Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

What is “Stigler’s Law of Eponymy“? You can either read about Stigler’s law for free on Wikipedia (see here) or pay a company called “Wiley” up to $42.00 to obtain a PDF copy of Stigler’s original 10-page paper — that’s … Continue reading →

Don’t you love it how North American CEOs like to lecture us about privacy, gay rights, or “social justice” while at the same time they are doing business in China. (Apple, Disney, the NBA, and Nike immediately come to mind.) … Continue reading →

This week’s edition of “Wednesday Writing Tips” comes to us via The Paris Review, which published an intimate and in-depth interview of Ernest Hemingway in 1958–available here (in the PDF format) or here (online version). In the words of one … Continue reading →

You may already know about world-famous Tiananmen Square protests that occurred in June of 1989, but did you know about the Tiananmen Incident that occurred on this day (April 5) in 1976? Via Wikipedia (footnote omitted): “The Tiananmen Incident [Chinese: … Continue reading →

Via Kottke: “This drone fly-through of Tesla’s new factory in Berlin is amazing … the drone flies through the robotic machinery in between cycles of stamping out parts and also through the cars as they are being assembled.”

This song is from 2017, and I still love it!

Via Econ Journal Watch (EJW), check out this series of 22 essays in which authors from around the world write about their country’s political economy and history of classical liberalism. (Also, here is the latest issue of the EJW — … Continue reading →

More details here; hat tip: @pickover.

Let’s define these terms. The Chicago economist Frank Knight wrote about risk and uncertainty in 1921 (see here), the two sides of the probability coin. In brief, risk is “quantifiable” — think of a casino game like roulette, where you … Continue reading →