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Questions about economic policy post-Great Recession

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Hello, I’ve been interested in the Austrian school for a while now. I understand that it opposes most forms of government intervention in the economy, but I do have a question about the policies of Europe and America post-Great Recession. My understanding is that after the Great Recession, a lot of European countries underwent serious austerity measures to react to the crisis, while America mostly enacted expansionary policies to counteract the downturn. It is also my understanding that, […]

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Interpretation, Context, and "the Region Currently Under Strain"

Interpretation, Context, and “the Region Currently Under Strain”

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Here’s a quotation from Richard Rorty about context, and the last two sentences are instructive for legal interpretation. It is impossible to read a text without a context. Instead of even trying to, the interpreter should consider how each object/text is situated within a broader contextual “web,” from which insight can be draw for resolving the “tensions in the region currently under strain”: We pragmatists must object to, or reinterpret, two traditional methodological questions: ‘What context is appropriate […]

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In Praise of Ignoring Facts: A Review of Jack Balkin's "Memory and Authority"

In Praise of Ignoring Facts: A Review of Jack Balkin’s “Memory and Authority”

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Recently I posted a new paper on SSRN, “In Praise of Ignoring Facts.” It’s a critical review of Jack Balkin’s book Memory and Authority: The Uses of History in Constitutional Interpretation, part of a symposium on the book organized by the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. Here’s the abstract: Lawyers and judges invoke history for lots of reasons, some of them purely rhetorical or instrumental. That’s why we academics have to hold their feet to the […]

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⁠O amor é temido por uns, difícil para outros e av... Iza lira

⁠O amor é temido por uns, difícil para outros e av… Iza lira

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⁠O amor é temido por uns, difícil para outros e avassalador para alguns. Para aqueles que se deixam envolver por ele, sem reservas, sem medo de se entregar, o amor é uma força imensa, capaz de transformar e renovar. Para quem sabe o que quer e quer o que sabe, o amor é tudo. Ele é a razão de viver, a fonte de força e inspiração, o elo que une e fortalece. O amor não se mede pela […]

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