Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

In addition to my regular teaching duties, I worked on the following projects this year: Published works Adam Smith in Love in Econ Journal Watch. Betting on Conspiracies in the Journal of Brief of Ideas. Teaching Tiger King in the … Continue reading →

Happy Holidays! Although I am all about Las Posadas, Nochebuena, and Puerto Rican parrandas this time of year, I have to confess that I also love Bruce Springsteen’s rock-and-roll homage to Santa. (Hat tip to Kara Jayne for the link … Continue reading →

The National Archives released another batch of JFK assassination records — 1,491 documents in all — earlier this week (December 15), but this batch of evidence still represents less than 10 percent of the more than 15,000 documents that the … Continue reading →

That is the title of my latest project. I will post a complete draft on SSRN soon, but in the meantime, here is the abstract: My paper explores the first of the Reconstruction Amendments — the Thirteenth Amendment of 1865 … Continue reading →

I will conclude my series of blog posts on the allocation of launch licenses with a paean to Ronald Coase’s classic 1959 paper “The Federal Communications Commission” on the FCC’s allocation of TV and radio frequencies. In brief, to this … Continue reading →

Note: Below is part four of my series of blog posts on the allocation of launch licenses by the FAA. Thus far, we have identified a novel solution to the problem of satellite congestion in outer space: the FAA or … Continue reading →

Note: Below is part three of my series of blog posts on the allocation of launch licenses by the FAA. Today, I write to propose legislation authorizing the FAA — or better yet, NASA — to allocate launch licenses using … Continue reading →

Note: As I mentioned in my previous post, I will resume my review of Nozick next week; in the meantime, below is part two of my series of blog posts on the allocation of launch licenses by the FAA. Are … Continue reading →

Notes: I will resume my review of Nozick next week; in the meantime, this new series of blog posts on the allocation of launch licenses by the FAA is just a short preview of my next work-in-progress. Currently, any private … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Today (12 December) is the Feast Day of the Virgen of Guadalupe, a national holiday in Mexico and one of my favorite feast days of the year! More details here, in Spanish.