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Picture this. We're in Florida just off the coast of Miami.

It's the early 80s.

We're at this fancy oceanfront resort on a little island called Key Biscayne.

It's a perfect beach day.

It's high 70s, a stiff breeze.

You can even smell it.

Is that a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Just hanging out under a beach umbrella?

Oh my lord, yeah, that's RBG.

And who's that wither? Is that one of the most famous economists of the 20th century?

That is the Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson.

Wow, looks like they're having a great time.

They're drinking Pinyacolás, flashing in the ocean.

Ah, so fun. Economists and judges let in their hair down.

Okay.

We can't actually prove that RBG had cocktails on the beach with Paul Sandelson.

But we do know that on January 10th, 1982, Paul Sandelson and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

and 18 other federal judges did arrive at this oceanfront resort near Miami

for a two-week crash course on economics for judges.

Econ Judge Camp. The goal?

Teach federal judges about competition and trust.

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