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Today, Noa Ben-Asher concluded our series on the law and political economy of trans healthcare by arguing that the persecution of transgender people, though often treated as a niche concern, is central to today’s political and economic realignments. lpeproject.org/blog/trans-hea…

“As household pets have risen in status—from mere animals to bona fide family members—so, too, has owners’ willingness to spend money to ensure their well-being. Big-money investors have noticed." Helaine Olen on how corporations are making our vet bills surge in The Atlantic📈

Week in review: Ganesh Sitaraman on Antimonopoly and Artificial Intelligence, Ntina Tzouvala on Tariffs and Economic Sabotage, and Noa Ben-Asher on Trans Healthcare Bans and White Nationalism. Plus, the best of LPE from around the web. lpeproject.org/blog/weekly-ro…

Raúl Carrillo Daniel Hawley Happy to announce my recent paper, 'Digitizing the Fisc', will be published by Rutgers Law Review (in slightly abridged form). In the meantime, the paper is now citable, and version up on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Trump's position is that the trade rules the US put in place, that explicitly benefit US firms, are somehow unfair to the US. It's lunacy. lpeproject.org/blog/on-tariff…

Today, Nicholas Handler explains the double role of civil servant unions — serving as a check on presidential abuses of power, while also expanding state capacity and thus enabling presidents to turn campaign promises into reality. lpeproject.org/blog/federal-l…

"Bargaining might limit the President’s ability to micromanage the lower reaches of the federal bureaucracy. But in exchange, the protections and autonomy provided by enforceable labor agreements allow the President to recruit skilled workers to work for the executive branch."

wonderful piece from Nick Handler--very glad to have worked on it!

Over the last year and a half, American universities have destroyed the right to protest. Rescuing it will require broad and unwavering consensus about the speciousness of the rationales being offered for today’s crackdowns. New from alexgourevitch: bostonreview.net/articles/the-r…

Today, Ava Liu argues that by portraying technological unemployment as inevitable rather than socially determined, Universal Basic Income proposals obscure the role that power structures and market dynamics play in shaping technological innovation. lpeproject.org/blog/beyond-re…

"A whopping 7 in 10 [pet owners] also say they forgo pet care due to financial reasons.” The price of pet care is surging. The corporate consolidation of vet practices is causing vet bills to soar and forcing owners to make the hard decision to sacrifice care for their pets.

Always read Nick!

Week in review: Nicholas Handler on the importance of federal labor unions and Ava Liu on Universal Basic Income and the politics of automation. Plus, the best of LPE from around the web, including a (last) call for your recent LPE scholarship! lpeproject.org/blog/weekly-ro…

Today, Salomé Viljoen argues that by centralizing data flows and gutting public information systems, DOGE is building the machinery for a new era of authoritarianism. lpeproject.org/blog/the-right…

"DOGE understands that he who controls the data infrastructure holds the keys to the government. Want to stop a federal payment you don’t like? You can do that. Exclude undocumented immigrants from financial life? Easy. Want to track union opposition? Done."

Today, Kelly Grotke explains how universities’ misguided responses to the 2008 financial crisis laid the foundation for the current financial and social crisis in higher education. lpeproject.org/blog/reckoning…

"John Ruskin once observed that 'what is really desired, under the names of riches, is, essentially, power over men.' This, our oligarchs and their political allies have brazenly and repeatedly displayed."