# slums (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

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## [Evolutionary selection among utility functions and preferences for fertility](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/evolutionary-selection-among-utility)

_2025-06-10 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

Utility functions that emphasize preferences for grandkids are more consistent with the theory of biological evolution.

## [A brief history of the human population on Earth](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-the-human-population)

_2025-02-02 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

A story in four parts

## [Market failure: Externalities](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/market-failure-externalities)

_2025-01-26 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

\[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

## [Market failures: Public goods](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/market-failures-public-goods)

_2025-01-20 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

\[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

## [Market failures: Price regulations and taxes](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/market-failures-price-regulations)

_2025-01-16 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

\[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

## [How to derive a supply curve](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/how-to-derive-a-supply-curve)

_2025-01-13 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

Isoquants and isocosts to fixed, marginal and average costs

## [How do preferences and a budget combine to generate a demand curve?](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/how-do-preferences-and-a-budget-combine)

_2025-01-10 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

Using pictures and very little math

## [A framework for studying law and economics](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/a-framework-for-studying-law-and)

_2025-01-07 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

The market for transactions and the market for dispute resolution

## [When are markets efficient? And when are they not?](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/when-are-markets-efficient-and-when)

_2025-01-04 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

\[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

## [Market equilibrium](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/market-equilibrium)

_2024-12-30 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

\[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

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## [What is supply?](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/what-is-supply)

_2024-12-25 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

What is a supply curve? What is a price elasticity?

## [What is demand?](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/what-is-demand)

_2024-12-25 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

What is a demand curve?

## [Why should you study law and economics?](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/why-should-you-study-law-and-economics)

_2024-12-25 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

\[I assign this essay for law students in my law and economics class who might be uncertain about the value of connecting economics to law.

## [What is economics?](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/what-is-economics)

_2024-12-25 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

\[I assign this essay for law students in my law and economics class who might be unfamiliar with economics.

## [The market for dispute resolution](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/the-market-for-dispute-resolution)

_2024-12-21 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

An economic framework for understanding the judicial system

## [Why do urban slums get demolished?](https://anupmalani.substack.com/p/why-do-urban-slums-get-demolished)

_2024-11-14 · Anup Malani · Research Notes_

Demolitions are a product of changing land use patterns in cities and the fact that slum residents have no formal rights to their homes