We couldn't get calorie counts on menus to work the way we hoped but nudging toward the inquisition is totally plausible.

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/nudging-towards-theocracy

I also got Olin money, but to fair it was mostly to pay for frankage.

I personally wouldn't describe President Obama as a future reactionary. However, I imagine he does long rather strongly for the glories of past right now.

If @Vermeullarmine was indeed led to recommend the tong and the rack for me because he couldn't find any other welfare maximand for law and economics, might I suggest an old article by me and @ProfMikeOShea on that topic?

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=579121

I mean, the whole thing is silly.

But it feels like a real missed opportunity to get through this whole article without mentioning Alan D.

Also, he himself is a jerk based on his Twitter and I block him, so he can't even see this thread suggesting his biography portends less than this odd article contends.