“What’s in your wallet?”: Why we should start taking modern monetary theory seriously

by Stephen Reynolds   What if I told you that the United States could fund the President’s “proposed” $1 trillion infrastructure package, the additional $3.6 trillion civil engineers say is necessary, a public jobs program similar to Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, the additional defense spending that seems to be necessary every fiscal year, and “What’s in your wallet?”: Why we should start taking modern monetary theory seriously

Food v. Fuel: A Growing Conflict

In mid-August of this year, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe and North Carolina Governor Beverly Eaves Purdue requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waive a portion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) of the Clean Air Act. At issue is the fact that the EPA sets annual volume requirements for certain renewable fuels – here, Food v. Fuel: A Growing Conflict

A View from the Third Tier: One Professor’s Preliminary Thoughts about Teaching Law Students

By Theresa M. Beiner   I am in my eighteenth year [1] of teaching at a law school that currently sits in the third tier of the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings.[2]  Over the years, I have been amazed by the amount of focus in legal academia placed on the needs and experiences A View from the Third Tier: One Professor’s Preliminary Thoughts about Teaching Law Students