Eric A. Posner (Chicago) and E. Glen Weyl (Yale): Property is Another Name for Monopoly Facilitating Efficient Bargaining with Partial Common Ownership of Spectrum, Corporations, and Land. Researchers or corporate allies? Think tanks are seen as independent, but their scholars often push donors’ agendas, amplifying a culture of corporate influence in Washington. Do think-tanks matter? Carey Doberstein suggests government policy makers and advisors need to do a re-think when it comes to giving validity to reports coming across their desks. Gender is not a spectrum: The idea that “gender is a spectrum” is supposed to set us free — but it is both illogical and politically troubling. Jon Ward and Hunter Walker on the Trump campaign: The finger-pointing starts early. No-rule: Neil Roberts on thinking about Obama v. Trump through Hannah Arendt and C.L.R. James.
