Judges move slower than markets but faster than the economics profession, a deadly combination.
– Judge Frank Easterbrook, “Comparative Advantage and Antitrust Law” (California Law Review, 1987).
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on February 12, 2013
Judges move slower than markets but faster than the economics profession, a deadly combination.
– Judge Frank Easterbrook, “Comparative Advantage and Antitrust Law” (California Law Review, 1987).
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