A Knowledge Problem with Insider Trading Law. Brian Doherty: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-05-16):

Reihan Salam at The Daily is of course glad hedge fund villain Raj Rajaratnam was convicted for insider trading, blah blah, but spells out one of the perverse results of keeping those who know the most about companies (theoretically) from helping spread that knowledge and help bake it into the…

How the regulatory arm of the Money Monopoly — in order to “protect” small investors from predatory insiders, natch — ends up encouraging, nay demanding, faceless corporations with governance alienated from the enterprise and unaccountable to investors.

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• Don't Leave Me Alone. Steven Horwitz, The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty (2011-04-20). One sentiment commonly expressed by libertarians is the desire to just be "left alone."  This is often meant politically: "If people would just leave each other alone, the world would be a much better place," or "I just want to be left alone to do what I want."  And in… (Linked Wednesday 2011-05-11.)

• INTERESTING QUESTION. Robert Paul Wolff, The Philosopher's Stone (2011-04-18). Marinus sent me a long, very interesting email message, criticizing my dismissive attitude toward the Prisoner’s Dilemma in Part Five of my tutorial on Formal Methods in Political Philosophy. I am turning that over in my mind, and will reply in a bit. But out of curiosity, I Google’d him,… (Linked Wednesday 2011-05-11.)

• Do the Nannies Get Nannies? cherylcline, der Blaustrumpf (2011-05-11). As incomprehensible as it is to shun both the Democratic and Republican parties, apparently it borders on incoherence to find fault with both pro- and anti-natalist arguments, or so it seems.  This month Cato Unbound has a pretty good feature on the politics of family size–see in particular Matthew Connelly's… (Linked Thursday 2011-05-12.)

• The Opposite of a Nut-Punch. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-05-13). Well, not the complete opposite — the NYPD comes off looking pretty bad. Still, this is the feel-good crime story of the week. (Linked Friday 2011-05-13.)

• Last Time In the City. noreply@blogger.com (Τζούλια Ρήμ?@cf;20ac;ερ Πι?@cf;201e;), Propaganda Lalaland (2011-05-07). Saturday was probably my last time at Red Emma’s in a long while. I thought I’d go down there since I’m leaving Maryland on Friday morning and may not be back again until January of next year (assuming my study abroad plans will work out). I remember the last time… (Linked Friday 2011-05-13.)

• Researchers Say WSJ's WikiLeaks Copycat Is Full Of Holes – Andy Greenberg – The Firewall – Forbes. pilgrim, Mark's Firehose (2011-05-05). Just what I've been waiting for! A WikiLeaks clone owned by Rupert Murdoch that cooperates with law enforcement. (Linked Monday 2011-05-09.)

• WSJ's "SafeHouse" is the Zune of leak sites. I expect in version 2 they'll introduce the ability to "squirt" leaks to your friends. Mark Pilgrim, Mark's Firehose (2011-05-06). (Linked Monday 2011-05-09.)

• On Mother's Day and Everyday – Honoring M/others Within Our Social Justice Movements! inciteblog, INCITE! Blog » Help the Shawty Got Skillz Skillsharers Get to the AMC! (2011-05-07). On Mother's Day and Everyday- Honoring M/others Within Our Social Justice Movements! by tk karakashian tunchez, The New Mythos Project Originally posted at The New Mythos Project, reposted with permission I feel so incredibly blessed to live in a time where honoring young, single, teen mamas is FINALLY gaining recognition!… (Linked Monday 2011-05-09.)

• A Partial List of Things the Government of the State of Oklahoma Considers Preferable to the Peaceful Production of Concentrated Psychoactive Plant Resin. John Markley, The Superfluous Man (2011-05-10). The State of Oklahoma recently passed a law increasing the sentence for producing hashish, a concentrated derivative of the cannabis plant, to a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of life imprisonment. On a first offense, no less. The purpose of this legislation was to “send a message” about… (Linked Tuesday 2011-05-10.)

• The Revolution Starts At Home Anthology is Out & On the Road! inciteblog, INCITE! Blog » Help the Shawty Got Skillz Skillsharers Get to the AMC! (2011-05-10). After seven years of hard work, the anthology, The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities, edited by Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, is finally printed and out! Â  And there are tour dates!  Here's more about the collection: "Was/is your abusive partner a high-profile… (Linked Tuesday 2011-05-10.)

• Droves of the Academe. Who Is IOZ? (2011-05-10). There are few entertainments as . . . entertaining as the Herren perfessers weeping over the decline of their discipline, but this piece from Bill Deresiewicz in, of course, La Nation, has a couple of stupendous paragraphs, like this one:Still, there's a difference between a Roger Smith firing workers at… (Linked Tuesday 2011-05-10.)

• Photo. Listonauta (2011-05-09). (Linked Tuesday 2011-05-10.)

A Tale of Two Situations. The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty (2011-05-09):

Once upon a time selling a chicken was fraught with few if any legal implications.  Remodeling a shed was equally simple from a regulatory standpoint.  Today, however, we live in more enlightened times.  Protected from our wayward desires by an empowered bureaucracy, we can rest easier knowing that decisions like…

In which the Regulatory Monopoly ratchets up fixed costs, the state pushes maximal-overhead business models, and the USDA generously offers its “services.”