Win the Kentucky Derby? Law and Economics Says . . . Maybe
Law and economics’ seemingly simple, but profound, insight is that legal sanctions create incentives to promote or deter certain behavior.
Intolerance of Tolerance at George Mason University
Opponents of naming George Mason University’s law school after Antonin Scalia are intolerant of any opinions that differ from their own.
Auto Bailout or UAW Bailout?
The Treasury Department expects taxpayers to ultimately lose more than $20 billion on the Detroit auto bailout. President Obama defends those losses as necessary to prevent the domestic auto industry ...
Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment
Joe Miller, Alaska’s Republican nominee for the United States Senate, recently expressed support for an idea that is rapidly gaining steam in Tea Party circles: the repeal of the Seventeenth ...
Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment
Doing so would go a long way toward restoring federalism and the separation of powers
Credit Worthy
There are “special interests” on both sides of the bankruptcy bill.
Yesterday I wrote to defend a bankruptcy bill that has been unfairly maligned throughout the press and blogosphere. Today I’m ...
Bankrupt Criticisms
For eight years, Congress has attempted to enact comprehensive bankruptcy-reform legislation, but has been frustrated by extraneous issues and procedural difficulties. Last week, by a vote of 74-25, the United ...