The LPE Project

Because even though the law and political economy movement is not exactly a household name, this group exerts massive intellectual influence. Lina Khan and other members of the “Yale Law School school of economics” with ties to the movement played major roles in the Biden administration. LPE-inflected ideas are shaping much of the thinking in the anti-neoliberalism/anti-abundance space. And “Is Uber bad or were taxi cartels bad?” is a pretty good heuristic for thinking about where you stand on these larger debates.

tfw Matt Yglesias tries to take you down and not only fails but compliments you a lot in the process 💅

you can reach us at at lpeproject [at] yale [dot] edu

Are you part of the LPE Speakers Bureau but your information has changed, or you're not yet part of the speakers bureau but you've written for the blog & are interested in making yourself available to give LPE talks, please reach out !!

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Initiative for Global Law and Political Economy (iGLPE) website:

www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/law/research....

@lpeproject.bsky.social
@lpeblog.bsky.social
@a-lpe.bsky.social
@lpec.bsky.social
@ineteconomics.bsky.social
@lpeineurope.bsky.social

“Higher Ed policy in the US is now being developed through ad hoc deals, a mode of regulation that is not only inimical to the ideal of the university as a site of critical thinking but also corrosive to the democratic order and to law itself”

balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

CFP: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy Conference A forthcoming conference will launch the The Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE): a membership organization with a regular annual conference, elected leadership, and an architecture for…

Have you heard the good news?

A forthcoming conference will launch the The Association of Law and Political Economy: a membership organization with a regular annual conference, elected leadership, and an architecture for open participation and collaboration.

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🪩🎉🎊🪩🎉🎊🪩🎉🎊 It's out and full of information. Check it out! Get in touch with questions!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org

I'm submitting a roundtable to bring together economists who will be there -- lmk offline if you're interested in collaborating

b/c while I adore my legal scholar comrades, we LPE economists need to strengthen our own collective capacity & community

we're the E in LPE & we need to up our game

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CfP for the Inaugural Association for Law and Political Economy (ALPE) Conference is out!!!

LPE is moving the central locus of coordination away from a foundation-funded model to a dues-paying membership organization.

lawandpoliticaleconomy.org

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pay to be a member of the organization that george mason pays others $12k per paper to critique!!

it's how you know you're on the right side

If you are an LPE scholar, what conferences do you go to?

"Unless the relationship of power between patients, health care staff, and corporations is altered, universal coverage will simply continue to funnel billions into the hands of companies eager to exploit our health for profit."

Must-read story from @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social on Trump & RFK Jr's catastrophic assault on the FDA.
I'm quoted briefly, echoing a warning @reshmagar.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social & other watchdogs reiterated for years: FDA's unnecessary, excessive secrecy fueled conspiracy theories.

Abandoning Administrative Law During a Presidential Immigration Crisis While the Administrative Procedure Act can constrain the worst abuses of the Trump administration's immigration regime, the Supreme Court has shown little appetite for such administrative review.

Great post from Bijal Shah on administrative law and immigration law under the Trump regime.

Don't miss entry #13,872,254 in our ongoing series: the Courts will not save us.

Don't forget to join us uptown tomorrow for the LPE NYC happy hour!!

Aaron Benanav, Beyond Capitalism—1, NLR 153, May–June 2025 In the first instalment of a major contribution to the reconceptualization of a post-capitalist social order, Aaron Benanav marshals insights from a long century of socialist thought and practice—Cabe...

What could a world after capitalism look like? This two-part article in the
@NewLeftReview
is the result of five years of research. I’ll be turning it into a book later this year, so I’d love to hear your comments and critiques. newleftreview.org/issues/ii153...

❗HIRING ❗ Join me at UGA School of Law! We're hiring 4-5 tenure-track or tenured positions. Priorities include torts, Ks, bankruptcy, environmental law, property, *international law* & secured transactions.

Send letters of interest & cv/resume @ lawhiring@uga.edu. Feel free to reach out w/ ??s.

LPE NYC logo, Summer Happy Hour, July 8th, 5-7pm at Harlem Tavern (116th St and Frederick Douglass Ave) [cheersing beer mugs]

Out next summer happy hour is July 8th & this time it's uptown at the Harlem Tavern!! You don't need to have been to an LPE event before or have a background in law, just an interest in talking about ideas & fighting for a better future for our city!

July 8, 5-7pm. Join us!!

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"Of the 29 healthcare workers in our study, 14 say they could not make a living if on-demand nursing apps were their only source of income. Four workers earn so little that they qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. Two others, rather ironically given their profession, had no health insurance at all."

Nursing on Demand: The Gig Economy Comes for Health Care New Uber-style firms like CareRev and Clipboard Health use algorithmic scheduling, staffing, and management technologies to match understaffed medical facilities with nearby nurses and nursing…

In 2013, @timmaughan.bsky.social published a short story of dystopian fiction about Nicki, a 19-year-old zero-hour contract worker. Today, it reads as a plausible description of the working world of American nurses. My latest for @lpeproject.bsky.social. lpeproject.org/blog/nursing...

The Supreme Court Just Handed Down a Devastating Blow to Medicaid The decision in the South Carolina Planned Parenthood case is more far-reaching than you may think.

Latest from me, with my former HHS colleague Hannah Katch:

The Supreme Court Just Handed Down a Devastating Blow to Medicaid www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-suprem...

📣 ICYMI! LPE Conference FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026 @ Richmond Law! CFP by August! Follow @a-lpe.bsky.social right now!! ✊

Professor Rachel López Launches Participatory Law Fund at Temple Law - Temple Law The Participatory Law Fund (PLF), an innovative tool to enable the growth of the field of Participatory Law Scholarship, has launched at Temple Law School…

So happy that the PLF has found a home at Temple!

Learn more about the work of past awardees on topics ranging from disability rights to refugee law at the link below.

Applications for the next round of awards are due on June 30th. Please help us spread the word!

law.temple.edu/news/profess...

Hell yeah

Anti-Domination and the Future of Progressive Administration The Trump administration is simultaneously dismantling, weaponizing, and centralizing state capacities in order to enact a reactionary vision of administration — one which seeks to roll back efforts…

Today, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social examines the reactionary vision of governance emerging under the Trump administration—and offers a progressive alternative focused on dismantling systems of domination.

Six takeaways from Skrmetti are circulating widely. All six contain errors:
1. The first takeaway quotes a law professor suggesting that a loss in Skrmetti will make other trans rights cases harder. In fact the opinion is narrow.

Prices and Supply, and How Landlords Control Them Attempts to solve the affordable housing crisis rely on a flawed understanding of housing economics and landlord business practices. In reality, landlords are colluding to manipulate the market.

This is concerning. TLDR: So much focus on increasing housing supply through deregulation, but maybe increased supply will not solve the problem, because collusive landlords keep prices high regardless. From Renee Tapp with @lpeproject.bsky.social #nyc #housing

lpeproject.org/blog/prices-...

Save the Date: the inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy conference will be taking place *February 5-7, 2026* at the University of Richmond School of Law. And keep an eye out for the CFP this later this summer!

LPE NYC logo, Summer Happy Hour, June 13 5-7:30pm, DSK (710 Fulton St) [cheersing beer mugs]

Come hang out TONIGHT!! We can talk LPE or the cognitive dissonance of Mamdani surging while the world burns, canvassing this wkend, or just abt how we're filling the void the Knicks left in our lives

Tonight (5-7:30pm) at DSK in Ft Greene (lots and lots of trains nearby)!

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