Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Sunday song: La chanson d’amour
This was the first song I heard (and Shazamed) after arriving in Nice, France, last week!
Scheall’s theorem and the pretense of power
Following up on my previous post, I want to explain the logic of Scott Scheall’s explanation of Elon Musk’s failed DOGE project, or what I like to call Scheall’s theorem, which can be summed up in three words: goals require … Continue reading
In praise of Scott Scheall
Did you know that Elon Musk’s “DOGE” project — the misnamed Department of Government Efficiency — ended up costing the government four times more money that it saved? My favorite talk, by far, at this year’s joint meeting of the … Continue reading
Côte d’Azur update
I will be presenting two co-authored works on Adam Smith today (28 May) and tomorrow Friday (29 May) at the first-ever joint meeting of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society, which … Continue reading
Greetings from Nice, France! This afternoon (Wednesday, 27 May), I will be joining an academic panel on “Law, Organizations, and Institutions“, where I will be presenting my paper “Coase’s fable” and commenting on a paper by Edward Nik-Khah (Roanoke College): … Continue reading
Hayek in Nice, France
Today (Tuesday, 26 May), I will be attending three talks on F. A. Hayek at seize heures (16:00) Nice time: Hayek on economic development by Bruce Caldwell (Duke); Hayek at Freiburg: drifting away from ordoliberalism by Hansjörg Klausinger (WU Vienna); … Continue reading
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

