Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: This is the last of three blog posts on the case of U.S. v. Porat It’s time to wrap up this series on wire fraud and college rankings. We have already surveyed several questions posed by U.S. v. Porat, … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
See here, here, and here. I will tackle the tyranny of lockdowns with zero compensation next.

Note: This is the second of three blog posts on the case of U.S. v. Porat. Michael Levy, a former federal prosecutor, has written up a brief but excellent analysis (see here) of some of the legal issues in the … Continue reading →

Before I proceed with my three-part series on wire fraud and the U.S. News rankings, I want to elaborate on one of the points in my previous post. Specifically, are the fraud allegations against the Temple business school a one-off–an … Continue reading →

Note: This is the first of three blog posts on the case of U.S. v. Porat. I mentioned in a previous post that Moshe Porat, the former dean of Temple University’s business school, was recently charged by the Feds with … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Alternative title: Man bites dog! Why isn’t data fraud a crime? In a working paper I wrote in 2019, I proposed charging researchers who fabricate data with wire fraud. Here is an excerpt from my…

Kudos to Devon, i.e. @devonzuegel. Although I am still off Twitter and will most likely remain off for the foreseeable future (#SelfCancel), I found this fascinating thread via Marginal Revolution on the topic of “What are the criticisms of your … Continue reading →

The names of 26 States have Native American origins.

The Queen of Jazz was born on this day (April 25) in 1917.

Note: This is my fourth and last blog post (for now) in my series on “Lockean takings.” I want to conclude this series by noting the “Hohfeldian” structure (see image below) of the self-ownership principle.[1] In brief, if each person … Continue reading →