Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

My previous post describes Adam Smith’s unexpected decision to resign his prestigious professorship at the University of Glasgow in order to become a travelling tutor to the future 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, and my next post will describe what may … Continue reading →

(Walter Bagehot and Adam Smith, part 5) Happy Monday! Thus far, we have reviewed the first few pages of Bagehot’s 1876 essay “Adam Smith as a Person” (pp. 18-26 or paragraphs 1-12, to be more precise); today, we will turn … Continue reading →

Below is a recap of my first five posts in this series: Stay tuned; I will pick up where I left off (with the publication of Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759) and resume my Bagehot/Smith series on … Continue reading →

Following the lead of many U.S. cities and such world-class capitals as Berlin, Ghent, and Paris, the University of Central Florida (UCF) will soon become the largest car-free campus in the world!!!! In a press release, UCF President Alexander N. … Continue reading →

I have just posted a revised version of my Truth Markets paper on SSRN. The premise of my revised paper is still the same (the idea that truth is probabilistic, not absolute), but I address the concerns raised by the … Continue reading →

We will never forget you!

(Walter Bagehot and Adam Smith, part 4) I concluded my previous post by asking, How did an obscure bookworm like Adam Smith become a leading light of the Scottish Enlightenment? According to Walter Bagehot (see especially paragraphs 9 through 12 … Continue reading →

(Walter Bagehot and Adam Smith, part 3) Thus far, I have reviewed the first five paragraphs of Walter Bagehot’s “Adam Smith as a Person” (see here and here). The next few paragraphs of Bagehot’s beautiful essay describe the circumstances surrounding … Continue reading →