Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

I love the Spanish parts of this 2010 World Cup anthem, but my favorite part is when K’naan sings: “When I get older, I will be stronger/They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag.”

Thus far, I have reviewed the first six parts of F. A. Hayek’s “The use of knowledge in society.” This leaves the last part (Part 7) of Hayek’s knowledge paper, where Hayek responds to Joseph Schumpeter’s defense of central planning … Continue reading →

“The problem is … how to dispense with the need of conscious control and how to provide inducements which will make the individuals do the desirable things without anyone having to tell them what to do.”   “…this problem [the … Continue reading →

Hello, fellow nerds! I posed the following key question in my previous blog post: How likely is it that the price of any given belief contract on my truth market will eventually converge on the truth value of the conspiracy … Continue reading →

I recently proposed the creation of a “truth market” to allow people to buy and sell “belief contracts“; i.e. to place bets on conspiracy theories and fake news. One practical problem a new market must overcome, however, is “transaction costs” … Continue reading →

Fifty-nine years ago (22 November 1963), President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Ten months later (September 1964), the Warren Commission concluded that President Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald and that the assassin had acted entirely … Continue reading →

According to this report in The Guardian (U.K.), the morality police in Qatar are confiscating rainbow-coloured hats worn by fans attending FIFA World Cup matches.

Pictured above are just a small sample of the many PSA messages I was bombarded with at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport while I was waiting to board my return flight home. Not pictured are the incessant and even more … Continue reading →

(SEA stands for the Southern Economics Association.) This was the most insane conference I have ever attended. To the point, the conference program was printed in a tiny 10-point font (see, for example, page 137 of the program pictured below) … Continue reading →