Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Check out this excellent essay by Andy Murdock on the history and aesthetics of airline route maps. By way of example, below are the route maps of two defunct airlines, National Airlines and TWA.

The great Benito Juarez died on this day in 1872. (Hat tip: Alex Tabarrok.)

In addition to reading John Finnis’s classic book on “Natural Law and Natural Rights” and attending Brian Leiter’s lectures on realist jurisprudence, I have been working on the following projects this summer: A Coasean analysis of the fair use doctrine, … Continue reading →

The art pictured below is not a painting. It’s a futuristic, illuminated tunnel below the main buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas.

From a recent blog post on my favorite blog, Marginal Revolution: “Much of my writing time is devoted to laying out points of view which are not my own. I recommend this for most of you.” Professor Cowen’s approach to … Continue reading →

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Although we did not read a single page of Infinite Jest during the month of June, we have now resumed our reading of this massive tome and are up to page 638, or about two-thirds of the way through …

Gary Leff explains why here. The key question, however, is whether such fees should be declared illegal or should be otherwise regulated. That is, what is the optimal level of regulation in this case. (Put another way, what would the … Continue reading →

We recently learned of the death of the great João Gilberto, one of our favorite musicians of all time. Here is an obituary (NYT). Referring to Mr Gilberto’s masterpiece “Chega de Saudade,” the Times quotes the singer Gal Costa, who … Continue reading →

This is our third and last post (for now) regarding Facebook’s new proposed crypto-currency, called Libra. We have already replied to various criticisms of Facebook’s proposed currency in our previous two posts. Here, however, I will switch gears and make … Continue reading →