At the conclusion of 2017, to the dismay of journalists, pundits, and academics, large numbers of adolescents began consuming Tide Pods, a form of laundry detergent that is candy-like in appearance. This paper argues that purposeful consumption of laundry detergent may in fact be individually...

A large literature has emerged investigating the origins of the institutions of economic freedom. While some literature has used impressive identification strategies in tackling this question, findings from the literature are typically circumscribed in their identification. This paper considers...