Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (Week of 12/29/25)
This week’s Taboo & Repugnant Roundup covers three developments at the intersection of law, health policy, and institutional design. The post begins with the Trump executive order directing DOJ and…
Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (Week of 12/22/25)
This week’s Taboo & Repugnant Roundup brings together three developments that illuminate how law engages morally contested markets. First, Markets in Human Organs for Transplantation: Controversy and Contention (Taylor &…
Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (Week of 12-18-25)
This week’s Taboo & Repugnant Roundup spans human challenge trials, egg donation markets in the United States and Spain, sperm donor genetics, and kidney transplantation. At first glance, these stories…
Taboo Trades Podcast: Season 6 Sign Off
My student co-hosts sign off, bringing Season 6 to an official close. Never fear, I'll be back throughout 2026 with exciting bonus episodes.
Taboo Trades Podcast: Eggonomics with Diane Tober
My guest today is Diane Tober, an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama Department of Anthropology and Institute for Social Science Research. She is a medical anthropologist with a…
Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (Week of 12/8/2025)
The latest Substack connects three domains where law, norms, and market design intersect: • The organ-donation paradox, where ex-post gifts are celebrated while ex-ante payment remains illegal. • Feeding America’s…
Taboo and Repugnant Roundup
New Substack: Taboo & Repugnant Roundup This issue examines several consequential developments in reproductive and higher-education policy: • The rising use of elective IVF and PGT, and the shaky foundations…
RIP George Christie
I missed the news that my former Duke colleague, George Christie, recently died. From the obituary: George Custis Christie, longtime Duke Law Professor, died on November 4, 2025, at the…
Taboo Trades Podcast: Prabha Kotiswaran on Reproductive Labor in India
My guest today is Prabha Kotiswaran, a Professor of Law & Social Justice at King’s College London. Professor Kotiswaran’s main areas of research include criminal law, transnational criminal law, feminist…
Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (1/24)
This week’s roundup brings together multiple strands of interest to scholars working on courts, health policy, bioethics, and market governance. The discussion of private judges highlights a notable shift in…