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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 +London Launch Event for Tomorrowland
The agenda for the launch event of Tomorrowland in the UK is shaping up—it will be the morning of Thursday 27th April in London—and although registration is alas closed (the venue reached capacity), I wanted to share a few of the particulars with you. Riverview Law...
The Myth of Yesterday
Rarely do I snag anything from The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal as an entree into an essay on Adam Smith, Esq. (not because there's anything the least wrong with them, but because I figure you've probably already seen it), but rules are made to have...
London Launch Event for “Tomorrowland:” Can you come?
You are warmly invited to attend the City of London launch event for our third and latest book, the just-published Tomorrowland: Scenarios for law firms beyond the horizon. Thursday 27 April 8:30 am In the heart of the City of London (venue to be finalized) We hope...
Show Me the Money (??)
One of the things we do a lot of here—and seemingly more of in the past 24 months or so—is helping firms sort out, reform, amend, optimize, throw-away-and-start-fresh, their partnership compensation systems. And in every engagement of that sort, we try to keep two...
Size Matters Not So Much
This is a guest column by a very good friend of Adam Smith, Esq., Richard Rapp, who was President and CEO of NERA Economic Consulting for 18 years (1988-2005), during which time the firm grew to global scale. Richard now co-heads Veltro Advisors, a law firm...
