September 2006

In his wonderful children’s book The Phantom Tollboth, Norton Juster describes a world divided between a kingdom of words and a kingdom of numbers. As “Digitopolis and Dictionopolis” spur for dominance, “Rhyme and Reason” are the first casualties.

Recently, Larry Solum recommended two very important books on a similar rivalry in political science. After a spell of “quant” hegemony, it looks like a balance between quantitative and qualitative scholarship is in the offing. I want to talk a bit about what the experience of political science, in trying to reach that balance, may have to offer legal scholars. . . . (Read More »Post-Disciplinary Legal Scholarship?

I have elsewhere discussed the possibility of a “buying power externality“–the idea that extreme inequality has unaccounted for costs when… Read More »Cars vs. People