Daily Archive: June 24, 2012

/// June 24, 2012

Inequality, Freedom, and Dignity

Note: This post is a belated entry to our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far,...

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/// June 24, 2012

Memoriam for Lin Ostrom

~By James Hanley Nobel Prize winning political scientist Elinor Ostrom died recently at age 78. I am saddened by the loss of someone I knew, liked, and respected both personally and professionally. This memorial...

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