Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Nota bene: Last month (see here), I mentioned that I would begin two new series on Adam Smith. I have already completed my first series on “Adam Smith and the ‘Absurd Prescriptions’ of Doctors“; now, as promised, it’s time to … Continue reading →

Update: I will begin a new Adam Smith series in my next post; in the meantime, allow me to share this “oldie but goodie” by the legend George Benson, which was playing on my car radio (shout out WUCF Jazz), … Continue reading →

Friday (16 October) would have been my father’s 83rd birthday. Here is a link to his obituary, along with some additional photos.

Alternate title: Dog bites man According to this recent report (see also here) from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Research and Statistics Group (Mary Amiti, Sebastian Heise, and David E. Weinstein, “The Anatomy of Tariff Pass-Through into Consumer … Continue reading →

I already knew that the Effective Altruism movement is the biggest scam since snake oil, i.e. a kind of secular absolution for the amoral among us. (See here, here or here, for example.) But check out this brutal takedown of … Continue reading →

Trigger warning: Today’s post will be deliberately provocative and inflammatory! Instead of recognizing an econ giant like Richard A. Posner or Thomas Sowell, the 2026 Nobel Prize in “economic sciences” (see here) went to Robert Hall (Stanford) and Michael Woodford … Continue reading →

My wife and I finally saw Aaron Sorkin’s long-awaited sequel to The Social Network this past weekend. To minimize spoilers, here are my top-three takeaways: The Good: Should Facebook “fact-check” political ads? My favorite scenes in The Social Reckoning are … Continue reading →

Did you know that it was Cristóbal Colón (a/k/a Christopher Columbus) who, in addition to his maritime exploits, initiated the longest-running lawsuit in history? According to Daniel Voelker (see here or here), an attorney who has conducted extensive research on this … Continue reading →

Isn’t this ballad one of the most beautiful love songs of all time? I think so!