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Richard Posner

Guns in America: How Many Lives Is It Going to Take?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 02.16.2013 | Politics
Miles J. Zaremski

When will the expansiveness of the Second Amendment be curtailed? When will elected representatives in Washington act and not utter wasted words? When will President Obama act to make gun control part of his second term?

Call It Democracy 2012: An Electoral Storm

Matt Kohn | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics
Matt Kohn

There is no better time than the present for American citizens to take a look at the history of presidential elections through the lens of the Electoral College.

Scalia Hurls 'Lie' Charge

Reuters | Posted 11.18.2012 | Politics

By Terry Baynes NEW YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday escalated a war of words with a pro...

The Scalia-Posner War and Why it Matters

Eric Segall | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Eric Segall

Scalia relies no more (or less) on text or history than any other Supreme Court Justice; he just indignantly claims that he does.

Federal Judge Slams 'Absurd' Laws Against Marijuana, Other Drugs

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 09.11.2012 | Politics

Richard A. Posner, a conservative U.S. Court of Appeals judge, declared his support for scaling back strict federal prohibitions on drugs, particularl...

Reagan-Appointed Judge: Deregulation Movement Made 'A Fundamental Mistake'

Posted 08.24.2012 | Business

Apparently the financial crisis was a big enough disaster to convince even some of the firmest deregulation advocates that they were wrong. Federa...

Judge: Allowing Citizens To Record Police In Public Violates Cops' Privacy

Posted 11.14.2011 | Chicago

On Tuesday, a judge indicated that the American Civil Liberties Union's challenge of the harsh Illinois eavesdropping law banning the audio recording ...

Is College Tuition Too Low?

nytimes.com | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Gary Becker, the Nobel laureate economist, and Richard Posner, the federal judge and author, argued on their shared blog last week that tuition should...

The Great Repression: The Crisis of Richard Posner

Jonathan Lipson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Jonathan Lipson

There is nothing wrong with changing your mind, and perhaps Judge Posner should be lauded for doing so publicly. But breaking with the past is one thing. Burying it is another.

Is Richard Posner Destroying the Chicago School of Economics?

Damien Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Damien Hoffman

Although Posner still walks the intellectually gutted halls of the University of Chicago, he has no reservation helping tear their remaining ruins down from within.

A Guide To The Best Books On The Financial Crisis

Daily Intel | Moe Tkacik | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

This week marks the official publication of the longest, most comprehensive, and highest-priced ($32.95!) work of Crisis Lit yet, New York Times repor...

More Compelling Evidence That Free Market Capitalism Doesn't Work Without Government Regulation

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Stewart Acuff

Now we have a leading University of Chicago economist making the key economics rationale for quick passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

If Not Health Care Reform...

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Harry Moroz

The Obama administration is currently losing its argument for the CFPA. It is suffering under some of the same criticisms as its health care reform plan: in particular, that choice will be limited by minimum regulatory standards.

Judge Posner's Dangerous Thinking

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Jeff Jarvis

Judge Richard Posner wants to not just mold the new world to old laws, but to try to change the law to protect the old world and its incumbents from the new world and its innovators.

Judge Richard Posner: We Need Counterpart To 9/11-Commission To Study Causes Of Financial Crisis

New York Times | RICHARD A. POSNER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

THE 88-page report issued by the Treasury Department last week proposes far-reaching changes in financial regulation. Unfortunately, the report is pre...

Marcus Baram

Judge Richard Posner Questions His Free-Market Faith In "A Failure Of Capitalism"

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

"If you're worried that lions are eating too many zebras, you don't say to the lions, 'You're eating too many zebras.' You have to build a fence aroun...

Adversity and Comedy, the Venerable Studs

Rob Warden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Rob Warden

True to form, Studs could turn his malady into something of a comedy routine.