Economics

[Note: This post is co-authored with colleagues Jennifer Nou (@Jennifer_Nou) and David Weisbach (@WeisbachD).]

This is the final Part, 9 of 9, in a serial posting of my law review article, “How to Save Unemployment Insurance.” Part Four explained how UI went wrong, and Part Five explored why. Part Seven explained the key definitional…

This is the penultimate Part 8, of a serial posting of my law review article, “How to Save Unemployment Insurance.” Part Four explained how UI went wrong, and Part Five explored why. Part Seven explained the key definitional move any reform proposal probably has to…

This is Part 7 (and almost the end!) of a serial posting of my law review article, “How to Save Unemployment Insurance.” Catch up on Part Six here. You can download the whole manuscript here.

This is Part 3 of a serial posting of my law review article, “How to Save Unemployment Insurance.” Part One is here, Part Two here. You can download the whole manuscript here.

UI, like other forms of insurance, is a form of income smoothing.[1] In effect, workers…

[This post was co-authored with Lisa Larrimore Ouellette and cross-posted at Written Description.]

As we explained last week, the full impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Impression Products v. Lexmark will depend on whether…

Economist Robert Frank writes in this morning’s New York Times:

Republicans have promised to replace Obamacare with something better. Everyone, Mr. Trump included…