Kim Krawiec

Sex Workers’ Union Push Complicates Fights for IP Rights, Status A legal brothel outside Las Vegas has emerged as the latest battleground for the fight over entertainment workers’ intellectual property rights and whether organized labor is the answer to advocating ...

I'm quoted in this Bloomberg article about the unionization efforts of sex workers at Sheri's Ranch, a licensed Nevada brothel

“In this cross-sectional study with an ITS analysis of 24 193 864 applications to 4315 residency programs for 5 years …we observed a statistically significant disparity in applications from both women and men in states with abortion restrictions following the Dobbs decision in 2022”

Repugnant Work AbstractThis chapter discusses the repugnant income-generating activities (“RIGA”) of phase I medical research, sex work, and plasma donation. Though each

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The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Work Abstract. This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot ad

Thrilled to be in such company in The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Work url: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. BACKGROUND ...................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. I. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION OF JUNE 3, 2025......... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. II. THREE INMATES ALLEGE RETALIATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CASE ............................................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. III. THE COURT’S ENTRY OF THE NATIONWIDE PROTECTIVE ORDER ..... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. LEGAL STANDARD ............................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. ARGUMENT ............................................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. I. THE INMATES’ RETALIATION ALLEGATIONS ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED. ............................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. A. Former Inmate Dye’s Retaliation Allegations Are Unsubstantiated. ........... Error! Bookmark not defined. B. Inmate Meskill’s Retaliation Allegations Are Unsubstantiated. Error! Bookmark not defined. C. Inmate Pinson’s Retaliation Allegations Are Unsubstantiated. . Error! Bookmark not defined. II. THE PROTECTIVE ORDER IS LEGALLY DEFECTIVE. ..... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. A. The Protective Order Fails to Comply with Rule 65(d) ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. B. The Protective Order Fails to Comply with PLRA’s Requirements ............. Error! Bookmark not defined. CONCLUSION ......................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.

Could someone please reset the "Hours without an embarrassing DOJ filing" clock to 0?

1/7🧵 New paper "Too Much Finance Redux" with Jean-Louis Arcand and Enrico Berkes — a follow-up to over a decade of work on whether financial deepening can go too far. Here's the story: @gvagrad.bsky.social

“We commend her fearlessness, leadership, and commitment to understanding what is lost and what is gained for everyone when opportunities for women contract or expand.”
#econsky #academicsky #history #economichistory
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Should the families of organ donors be compensated? Podcast Episode · The Indicator from Planet Money · March 2 · 10m

Kurt Sweat and Alex Chan on Planet Money

Will Higher Marijuana Taxes Reduce Use — or Revive the Black Market? About that NY Times editorial . . .

NYT’s editorial on marijuana is notable for what it concedes: earlier optimism about dependence/harms was overstated, and “legalize and regulate” became mostly “legalize.” My take: the regulation agenda is promising—except for the tax piece, which needs harder analysis.

RIP Ed. His generosity made (and continues to make) a difference for many kidney patients. I’m personally grateful for his efforts to make the world a better place

Friday Frivolity: Frank Snyder, Channeling Bob Dylan, on Hadley v. Baxandale From Blog Founder, KCON Founder, and Inaugural Recipient of the KCON Distinguished Service Award

Today’s Friday Frivolity is an occasion to recognize the contributions of Blog founder and KCON founder Frank Snyder by sharing his Hadley v. Baxandale song. Bob Dylan got the Nobel, but Frank has the Distinguished Service Award!
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Will Higher Marijuana Taxes Reduce Use — or Revive the Black Market? About that NY Times editorial . . .

The NYT is right that marijuana is not harmless and deserves regulation. But if heavy users respond to higher taxes by returning to untaxed illicit supply, the result may be lower legal sales — not lower consumption.

Will Higher Marijuana Taxes Reduce Use — or Revive the Black Market? About that NY Times editorial . . .

Legalization without regulation was naïve. But regulation without attention to market structure risks a different mistake: recreating the illicit market legalization sought to displace. The NYT’s tax proposal doesn’t grapple with that risk.

Signing up to audit your property class

Kidney exchange in India (one minute video)

In India, which already does the third most kidney transplants in the world (after the US and China), physicians and surgeons are making great progress on kidney exchange.
#econsky #medicine
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Will Higher Marijuana Taxes Reduce Use — or Revive the Black Market? About that NY Times editorial . . .

Some states already tax cannabis at multiple levels: retail excise, cultivation, distributor, sales, and local taxes. In high-tax states, the key question isn’t just whether prices rise — it’s whether legal prices exceed illicit ones enough to trigger substitution.

Just when I thought I could no longer be surprised by people . . .

Will Higher Marijuana Taxes Reduce Use — or Revive the Black Market? About that NY Times editorial . . .

The NYT Editorial Board now supports stronger marijuana regulation — including much higher taxes. Some proposals (potency limits, medical claim crackdowns) make sense. But raising taxes raises a harder question: what happens if users switch back to the illicit market?

The great folks at Lawfare have published my views on the implications of Learning Resources, the tariffs case. More later on my substack.
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This was a very worthwhile conference!

Appreciate all the good comments on my work in progress on adhesion contracts, #arbitration and otherwise

I have thoughts on the criminal justice system! (I don’t understand that system, but having watched television, I have thoughts!)

This would be great!

Unionizing at the Brothel: Repugnant Work and the Politics of Classification Recent reporting in the Nevada Independent and other sources details unionization efforts by sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a licensed brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, with the Communications Workers of…

Nevada brothel workers are typically classified as independent contractors. But allegations of mandatory on-site stays, confiscated laptops, monitored communications, and restricted movement complicate that label. How does the law respond when courtesans seek to unionize as employees?

Super interesting.

Unionizing at the Brothel: Repugnant Work and the Politics of Classification Recent reporting in the Nevada Independent and other sources details unionization efforts by sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a licensed brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, with the Communications Workers of…

Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch in Pahrump have filed to unionize with CWA. A majority have signed cards—but to proceed they must establish that they are employees, not independent contractors. My latest post examines how classification doctrine shapes whether courtesans can organize.

The crisis in Minnesota: Executive power and civil liberties YouTube video by Miller Center

WATCH: Following recent events in Minnesota, Profs. Rachel Harmon, @richschragger.bsky.social and @micahschwartzman.bsky.social ’05 examine legal issues with deploying federal immigration agents.

Unionizing at the Brothel: Repugnant Work and the Politics of Classification Recent reporting in the Nevada Independent and other sources details unionization efforts by sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a licensed brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, with the Communications Workers of…

Even in a legal industry, taboo status shapes strategy. Organizers describe reluctance to “rock the boat” for fear critics will call for shutting brothels down altogether. That fragility affects how workers press claims about contracts, IP, and labor rights.

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