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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics Goes To…..
The Nobel in Econ (a/k/a The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) for 2024 was awarded a few days ago to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and to James Robinson of the University of Chicago. Here at Adam Smith, Esq., we try to... read more +Standout Reporting on A Systemic Problem
Every once in awhile, a piece of legal journalism--heck, we're not grading on a curve here, folks--business and economics journalism with the legal industry as its subject--is so thorough, nuanced, and generously sourced that it demands a tip of the hat. So with Kate...
Do/Don’t Return to the Office??
Will we or won't we? When do we or don't we? Return to the office, that is. Barrels of feckless virtual ink have been spilled on this topic for nearly two years, starting, say, late the week national lockdown became a real and not fantastical thing. Approaching the...
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China 101
If you're like me, you may be troubled at the thought of all that you do not know or understand about China. And, if you realize the depth of your ignorance on something so important, you ask the smartest people you know about That Something what you should read on...
Captive ALSP’s Are a Dead End: Discuss
This is our original unedited version of an article which our friends at Thomson Reuters' Forum magazine were kind enough to print in the current issue. Now that they have had it exclusively for a suitable grace period, we reproduce it below for readers of Adam...