Well, they followed the plan! Story on planning absurdities. Hayek counseled, “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” ⁦A little common sense helps too. tylercowen⁩ share.google/QcDaH1FbUzyrLE…

"The Use of Knowledge in Society" by F. A. Hayek

"The Use of Knowledge in Society" by F. A. Hayek (pdf - open access) aeaweb.org/aer/top20/35.4…

Federalist Society Scalia Law School Todd Zywicki Donald Kochan Federalist Society No. 86 #LawAndEcon Course Video #13: 🎓Prof. Donald Kochan of MasonLEC Scalia Law School uses a step-stool #productliability case to illustrate how #lawandecon can reveal the unintended consequences of judicial decisions. 🎧 no86.fedsoc.org/posts/evaluati…

Hot! S.C. state court wisely dismisses City of Charleston's climate change "deception" case, concluding "The ranks of this chorus [of courts across U.S. dismissing these cases] are swelling for sound public policy reasons." Persuasive opinion at this link: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

Federalist Society No. 86 #LawAndEcon Course Video #14: 🎓Prof. Donald Kochan of MasonLEC Scalia Law School demonstrates how economic thinking has always been embedded in human cooperation. 🎧 no86.fedsoc.org/posts/early-or…

CA5: Land Value From "Holding For Investment" (aka Speculation) Is Not An Economically-Beneficial Use inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemn…

Many thanks Bentonville, Arkansas for the hospitality this week! Glad to get the chance to visit. (View of the water tower on the way to a delicious dinner at The Hive in 21c Bentonville) / City of Bentonville, Arkansas Government Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce Visit Bentonville Downtown Bentonville Inc. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Walmart /

“Framing Van Gogh: why the artist did not want to surround his works with gold” Source: The Art Newspaper - International art news and events share.google/e1G5tbCXCvpS93…

‼️🏛️Register to Attend: bit.ly/3JKmzZb Sign Up to Watch: bit.ly/3V32KyD More Info: bit.ly/3UX3q8L Join us in-person or virtually Wednesday, September 24 for our "Civil Justice Preview of the Supreme Court's 2025 – 2026 Term"! #civiljustice

This panel will feature John Beisner (Skadden, Arps) and Robert Peck (Center for Constitutional Litigation). Moderated by Donald Kochan (Scalia Law School).

Excited to be commenting Wednesday on Judge Ryan Holte's insightful "Property Clause" work, available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. My comments will flow from my work on the feds' duty to dispose of public lands, available at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… // MasonLEC Scalia Law School

Check out this insightful Bloomberg Law op-ed by our very own Donald Kochan regarding the tax court ruling in AbbVie news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law…

2025 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference Speakers William & Mary Law School inversecondemnation.com/2025/09/2025-b…

feat., inter alia, James Y. Stern M. Nolan Gray 🥑 Jeffrey Redfern Julia D Mahoney Clint Schumacher Donald Kochan Vicki Been ... and more!

If you do not believe in a society that leans into coercion, how are individuals expected to get what they want? The answer lies in the process of exchanges.

Check out our interview with James M. Buchanan, who pioneered the economic theory of public choice, at 🔗 loom.ly/-Ym9Xmw #LibertyFund #LF25 #Intellectual #JamesBuchanan #Economist #PublicChoiceTheory #Exchange

Rainy walk home from a reception at the U.S. Capitol this evening … // ⁦Capital Weather Gang⁩ ⁦Architect of the Capitol (AOC)⁩ ⁦The Hill is Home⁩ ⁦HillRag DC⁩ ⁦Capitol Hill BID⁩ ⁦CapitalCommunityNews⁩ //

Blurred by the pouring rain this evening, a view of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building from the South entrance to the U.S. Capitol. // ⁦Library of Congress⁩ ⁦Capital Weather Gang⁩ ⁦The Hill is Home⁩ ⁦HillRag DC⁩ ⁦Hill Center⁩ //

Nice shot from a rainy evening yesterday.