Monthly Archives: July 2023

Alternate title: 2023 summer travel update #4 I will be blogging haphazardly, if at all, because I will be taking part in several academic conferences during the remainder of this month, including the 5th Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
I revised my draft of “Die Adam Smith Probleme” during my train ride from Edinburgh to London, and I have just posted my revised work on SSRN (see here). Among other things, I added two…

Below is some beautiful sacred music I heard during my visit of Glasgow Cathedral last month (also available here via SoundCloud):

I forgot to mention that I was finally able to visit Horace Walpole’s summer villa in Twickenham while I was in London last month; below are some snapshots of my visit:

What is the “optimal level” of social science research fraud? Zero, right? Alas, Dr Francesca Gino, a professor at the prestigious Harvard Business School and an “award-winning researcher” whose work focuses on dishonesty and unethical behavior (she is, get this, … Continue reading →

Alternate title: My favorite Adam Smith quote My previous post featured many of the “favorite Adam Smith quotes” that were just published in the “Smith at 300” symposium issue of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought: Vol. 45, … Continue reading →

Some background: Upon my return from Scotland I found the June 2023 issue of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought in my mailbox. Among other things, this issue contains a special “Smith at 300” symposium featuring a number … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
And the nominees are: (a) Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution) (b) Robin Hanson (Overcoming Bias) (c) Jason Kottke (kottke) (d) Eugene Volokh & Company (Volokh Conspiracy) These “blog kings” are our favorite individual…

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –That to secure these rights, … Continue reading →

There is no doubt the Supreme Court of the United States has become a “political court”, to borrow my mentor Richard Posner’s apt phrase (no, we still haven’t forgotten the illegitimate and disastrous Bush v. Gore decision!), but how politicized … Continue reading →