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William H. Simon

William H. Simon is Arthur Levitt Professor of Law at Columbia University and author of The Community Economic Development Movement.

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A little surveillance can do us a lot of good.

William H. Simon

Cass Sunstein's new book shows that "nudging" has its limits.

William H. Simon

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Jeff Gates is right to look for institutional arrangements that combine markets with equality, and his proposals for popular ownership of industry have a lot of promise. However, I think they suffer...
William H. Simon

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