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Posted in Academics, Current Affairs, Economics, Government, Law, Policy, Politics on Oct 26th, 2009
GMU Economics Professor, Don Boudreaux, provides us with a Manneian defense of insider trading in the October 24 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
I wrote my dissertation on insider trading and corporate governance. The literature, theoretical and empirical, on insider trading is just plain huge and with time I came to slightly change my opinion [...]
Posted in Academics, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, Government, Health, Law, Policy, Politics on Jun 30th, 2009
In the light of the recent HIV case in the adult film industry, I wrote with the assistance of Chris Mitchell, Director of Communications, and Adrian Moore, Vice President of Research, at Reason Foundation, an op-ed based on my academic unpublished paper on self-regulation in the adult film industry.
The op-ed basically repeats what I wrote [...]
Posted in Academics, Books, Economics, Government, Law, Policy, Politics, Research, Society, Television on Apr 19th, 2009
GMU BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism Peter Leeson talks about his book on The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates on Reason.tv
Posted in Academics, Announcement, Economics, Government, Law, Policy, Politics, Religion, Research on Feb 24th, 2009
The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest
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The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest for junior faculty and students in higher education is held every year. The submission deadline is May 1, 2009 . Winners will be announced in October, 2009 . The [...]
Posted in Academics, Bizarre, Books, Economics, Government, Health, Law, Policy, Research on Jan 16th, 2009
I just finished reading Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Alexa Albert. This is a very interesting book. Alexa Albert, then engaged and planning to go to med school, spent several months with the women working at one of the most famous Nevada’s licensed brothels: the Mustang Ranch. The purpose of her research was [...]
Posted in Economics, Entertainment, Law, Research, Travel on Dec 10th, 2008
Last evening, I decided to watch Law & Order: SVU and I am glad I did! The episode was about a serial rapist and the SVU team attempting to find and get the rapist convicted.
During the trial, the serial rapist and his lawyer plead “not guilty by reason of mental disease.” The lawyer’s defense plan [...]