It is uncomfortable, but this needs to happen at nearly every university. The bureaucratic bloat is mindblowing. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…

Carried Interest has been a talking point in tax policy for at least 20 years. It is often viewed as a loophole that if closed would bring in revenue.

Whoever decided that a university speaker getting reimbursed for an Uber needs to complete the same supplier onboarding as a firm bidding on a $1M waste disposal contract: please rot in hell, with respect.

I interviewed 20 senior admins and profs for this story. They painted a similar picture: under Alexander, Mellon became monomaniacally obsessed with social justice, almost exclusively funding work advancing political causes at the expense of more traditional humanities work. 4/

Some advice for new students entering law school: find the largest, most aggressive professor, and on the first day of class keep raising your hand to make comments that will let the other students know not to mess with you

We estimate the Senate-passed reconciliation bill increases primary deficits by $3.1 trillion over 10 years. The dynamic cost, including changes to the economy, is larger at $3.5 trillion. GDP falls by 0.3 in 10 years and falls by 4.6 in 30 years. budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.ed…

Why would we think promotion of national unity is a proper goal for universities?

We all owe a debt of gratitude to @ProfRobAnderson for his tweets proving that tipping is customary in the industry of law teaching. #NoTaxOnTips

Which is worse for GDP, Trump tariffs or Zoom crashing?

I just realized why they had to announce the tariffs today. Because yesterday was April 1, and nobody would have believed this wasn’t a prank yesterday.

Joseph Goebbels was a literal Nazi and one of Hitler's closest allies. To my Republican colleagues, it is probably best not to quote him during a congressional hearing.

nytimes.com/2025/03/25/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Gratitude & applause to the amazing @lsolum, who has not only done defining work on originalism (& other things), but who also organizes, curates, comments on, improves, & promotes academic work in law. A massive public service, done with unfailing generosity & kindness.

The existence of Chicago-style pizza implies the existence of MLA-style pizza and AP-style pizza.

I totally hear you. But the issue is that it isn't your capital at risk. The reason we have a different rate for capital vs labor is to incentivize people to put up their own capital. To invest in America. For whatever reason, we have decided to tax people's labor at a different, higher rate. Your labor is your labor. Investing other people's money isn't a special form of labor. And getting rid of carried interest doesn't change the incentives for *investors* to put up their money. The only shift would be in the incentive for you to decide to choose a profession managing other people's money. And if you're doing it for the tax break, well, that means the system is rewarding tax arbitrage, not actual investment risk.

It’s the hope that kills you

Hey, @TheAALS, y'all should figure out how to give @lsolum an award for all that he has done for the legal academy through his remarkable legal theory blog. @BrianLeiter @dorfonlaw

Stop making fun of people that believe in Santa, there are grown adults that still believe in Modern Monetary Theory

With telework decoupling the state of work & residence, how do local income taxes affect wages, house prices, population and employment? Check out my article “Taxes and telework: The impacts of state income taxes in a work-from-home economy” w/ Brueckner in @JUrbanEcon Thread:

Hang it in the Louvre. #SFvsBUF | #BillsMafia