Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Alternative title: Review of Payton Alexander’s “The FCC: America’s Other Space Agency” A few days ago (see here), I mentioned that Reason magazine just published a collection of essays regarding various aspects of space exploration in its December 2022 issue. … Continue reading →

This short but beautiful song by Colombian musician Manuel Turizo Zapata popped up in my Shazam library twice, so I am sharing it here.

The beautiful city of Santa Barbara in California, where I went to college, takes its name from Saint Barbara, the patron saint of armourers, artillerymen, architects, mathematicians, miners, and the Italian Navy, and today (4 December) is her feast day. … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas! Reason magazine just published a fascinating and thought-provoking collection essays on various aspects of space exploration in its December 2022 issue (see here), the cover of which is pictured below. The five essays that most caught my attention … Continue reading →

Thus far, we have identified and responded to three possible objections to Hayek’s conception of knowledge. Among other things, we have explored the “social construction” of knowledge (see here) and the “commodification” of knowledge (here), but we have not yet … Continue reading →

I want to resume my four-part critique of F. A. Hayek’s conception of knowledge by exploring what some scholars refer to as the commodification of knowledge. (For an overview of this anti-capitalist literature, check out this book, which sells for … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Given the cover-up of the Wuhan lab-leak, the crack-down against the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, and the atrocities in Xinjang province, why the heck are we still trading with China?

A previous post of mine identified four possible problems with F. A. Hayek’s classic defense of the price system; in this post, I will proceed to the second critique: Hayek does not define “knowledge” in his knowledge paper. Although Hayek … Continue reading →

In a previous post, I identified four possible problems with Hayek’s defense of the price system; here, I will focus on the first critique: the absence of law in Hayek’s analysis. As it happens, I am not the first law … Continue reading →

I surveyed F. A. Hayek’s “The use of knowledge in society” during the Thanksgiving break. (See here, here, and here.) Below, I identify four possible objections to Hayek’s defense of the price system: Can you think of any other potential … Continue reading →