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econlog.econlib.org - 12/30/2008
The Law: Going from Bad to Worse
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(December 25, 2008 02:48 AM, by Bryan Caplan) At risk of offending my many friends in the legal academy, I think that law is a shockingly phony discipline.  Virtually everyone - liberal, conservative, Marxist, libertarian, or whatever - imagines that the law conveniently agrees with what ...
Worldwide, a Bad Year Only Got Worse
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Worldwide, a Bad Year Only Got Worse
— nytimes.com — After a catastrophic year for global markets, analysts are cautioning investors not to expect the big rebound... that usually follows a sharp downturn. > (more) Worldwide, a Bad Year Only Got Worse

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TRUTH ON THE MARKET — Bryan Caplan writes : At risk of offending my many friends in the legal academy, I think that law is a shockingly phony discipline.  Virtually everyone - liberal, conservative, Marxist, libertarian, or whatever - imagines that the law conveniently agrees with what they favor on non-legal grounds.  Almost no one admits that many, if not most, laws are so vague that there is no “fact of the matter” about what they mean. Once in a while, I should add, a law professor has told me this verbatim, and then gone back to arguing about the law.  The philosopher in me insists, “If ...

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