Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

My paper “Coase’s fable” has just won the “best paper award” this past weekend at this year’s meeting of the Southeast Academy of Legal Studies in Business (SEALSB) in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia! (I will post my work to SSRN later … Continue reading →

I am in beautiful Atlanta attending the annual meeting of the Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business (SEALSB), so I thought I would feature the artist SZA on my weekly Sunday song feature. Although SZA was born in St. Louis, … Continue reading →

Next is Order #137, which is dated 14 December 1784 (here the day is clearly visible) and is signed by James Edgar (top signature), Basil Cochrane (middle), and Adam Smith (bottom). Once again, we see the commissioners’ attention to detail: … Continue reading →

Order #135 is dated 2 or 3 Dec. 1784 [*] and is signed by Adam Smith (top signature), Basil Cochrane (middle), and David Reid (bottom). Like the other letters in my sample, this order is addressed to the Principal Officers … Continue reading →

The next document in my sample of Adam Smith letters is Order #134, which is dated __ Dec. 1784 (the day is cut off from my copy of this document) and is signed by Adam Smith (top signature), Basil Cochrane … Continue reading →

Nota bene: Here are the previous installments — parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12a — in my multi-part series on Adam Smith’s day-to-day duties as a commissioner of the Board of Customs … Continue reading →

Nota bene: Here are the previous ten installments — parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 — in my multi-part series on Adam Smith’s day-to-day duties as a commissioner of the Board of Customs of … Continue reading →

El Día de los Muertos is celebrated every year in Mexico from November 1 to 2.

I will resume my “Adam Smith, Commissioner” series on Monday. In the meantime, did you know that Halloween actually refers to the solemn Roman Catholic feast of All Hallows’ Day: a holy day to mark the beginning of Allhallowtide, a … Continue reading →