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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 +

Is Litigation in Long-Run Secular Decline?

by | May 23, 2023 | 3 Comments

The first truly evil character to appear in Scripture is of course the Snake in the Garden of Good and Evil. Not a nice guy, not someone you'd want to emulate, not a role model:  The Snake of all Snakes at the coulda-been Eternal Garden Party, harbinger of bad news...

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Everybody Back in the Pool Office?

by | Apr 25, 2023 | 3 Comments

Ever since "RTO" became a real possibility, I have been firmly and decisively on the fence about the best policy for firms to follow.  A free-for-all come and go (or don't come) as you wish?  Sure, why not?  We're all adults here, right? Now my view has changed....

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Jamie Dimon’s Advice

by | Apr 13, 2023 | 0 Comments

Jamie Dimon’s annual letter to shareholders, which comes out as part of the JP Morgan Chase annual report, was published about two weeks ago. At 42 pages, it takes more than a passing skim-over to digest, but. It is almost universally read among business leaders, and...

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