Another introduction to Posner is his famous analysis of The Economics of the Baby Shortage in which he argues in favor of creating a legal market for buying an

Another introduction to Posner is his famous analysis of The Economics of the Baby Shortage in which he argues in favor of creating a legal market for buying and selling babies: http://www.sbm.temple.edu/ccg/documents/adoptionLandesPosner.pdf http://www.sbm.temple.edu/ccg/documents/adoptionLandesPosner... He is an intellectual, no doubt. But with his outspoken views on adoption, abortion, drugs etc. I don't think he will gain much influence outside academic circles. And as much as I would have liked to see him on the Supreme Court, liberal presidents usually don't appoint libertarian justices and conservative presidents don't appoint someone with such outspoken liberal views. Maybe a second term president could have appointed Posner but would he have survived the senate confirmation?