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Daily Archive for April 28th, 2010

Disclosure Laws, But Only When Our Guys are Getting Skewered

Posted in Institutions on Apr 28th, 2010

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the Doe v. Reed case. The case boils down to whether or not a state ought be forced to reveal the names of individuals who signed a ballot initiative. Aside from bizarrely Orwellian nature of disclosing the names of people who support a particular cause (i.e. would people […]

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Insurers as Happy People

Posted in Institutions on Apr 28th, 2010

If not happy, then optimistic. One of my students made the nice observation that insurers must be the most optimistic people in the world. Think about why? “They” are placing bets that bad things will not happen to you. And if you think about the multiple types of incentives at play within insurance companies, let’s […]

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