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Et Tu Lisa Jackson? An Economic Case For Why The Epa’S Sweeping Environmental Regulatory Agenda Hurts Animal Welfare On Factory Farms, David E. Solan
Et Tu Lisa Jackson? An Economic Case For Why The Epa’S Sweeping Environmental Regulatory Agenda Hurts Animal Welfare On Factory Farms, David E. Solan
David E Solan
Over the last several years, animal protection groups have increasingly partnered with environmentalists to ratchet up the environmental regulation of factory farms. This alliance has manifested itself in two primary ways: first, leading animal protection groups have supported the bold activism of Lisa Jackson, the Administrator of the EPA, in seeking to lasso factory farms into compliance with environmental laws; and second, these groups have engaged in a litigation strategy of suing factory farms under environmental statutes.
The Article aims to challenge the popular wisdom among the animal protection community that increased collaboration with the environmental movement confers mutual benefits. …
How Consumer Bankruptcy Reforms Can Help Save Microfinance In India, David E. Solan
How Consumer Bankruptcy Reforms Can Help Save Microfinance In India, David E. Solan
David E Solan
The microfinance industry, once touted as one of the best hopes for alleviating poverty in rural India, faced a near collapse in the winter of 2011 as nearly all borrowers in Andhra Pradesh, one of the largest states in India, stopped repaying their loans. This borrower backlash was fueled by widely reported stories of farmer suicides and unscrupulous lending practices. Politicians have responded with populist legislation aimed at curtailing microfinance in India—for example, by capping interest rates. The Article argues that these proposals are misguided in that they would constrict lending to poor villagers.
The Article questions why Indian policymakers …