Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Kudos to Gareth Wild (@GarethWild) and his six-year quest to park his car in every single parking spot at his local grocery store. Although this particular quest was a trivial one, Mr Wild’s methodology is solid, and his spreadsheets are … Continue reading →

Nobel-laureate (2002, economics) Daniel Kahneman (Princeton) published his popular book “Thinking Fast and Slow” in 2011 to much acclaim. His book became an instant best-seller and won many awards and prizes; see here, for example. Kahneman’s field is psychology, however, … Continue reading →

Let’s dedicate May Day (May 1st) to the worldwide victims of Communism and Socialism. (Full disclosure: I originally heard this idea from my colleague and friend Ilya Somin, but I second it wholeheartedly! More details here.)

I will be blogging lightly next week–at most, one post per day–as my wife and I will be traveling to Dallas, Texas next week to celebrate our wedding anniversary on Cinco de Mayo. After next week, I will be blogging … Continue reading →

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…