Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Monday (AI-generated?) music: Daydreaming
How can we differentiate AI-music or AI-poetry or AI-whatever from human-made songs, poems, etc.? On this note, I have been debating with myself whether to share this mellow music, which might be AI-generated (see here, for example) and which popped … Continue reading
Nissa la Bella
As I mentioned in a recent post (see here), I will be in the coastal city of Nice in the south of France until the end of May. In the meantime, I want to shout out my fellow blogger and … Continue reading
Chanson du samedi: La vie qu’on mène
(Translation: Saturday song: The life we live) As of last week, this song by the Paris-born hip hop artist Ninho (William Nzobazola) has had the longest run (311 weeks!!) on France’s official SNEP (Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique) singles chart. … Continue reading
Blog and travel update
Just a heads up that I will be blogging less frequently these next few days as I will be travelling this weekend to attend the first-ever joint meeting of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and … Continue reading
What I learned from Book I of The Wealth of Nations
Following up on my previous post, I want to share three timeless ideas that I learned from Book 1 of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations as well as three open questions that I have for my fellow Smith scholars:
Wealth of Nations, Book I
Today (20 de mayo) is Cuban Independence Day (Día de la Independencia), which commemorates the historic date in 1902 when the Republic of Cuba was officially established, marking the end of Spanish colonial rule and the transition out of U.S. … Continue reading
Assorted higher ed links
Following up on my previous post, here is a new set of “assorted links” from my neck of the woods, the erudite world of the ivory tower:
Assorted prior probability links
Full disclosure: I have admired the daily “assorted links” feature of polymath Tyler Cowen’s Marginal Revolution blog (see here) since I discovered MR in 2006, so if imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, below are some of my … Continue reading
Buchanan v. Samuels: The Cedar Rust Case Redux
That is the title of my most recent work-in-progress, available here via SSRN, which is currently “under review” at a refereed journal, Review of the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. By way of background, below is the Introduction to … Continue reading

