Donating for Dollars

We’re not entirely sure what we think of Gov. Haley Barbour’s bizarre condition for pardoning the Scott sisters, who had been serving life sentences for a crime committed when they were teenagers.

On the one hand, everybody wins from the deal. Gladys gets a kidney (provided they match). Her …

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Heaton and Helland on Court Access

Economists are of two minds about the use of courts to manage civil disputes. On the one hand, the threat of litigation makes contracts enforceable and drives tort settlements, thereby minimizing the need for government regulation. On the other, litigation chews up vast resources. Alas, a striking new …

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