by Bruce | December 30, 2006 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Just Plain Interesting
At "Adam Smith, Esq.," we don’t talk about Adam Smith himself very much, but at year-end it seems appropriate to pay a moment’s homage to this site’s intellectual godfather and, I hope, provide those of you who may not have studied him...
by Bruce | December 6, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting, Knowledge Management, Technology strategy
As the legal blogosphere goes from childhood to adolescence to (eventually) full-throated adulthood, I’ve enjoyed not just contributing my own small efforts to that process, but also being able to be an armchair observer of other developments having nothing...
by Bruce | December 2, 2006 | Articles, Just Plain Interesting
Those of you who know or have worked with me are aware that I’m pleased to have a "best friends" relationship with the principals of Edge International, founded over twenty years ago, and a group of wonderfully talented people who are also fun and...
by Bruce | June 1, 2006 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Compensation, Finance, Just Plain Interesting
From the Journal of Economic Education (hat tip to "Truth on the Market") comes the first study I’m familiar with examining whether the choice of undergraduate major has any effect on a lawyer’s career earnings. And guess what? If you...
by Bruce | May 8, 2006 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Knowledge Management
"The dismal science?" You won’t be surprised to hear that that’s about the last way I’d describe the art and discipline of economics, and a new book, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, reviewed by Paul Krugman in yesterday’s...
by Bruce | May 5, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Strategy
As loyal readers know, I had a nasty brush with copyright law and the ALM Media inhouse law department this past Monday. In a nutshell, after spending part of the weekend generating four pieces on the 2006 AmLaw 100 (released last Friday)—here, here, here,...