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Amy Kapczynski

Amy Kapczynski is Professor of Law at Yale Law School and cofounder of the Law and Political Economy blog.

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Politics

The New Politics of Care

The right response to COVID-19 is to rebuild our economy from the ground up, putting people to work in a massive jobs program to secure the public health of all.

Gregg Gonsalves, Amy Kapczynski

Science & Nature

Markets v. Lives

Claims that the cure is worse than the disease rely on a false tradeoff between human needs and the economy.

Gregg Gonsalves, Amy Kapczynski

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Alone Against the Virus

Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, we must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health.

Amy Kapczynski, Gregg Gonsalves

Law & Justice

Free Speech, Incorporated

A new, neoliberal interpretation of the First Amendment is undermining the regulatory state—and every labeling and advertising law is now in the crosshairs.

Amy Kapczynski

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THINKING IN A PANDEMIC

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