The Odds On Athletes Spending Time Behind Bars This Season (via Above The Law).
In The New Yorker, economist Andrew Zimbalist on the sports recession.
Mary Dudziak at Legal History Blog with book reviews (here and here) of interest to legal historians.
Via the Financial Times, there’s a big fight a-brewin’ . . . and it’s over Times New Roman:
typography may present a genteel exterior, but it’s an art form punctuated by bitter rivalries and rampant plagiarism. . . .
The Times newspaper itself has begun accepting the possibility of an alternative history to its famous font. In 2007, the newspaper stated that Times New Roman was designed by Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent “and possibly Starling Burgess”.
(HT: Tyler Cowen)
Above The Law on Working Mother Magazine’s list of 50 Best Law Firms For Women (more coverage here, at ABA Journal).
Becker and Posner on the financial crisis. Becker: The World Recession is Ending: What Next? And Posner: It's Not a Recession, and It's Not Over.
And on the media industry, Law Librarian Blog with the CRS Report, Tyler Cowen with Can Murdoch charge for the web?, and Felix Salmon with How the link economy benefits Reuters.
Odds on Athletes Spending Time Behind Bars This Season -- can we start a prediction market for this one? I'll sell you a "Barry Bonds spends at least one night in jail before January 1, 2035" contract for 30.0.
Posted by: Mark Weidemaier | August 12, 2009 at 08:07 PM
So, just as I was about to agree to buy that contract at 30, I remembered something . . . didn’t you take all my money at the Derby this year???
Posted by: Kim Krawiec | August 13, 2009 at 08:51 AM
Yep. But since my "bet" was placed randomly, I don't think I can take credit for it. Too bad, because if I could win regularly at 50:1, I'd be mighty tempted to gamble for real.
Posted by: Mark Weidemaier | August 13, 2009 at 02:43 PM