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SUMMARY:What Does the Incoherence of the Efficiency Concept Mean for Law? 
 - Professor Neil Buchanan\, University of Florida Levin College of Law
DTSTART:20200528T160000Z
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CONTACT:Guy Mulley
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to report that Professor Neil Buchanan\, who 
 holds the Eminent Scholar Chair in Taxation at the University of Florida\,
  will be our speaker on Thursday May 28th\, at 5:00pm - 6:00pm (British Su
 mmer Time).\n\nAs usual\, the meeting is open to anyone. No prior knowledg
 e or experience of tax is necessary.\n\nThe title of Neil's talk is: What 
 Does the Incoherence of the Efficiency Concept Mean for Law? Further detai
 ls about the topic\, including background reading\, are set out below.\n\n
 The log-on for the meeting will be at: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetu
 p-join/19%3ameeting_YmQ0NjZlYWEtNjdmYy00Y2U4LWEzYWEtYzUxNGY3ZDNhOTJh%40thr
 ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2249a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9%22
 %2c%22Oid%22%3a%22adbba0d3-b60f-49c6-af36-ebdd7203b6a5%22%7d\n\nPlease con
 tact Guy - gevm2@cam.ac.uk - if you have any queries about the meeting.\n\
 nBest Wishes\nMay Hen-Smith and Guy Mulley\nCo-convenors\, Cambridge Tax D
 iscussion Group\nhttps://cambridge.tax\n\n- - - - -\n\nShort Abstract\nDes
 pite its ubiquity in economics and legal theory\, the\nnotion of economic 
 efficiency is incoherent and thus does not provide an\nobjective guide to 
 policy or analysis.  I am in the early stages of\nplanning a book project 
 in which I will write the lead chapter\nexplaining why the efficiency conc
 ept is misunderstood and thus misused\,\nand in the remaining chapters oth
 er scholars will explain how their\nfields of law should change once we st
 op treating efficiency as a\nmeaningful concept.  In this talk\, I will ex
 plain in brief why\nefficiency has no fixed meaning and then explore with 
 all of you what\nthe other chapters of my planned book might cover (and wh
 o might write\nthose chapters).  Interested participants who want to read 
 something in\nadvance can focus on Parts II and V of this forthcoming arti
 cle: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3553508 .\n\nBiog
 raphical Information\nFor more information about Professor Buchanan and hi
 s publications\, please see: https://www.law.ufl.edu/faculty/neil-buchanan
  .
LOCATION:Online
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