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Jessica Shoemaker and James Tierney on Financializing Farmland Podcast Episode · Business Scholarship Podcast · 08/04/2025 · 35m

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Why does it matter who owns America's farms?

@jessicashoemaker.bsky.social (@unlcollegeoflaw.bsky.social) and @jamesftierney.bsky.social (@chicagokentlaw.bsky.social) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their article "Trading Acres." 1/2

Enjoyed meeting with former Congressman Wiley Nickel and receiving his strong endorsement.

Mr. Strickland, Bill, and the Souphanousinphones did vote for Trump, though.

Hank Hill had a deep sense of honor and dignity. He would have looked down on a man like Donald Trump, not voted for him.

The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue. Unemployment remains low, but that’s only because labor force growth has gone sideways. The foreign-born workforce is shrinking, and labor force participation is declining. Telling is the economy-wide hiring freeze, particularly for recent graduates, and the decline in hours worked. It’s no mystery why the economy is struggling; blame increasing U.S. tariffs and highly restrictive immigration policy. The tariffs are cutting increasingly deeply into the profits of American companies and the purchasing power of American households. Fewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy. Any notion that the economic data misrepresents the reality of how the economy is performing is way off base. There are revisions to the data, even big revisions, but they universally say the economy is doing worse. That’s because it is. BTW, the DOGE cuts are a key factor in the revisions—not because BLS has cut staff, although that can’t help, but because the government often reports payrolls to BLS late. It didn’t matter when government employment was stable, but now that it’s declining, the cuts are picked up in the revisions.

Trump is panicking because the economic numbers are giving a recession vibe.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.

I’m quoted in this article re state securities regulators and Ponzi schemes.

The “fear of Sears” was once a shorthand for opposing non-lawyer ownership of law firms.

Texas Dems to flee state amid national redistricting battle They will head to Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker has expressed sympathy for their plight.

BIG NEWS: Texas Dems plan to flee to Chicago today in order to disrupt redistricting attempts, according to Politico.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

That episode was the first time I heard the word “apothecary” and has shaped its meaning for me ever since.

I really enjoyed this conversation with @andrewkjennings.com. I appreciate the opportunity to not only discuss what Fintech Dytopia's about, but also talk about why and how I wrote it the way I did (Charles Dickens gets a shout out)...

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Hilary Allen on Silicon Valley Ruining Things Podcast Episode · Business Scholarship Podcast · 07/31/2025 · 25m

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Is Silicon Valley to blame?

@profhilaryallen.bsky.social, professor of law @americanuniversity.bsky.social, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss her free serialized book "FinTech Dystopia: A Summer Beach Read About Silicon Valley Ruining Things." 1/2

These images are very misleading to later generations: only one family per neighborhood had a TV that big.

It’s an interesting question re investor perceptions, but I meant it more broadly and integrity broadly considered.

It would be interesting to see a survey experiment on whether being public is associated with higher perceptions of integrity. I’m sure it is, and not without reason.

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Committees need to be established within CBS and Paramount Studios to monitor and maintain the discipline and good morals of party members.

Better to be the majority in Hell than the minority in Heaven.

Nobody ever accused the right of not having patience.

Maybe the Virginia GOP would like federal workers to leave NoVa/the Commonwealth's voter rolls.

Thanks @andrewkjennings.com @busscholarship.bsky.social for having us on to talk about expert witnesses!

Adam Callister, Andrew Granato and Belisa Pang on Expert Witnesses Podcast Episode · Business Scholarship Podcast · 07/21/2025 · 34m

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Which expert witnesses get paid the most, and who do they work for?

Adam Callister and @agranato42.bsky.social (@yalesom.bsky.social) and Belisa Pang (@umichlaw.bsky.social) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their article "Expert Asymmetry: Evidence from Securities Litigation." 1/2

Gad Weiss on VC Pay-to-Play Podcast Episode · Business Scholarship Podcast · 07/15/2025 · 22m

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How do startup founders keep their investors committed?

Gad Weiss, fellow in law and business at the New York University School of Law, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss his article "Pay-to-Play." 1/2