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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 +Time Capsule
In connection with an ongoing research/whitepaper project, further about which affiant sayeth not, I had occasion to look at the Original AmLaw 50 from 1985. Here are the first three columns: Rank, firm, and gross revenue: Aside from the historic time warp we...
The 2016 Economics Nobel
From the redoubtable David Warsh of Economic Principals: When the Nobel Prizes were established, in 1901, the Nobel Foundation for perhaps a decade sought to spirit laureates into Stockholm in order that they should be available when their recognition was announced....
Ward Bower: 1947–2016
Word came this weekend that my friend and one of Adam Smith, Esq.'s closest long-time partners in the surprisingly small world we inhabit had died a few days ago of a sudden heart attack; Ward was 69. I can't even remember the first time I met Ward, as it seems I've...
Globalization Forever?
Along with Brexit and the apparently unsinkable Trump, another surprise has been brewing on the world stage and I hope you've noticed. Globalization—measured by the most fundamental and reliable metric, crossborder trade volume—has ended its ever upward trajectory of...
Upcoming Webinars on EU Data Protection
Yours truly will be moderating three webinars over the next six weeks or so on the EU's requirements for data protection, security, and confidentiality. Our panelists will be highly qualified practitioners in these fields from firms such as K&L Gates, Pinsents,...