Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Alternative title: Review of Chapters 6-8 of Law and the Invisible Hand Chapters 6, 7, and 8, the three most important chapters of Law and the Invisible Hand, should be read as a whole. Briefly, although these chapters, especially Ch. … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
SCOTUS overruled another venerable precedent this week. (Will Roe v. Wade be the next to go?) The case is South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., a decision we hope is quickly overruled by Congress. Due to…

Alternative title: Review of Chapter 5 of Law and the Invisible Hand Chapter 5 of Law and the Invisible Hand is the most speculative chapter in Robin Paul Malloy’s new book–and also the most original and creative one. In summary, … Continue reading →

Robin Paul Malloy identifies and describes “three pillars of civil society” (p. 5) in Chapter 4 of Law and the Invisible Hand, three key concepts that appear in various parts of the work of Adam Smith: utility, authority, and justice. … Continue reading →

Before I proceed with my review of the remaining chapters of Robin Paul Malloy’s Law and the Invisible Hand (Chs. 4-12), I want to pose a few additional questions about Adam Smith’s impartial spectator, one of the most compelling and … Continue reading →

Robin Paul Malloy makes two key moves in Chapter 3 of his new book Law and the Invisible Hand. First, he describes three of the most memorable, compelling, and complex metaphors in the writings of Adam Smith: the invisible hand, … Continue reading →

To celebrate the day the Constitution of the United States officially became the law of the land–i.e., June 21, 1788, the day on which our nation’s charter was ratified by the requisite number of States–, below is a chronological listing … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have decided to review Robin Paul Malloy’s Law and the Invisible Hand. (Note and full disclosure: I was going to review Better Call Saul and Philosophy, a collection of essays published last … Continue reading →

I will resume my review of “Law and the Invisible Hand” in my next post; in the meantime, below are some of the pictures my wife Sydjia and I took during our visit to “George Floyd Square” in Minneapolis this … Continue reading →

The first full paragraph of Robin Malloy’s Law and the Invisible Hand reads thus (footnote omitted): “Fundamentally, law is to society as gravity is to the solar system; it is the invisible force that holds society together and keeps it … Continue reading →