Ian Ayres
Ian Ayres

Ian Ayres is a professor at Yale Law School and a co-author of Voting with Dollars.

Jurisprudence
April 4 2014 3:03 PMAll Eyes on ObamaObama needs to put his money where his mouth is on campaign finance reform.Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres
Jurisprudence
Nov. 18 2011 2:53 PMPaying Students To Quit Law SchoolAn unorthodox solution to the problem of too many graduates unable to repay their loans.Akhil Reed Amar and Ian Ayres
Green Room
Sept. 25 2008 11:53 AMAdam Smith Meets Climate ChangeHow the theory of moral sentiments could be applied to cap-and-trade greenhouse-gas emissions.Ian Ayres
Jurisprudence
March 7 2005 5:01 PMLooking Out for No. 2A modest proposal for single-use toilets.Ian Ayres
Jurisprudence
Nov. 2 2012 6:31 PMElection BossesHow to stop employers from telling workers whom to vote for.Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres
Hey, Wait A Minute
June 1 2009 6:54 AMCrazy Eddie's House SaleHome sellers should offer price protection the way many electronic retailers do.Ian Ayres and Daniel Markovits
Politics
June 25 2007 2:23 PMDown With Plutocrats and Fat Cat DonorsGive the rest of us money to spend on campaign contributions.Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres
  News & Politics
Politics
Feb. 28 2015 3:05 PM Boehner’s Last Stand? Will the DHS funding showdown threaten John Boehner’s speakership? Betsy Woodruff
Boris Nemtsov Was Brusque, Impatient, and Rejected Everything That Vladimir Putin Represents
Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress Is a Revolting and Dangerous Gamble
Scott Walker Didn’t Compare Unions to ISIS. He Just Said Something Foolish.
The Next Big Climate Fight Will Be About How Much Meat You Eat
Why It’s Hard for Republican Presidential Candidates to Speak Honestly About Income Inequality
Carly Fiorina Knows How to Speak CPAC 
In Turkish Kurdistan, Soccer Means Nationalism and Tear Gas
  Business
Business Insider
Feb. 28 2015 10:00 AM Snapchat's Ambitious Plan to Become More Powerful Than TV Nicholas Carlson
Venmo Issues Apology for Security Shortcomings
Looks Like Uber Got Hacked
Venmo’s Terrible Excuse for Not Telling You When Someone Steals Your Money
Drugs and Prostitutes Are a Surprisingly Large Chunk of Italy’s Economy
The Two Women Behind The Dress Definitively Reveal Its Color
The Enormous Black-White Wealth Gap Is Getting Even Wider
Barnes & Noble’s College Bookstores Are Becoming Their Own Business
  Life
Quora
March 1 2015 7:23 AM What Happens When You Copy or Scan a Mirror? Quora Contributor
Why Facebook’s Quest for Gender Sensitivity Is Doomed
This Bangkok Hotel Parking Lot Has an Impressive Fertility Shrine
This Brilliant Beehive Delivers Honey on Tap Without Stressing Out the Bees
A Tourist Map of Occupied Paris, Issued to German Soldiers During WWII
The Surprising History of Cute
How Does a Betta Fish Know When Food Is in Its Aquarium?
What We Talk About When We Talk About Aaron Schock 
  Double X
Doublex
Feb. 27 2015 4:15 PM The Hunting Ground The failures of a new documentary about rape on college campuses. Emily Yoffe
Todd Akin Is Thinking About Running for Senate. Legitimately.
This Drug for Binge-Eating Disorder May Be Shady. That Doesn’t Mean the Disease Isn't Real.
Why Do Women Vote Republican?  
Women May Not Seek Help for Heart Attacks Because They Fear Being Seen as Hypochondriacs
Kim Gordon on Kurt Cobain, Breast Milk, and Discovering Thurston Moore’s Affair
Idaho Lawmaker Who Doesn’t Understand Female Anatomy Knows What’s Good for Women
The Gender Wage Gap Is Especially Terrible in Hollywood
  Slate Plus
Politics
Feb. 27 2015 9:30 AM What Happened at Slate This Week? Josh Keating read about making music in the Anthropocene and journeyed into the heart of coding darkness. Joshua Keating
Slate’s Copy Desk Awards Its Redline of the Month
Why Adults Shouldn’t Read YA (Audio)
Hang Up and Listen Bonus Segment: Another Chapter in Deflategate?
Walking Dead Podcast Early Release: Episode 11, "The Distance" 
  Arts
Brow Beat
March 1 2015 2:00 PM Dakota Johnson Joins ISIS in This Divisive SNL Sketch Sharan Shetty
This New York City Neighborhood Was “Invisible” in the ’80s
How George Lois, ’60s Ad Man and Art Director, May Be the Real-Life Don Draper
Watch Kanye West Sing “Only One” in a Beam of Light on a Norwegian-Swedish Talk Show
Who Was the Better Tocqueville? Karl Ove Knausgaard, Bernard-Henri Lévy, or Stephen Fry?
How Do You Play The Originalist?
The 18th-Century Novel That Paved the Way for Fifty Shades
  Technology
Future Tense
Feb. 27 2015 6:19 PM Google's Plan for a New Googleplex Could Not Be Googlier Will Oremus
Post-Adware Disaster, Lenovo Is Trying to Clean Up Its Act
When Tech Companies Betray Consumers, Why Don’t They Own Up to It?
California Is Finally Getting Its Hyperloop. No, It Won’t Help Your Commute.
How Your Fitness Tracker Could Increase Your Health Insurance Costs Someday
Watch Inhofe Throw a Snowball on the Senate Floor to Disprove Global Warming
How a Lack of Imagination in Technological Design Harms the Disabled
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
March 1 2015 7:30 AM Me vs Hank Green: SciShow Quiz Show Phil Plait
Tickets to Space
How Do You Get Baby Llamas? It’s Ridiculously Complicated.
An Expert’s Lessons From the Dress: Why Don’t We All See the Same Thing?
The Argon Glow of an Exploded Star
Precision Medicine Needs Precision Questions—Especially About Sex
Kepler-432b: A Doomed Planet Orbiting a Doomed Star
  Sports
Sports Nut
Feb. 26 2015 7:41 PM Game, Set, and (Fixed) Match Pro tennis has a match-fixing problem in its lower ranks. Ben Rothenberg
What’s the Hardest Shot in Bowling? It’s Not the 7-10 Split.
Has ASU Discovered the Holy Grail of Free-Throw Distraction?
How John Wall Became the Most Entertaining Player in the NBA
Dean Smith’s Political Approach to Being a Coach Is Missed Now More Than Ever
Why Handball’s World Championship in Qatar Should Worry World Cup Fans
Seattle Didn’t Throw Away the Super Bowl. The Patriots Won It.