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This article asks whether the Roberts Court’s formalist turn—resurgent nondelegation, major‑questions doctrine, & unitary‑executive theory—threatens independent agencies, focusing on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Read: spkl.io/6015AAnZh Subscribe: spkl.io/6019AAnwD

Analyzing 506 consumer crises in #China, this study shows social media not only amplifies individual #stakeholder voice but enables #consumers to mobilize higher‑salience actors via collective action. Read: spkl.io/6013AAnZW Subscribe: spkl.io/6017AAnZS

This Article reveals how the expansion of #surveillance #technology meant to address staffing has reshaped policing—from evidence‑gathering & deterrence toward constant #data collection & predictive policing. Read: spkl.io/6019AAnZZ Subscribe: spkl.io/6013AAnZd

Skilled AI prompting plus #libraries can widen access: #AI can synthesize open #research, but paywalls block analysis of subscription content, leaving visibility gaps. Read: spkl.io/6015AAnkF Subscribe: spkl.io/6018AAnk4 #InformationMatters @InfMatters

#Vegan World vs. Non-Vegan World This paper breaks down evidence examining whether a fully vegan world would be better for the planet. Author: Gabriel Sanchez Read More: spkl.io/6015AAT7Z #Vegan

Building Local Power: Movement #Law and State Voting Rights Acts This article heeds the call to bring a movement law lens to an ongoing social justice effort. Author: Ruth Greenwood Read More: spkl.io/6014AAHWn #Law

The Hard Political Problem: #Artificialintelligence as a subject of governance This paper takes seriously the possibility that algorithmic agents will undermine the foundations of modern democratic self-governance. Author: Mark C. Hand Read More: spkl.io/6019AAyJ3

Drought cuts vegetation by 3.8% per SD, but cities with mobile money suffer far less damage. It’s the only significant moderator in full models. Mobile money boosts GDP and strengthens climate resilience in fragile states. spkl.io/6012AAbEo #MobileMoney #ClimateAdaptation

This paper introduces a new measure of director informedness: opportunistic trading overlap between #CEOs and independent directors. It captures information sharing, predicts #markettiming, and explains firm‑level outcomes even as it weakens monitoring. spkl.io/6010AAwNo #

Using #AI to Identify Exogenous Shocks and Conduct Archival Accounting Research The authors explore the capabilities and dangers of AI usage in accounting research. Authors: Will Ciconte, Andrea Rozario, Oktay Urcan Read More: spkl.io/6019AAHTH #AI

The Slippery Slope of #Data Rooms This paper argues that an overreliance on data rooms imperils the regulatory target's rights to be heard. Author: Alba Ribera Martínez Read More: spkl.io/6014AfhTi #Data

This paper compares forecasts across economists, AI workers, policy researchers, superforecasters, and the public. Median expectation: 2.5% GDP growth, modest labor‑force declines. Under rapid AI progress: ~4% growth and a 55% LFPR by 2050. spkl.io/6015AAwxR #AI #Economy

Agentic #AI breaks classical MRM: failures come from runtime behaviour, not static model outputs. This paper proposes capability‑based decomposition, pooled validation, and real‑time governance (telemetry, authorisation, policy checks, containment). spkl.io/6015AApfP #MRM

This paper shows #predictionmarkets beat analyst consensus on earnings. PMs correct analyst biases, update continuously, harness crowd wisdom, and forecast idiosyncratic earnings better. A new layer of financial information discovery. spkl.io/6016AATaj #Finance

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This paper examines the impact of #Italy’s 2011 Monti #Fornero #pension reform - which raised statutory #retirement age - on early retirement choices among near-retirement women. Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Subscribe: ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/u…

The article calls for stronger federal #environmental laws that honor government‑to‑government ties with Tribes & explicitly protect tribal #culturalheritage & sacred landscapes. Read: spkl.io/6014AAKvk Subscribe: spkl.io/6015AAKvZ #LawTwitter @ColoLaw

On the Limits of Moral Surrender to #AI In this paper the author answers the question: if people surrender to AI on cognitive tasks, do they also surrender morally? Author: Eugen Dimant Read More: spkl.io/6011AAT0N #AI

Insurers were expected to drive #climate adaptation, but have not. One potential solution is to repeal laws that prohibit insurers from offering group property #insurance policies to communities. Read: spkl.io/6016A4yVq Subscribe: spkl.io/6017A4yVS @Dschwarcz

Using data on six #ESG raters for 4,343 #Chinese listed firms (2010–2022), this paper tests whether disagreement across ESG ratings affects how #firm‑specific information is reflected in stock prices. Read: spkl.io/6012AfXmG Subscribe: spkl.io/6016AfXmK