Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Or is it? See, for example, this explanation of Belgian artist René Magritte’s most famous painting, which is pictured below:

That is the title of this NBER working paper by three early-career academic researchers: Fernando E. Alvarez, David Argente, and Diana Van Patten. (And here is a summary of their research report.) Their paper is excellent, but I want to … Continue reading →

This was my first visit to New Haven since March of 1998, when I attended a conference at Yale (see here), and my first with my wife Sydjia and our daughter Adys. Shout out to Avelo Airlines for their non-stop … Continue reading →

Visiting my alma mater this weekend brought back memories of this hit song by Juan Luis Guerra, which was super popular in Latin America and on Spanish radio stations in the US while I was attending law school.

Note: I will be blogging less frequently during the next few days as my schedule will be full, for I will be attending my tricennial law school reunion (Class of 1993) this weekend in the Elm City (good ol’ New … Continue reading →

Personally, I prefer roundabouts over stop signs or traffic lights, but my few attempts to navigate them in my neck of the woods (such as this infamous one in Clearwater Beach) have always been frustrating at best, which begs the … Continue reading →