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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Law and Economics - Ideas versus Ideology

How free-market economics reshaped legal systems the world over
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/19/how-free-market-economics-reshaped-legal-systems-the-world-over
Friedrich Hayek’s followers promised growth. They may have overpromised

How Robert Bork Fathered the New Gilded Age
Much like in the first Gilded Age, antitrust enforcers today are hitting labor, not capital. This is thanks to Robert Bork’s radical and influential reinterpretation of antitrust law. In helping successfully rewrite antitrust, Bork left a legacy of corporate supremacy and individual powerlessness.”