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By Kim Krawiec

Chicago on ?The Chicago School? and its critics (U of Chicago Magazine. HT: Mark Thoma)

Because housing prices always go up . . . Ginnie Mae?s buy versus rent calculator accepts only positive values for Yearly Home Value Increase Rate.  Go on, try it.  (Via Rolfe Winkler)

Al Capone's "hideout retreat" in Wisconsin (pictured right) up for auction.  Minimum bid: $2.5 million. (HT: Calculated Risk)

Via Josh Wright at Truth On The Market, ?This American Life? on price-fixing, including an interview with Kurt Eichenwald, author of the Informant, the book (now movie) about the Archers Daniel Midland price-fixing conspiracy. The movie review from Manohla Dargis at the NY Times is quite positive.  Ah, a weekend plan, I hope.

For fans of baseball, or fans of tax, or those who are just fans of Sarah, Sarah Lawsky at Tax Prof (here and here) on The Tax Savings Behind the Sale of the Chicago Cubs for $845m.

Brad DeLong can?t resist the urge to post about Richard Posner.

Via Reason, now it?s gone too far: Snuggies have a runway show (pictured left) at Fashion Week.

Anatomy of A Murder tribute, via Randy Barnett.

Funny, pornographic, repressed, ridiculous; featuring teens, gay cops, reluctant parents, and satisfied milkmen-- it can only be The World?s Best Condom Ads.

Randy Picker on the DOJ Filing in Google Book Search.

 

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).