In view of the horrid views of Richard Posner on NSA spying on innocent people (see Glenn Greenwald’s magnificent critique of Posner), I thought it might be of interest to consider some other shortcomings of this University of Chicago economist and Federal judge:

Block, Walter E. 1994. “Total Repeal of Anti-trust Legislation: A Critique of Bork, Brozen and Posner, Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 35-70. http://www.mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/rae8_1_3.pdf
http://www.mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/r81_3.pdf

Block, Walter E. 1996. “O.J.’s Defense: A Reductio Ad Absurdum of the Economics of Ronald Coase and Richard Posner,” European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 3, pp. 265-286;
http://www.walterblock.com/publications/block_oj’s-defense.pdf

Block, Walter E. and David Gordon. 1985. “Blackmail, Extortion and Free Speech: A Reply to Posner, Epstein, Nozick and Lindgren,” Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, November, pp. 37-54; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/blackmail.htm

I think Prof. Posner is the only man on the planet with a reasonable, albeit outside chance of being awarded both the Nobel Prize in Economics and a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court (if the Republicans win the Presidency in 2016). All the more reason, then, to show other flaws of his, apart from his support of the NSA.

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