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The MERS Mystery
A firm with 50 employees located in Reston, Virginia calls MERS claims to hold title to half of all the home mortgages (60 million) in America.
Technology Eats Lawyers
Back in 1900 over 40 percent of the America’s workforce was employed in agriculture.
Are markets (and other social phenomena) really “spontaneous”?
I have misgivings about the term. ”Spontaneous” can mean “impulsive” (as in “he spontaneously started dancing”), which is obviously unsuitable.
Pirates and Hayek
I appreciate everyone’s comments on my intro to my “Capitalism and Socialism” course
The Fed Extends and Pretends
Real estate mogul Sam Zell appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box yesterday morni
The Company Men
All of a half dozen people turned out to see The Company Men the other night at the local theater.
Am I Being Too Kind to Marx?
I teach a course called “Classical and Marxian Political Economy.” We’re currently reading Adam Smith, and I made a reference to