Division of Labour
Economics, law tidbits and news of the weird.
Author: Brad Smith, a professor at Capital University Law School, and Michael E. DeBow, a law professor at Samford University author this blawg along with a number of economics professors.
Blawg Related Categories: Capital University Law School • Samford University • Law Professor • Economics
Recent Posts from Division of Labour
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Never Again
Tomorrow marks the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It should be a day of celebration and a day of somber reflection. Here are some YouTube videos. Here's Bryan Caplan's Museum of…
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Relativism: Lazy and Strong
My friend and colleague Dr. J writes what is rapidly becoming one of my favorite blogs, Readmorewritemorethinkmorebemore. She recently posted two interesting notes on lazy relativism and strong relativism. Here's my comment on the latter:…
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Cavalcade of Miscellany: Capitalism, Food, and Health
1. Shannon is visiting my sister in Houston and Jacob is sick, so the papers I'm within epsilon of finishing will remain between epsilon and delta of being finished until later this week. Fortunately, there…
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Tuesday's Democratic losses bode well for freedom
The more one digs into Tuesdays election results, the worse they look for Democrats. This is almost certainly a good thing - the battleground this fall was generally over taxes and spending, and GOP gains…
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Boudreaux on Voting
Here's Don Boudreaux on why he refuses to vote (HT Don Boudreaux). Perhaps non-voting can be an exercise in civic virtue: by abstaining, non-voters reduce congestion at the polls and make life easier for those…
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One reason why I am a fan of the Berkeley Electronic Press
Each month something like this lands in my inbox: Dear Author, As a service to our authors, we are pleased to provide you with a monthly report tracking readership for any articles you publish with…
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Roger Garrison at Rhodes Tomorrow Night
Roger Garrison is speaking at Rhodes tomorrow night on "Business Cycles and the Great Depression." His website contains some amazing resources on the Austrian theory of the trade cycle. He's also visiting my economic history…
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Party Like It's 1989: Anniversaries
Here's Richard Ebeling on what The Berlin Wall represented (HT: Richard Ebeling). Here's Ronald Reagan's 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate. Regardless of what you think of Reagan, this is an amazing speech. Not all…
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On the Homebuyers Tax Credit
My student Shawn Regan has this letter in today's Rome News-Tribune: Guest columnist Matt Towery put forth a weak argument in favor of extending the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers that was set to…
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On the value of conservation easements
A plug for a new working paper of mine with John Chamblee (UGA), Peter Colwell (Illinois) and Carolyn Dehring (UGA) ""The Value of Land Conservation: Evidence from North Carolina " available at SSRN. We appreciate…