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Nick’s New Blog

I have been derelict in welcoming Nick Schulz’s new sports and technology blog to the block. These are two of my favorite topics, so I look forward to seeing them together. See, for example, his thought=provoking post on the effects of technological change on baseball.

Boldrin And Levine: Intellectual Property

Check out Michele Boldrin’s and David Levine’s joint work on intellectual property if you are interested in such issues. For example, this abstract of their paper titled “The Case Against Intellectual Property”, puts it clearly: Argues that the downstream licensing agreements implicit in current intellectual property law are anti-competitive and that there should be a …

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Claremont Review Of Books

Many thanks to Randy Barnett and David Bernstein for their recommendations of the Claremont Review of Books. I enjoy reading book reviews, but the NYT, NYRB, and London RB have all driven me sufficiently crazy with emotional, non-analytical, bad postmodern (as opposed to Hayekian postmodern!) reviews that I just don’t bother any more.

Hunting Haggis

Please, do check out the funny comment on haggis hunting (isn’t haggis a small animal that lives in the heather?) from my dear friend Adam Bruce, from the haggis post immediately below. A good chuckle to start the day!