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• ↓ Different Kinds of Differences in Kind
• ↓ Could Tax Unit Reform Improve Labor Supply, Raise Revenue, and Increase Welfare? Yes, Say Macro-Economists!
• ↓ Architecture Reveals Property’s Power
• ↓ Ambiguity and Judicial Power on the Roberts Court
• ↓ War, Empire, and Authoritarianism in the Middle East
• ↓ Realism or Formalism or Both?
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"When does a difference in degree become a difference in kind? Answers to this perennial techlaw question inevitably include mentions of “scale”—but what exactly does “scale” mean?"

"In Taking Scale Seriously in Technology Law, Mark McKenna and Woodrow Hartzog clarify and complicate the concept of “scale.” Certainly, “scale” can simply mean more of something (what the authors refer to as “scale as more”). Social media content moderation is difficult both because of the complexity of the analysis and because of the sheer number of posts to evaluate. But more of something might not just result in more of the associated benefits or harms. One of the article’s main takeaways is that, in some situations, more of something can change the nature of the benefits or harms (“scale as different”). If we are sensitive to these distinctions—let’s call them different kinds of differences in kind—we can better identify harms that might otherwise be ignored and design more effective regulations. Continue reading "Different Kinds of Differences in Kind""

"Currently, about half of the U.S. labor force is comprised of individuals who are married. And nearly 97 percent of married individuals file their taxes jointly, meaning that the married couple is the so-called “tax unit.” For spouses who earn significantly different amounts of income, one of the benefits of filing jointly is simple: in a progressive system, tax can be saved by income-averaging. Rather than facing two separate marginal tax rates, as would be the case with individual filing, filing jointly means that both spouses face the same marginal rate on their aggregate income. Because the married-filing-jointly brackets are approximately double the individual brackets, the higher-earner’s rate will be lower than her counterfactual individual rate, increasing her return to working. And the lower-earner’s rate will be higher than her counterfactual individual rate, reducing her return to working."

"These labor-supply incentives are well-known. What is less-explored, however, is the extent to which the combination of tax unit rules and rate schedule progressivity affects the spouses’ labor supply decisions. A look at Scandinavian countries with highly progressive tax rates presents an intriguing puzzle. One might predict that high tax rates discourage productivity. So how have these countries achieved world-leading employment rates and per-capita output levels? Building on the work of scholars including Borella et al. (2023) (working paper version previously reviewed in Jotwell), a new working paper by Hans A. Holter, Dirk Krueger and Serhiy Stepanchuk (“HKS”) argues that the answer, at least in part, may be hiding in plain sight: the tax unit. Continue reading "Could Tax Unit Reform Improve Labor Supply, Raise Revenue, and Increase Welfare? Yes, Say Macro-Economists!""

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Different Kinds of Differences in Kind

Could Tax Unit Reform Improve Labor Supply, Raise Revenue, and Increase Welfare? Yes, Say Macro-Economists!

Architecture Reveals Property’s Power

Ambiguity and Judicial Power on the Roberts Court

War, Empire, and Authoritarianism in the Middle East

Realism or Formalism or Both?