Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Happy Easter! This 521-year-old painting by El Greco (digital reproduction courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid) commemorates Jesus’ resurrection. More details about this work of art and El Greco are available here.

I will be proposing a “fake news futures market” and begin wrapping up my blog post series on conspiracy theories next week. In the meantime, I want to share two updates about my “Adam Smith in Love” paper: The final … Continue reading →

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Alternative title: A brief survey of the anti-market metaphor literature Note: This is my 14th blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories Is there a “marketplace of ideas”, and if so, does this market really work? In my … Continue reading →

Note: This is my 13th blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories As I mentioned at the end of my previous blog post, a rising tide of voices, especially in academia, are calling for direct regulation of social … Continue reading →

Note: This is my 12th blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories In this post I will expand on Richard Posner’s economic analysis of conspiracy law on pp. 230-231 of his magnum opus: Economic Analysis of Law (7th … Continue reading →

Note: This is my eleventh blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories What separates a legitimate claim of “conspiracy” from a fringe or far-fetched “conspiracy theory” (like the so-called “plandemic”) or a dangerous alternate reality “conspiracy myth” (like … Continue reading →

I am interrupting my multi-part series of blog posts on conspiracy theories to share this report by James Vincent (via The Verge), which is titled “The UK’s new £50 note celebrates Alan Turing with lots of geeky Easter eggs.” As … Continue reading →

Note: This is my tenth blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories In this post, I will frame conspiracy theories as a special type of Wittgensteinian “language game.” Although the enigmatic Ludwig Wittgenstein himself used the technical term … Continue reading →