Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

For our part, we say, Good Riddance! Here are some reasons why: Karissa Bell, “Why Facebook and Instagram [and Twitter] should kill the like button,” via Mashable. Liraz Margalit, “Our obsession with ‘like’ (part 1),” via Psychology Today. James Somers, … Continue reading →

Check out this report by Jonathan Marciano describing a fascinating experiment in which a group of corporate lawyers with decades of experience in business law competed against an artificial intelligence (AI) program called LawGeex. Their task was to spot issues … Continue reading →

That is the title of a new book published by our friend Drew Y. Jackson, a Renaissance man extraordinaire. His beautiful book contains a collection of photographs of several motels in the Tampa region and of some of the souls … Continue reading →

Check out this report by India Block titled “Sagrada Familia agrees [to] €36 million payment after building 136 years with no permit.” In summary, the famous Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona, which has been under construction since 1882 (!), never … Continue reading →

Instead of rehashing our previous posts, we wish to conclude our review of Milton Friedman’s 1970 essay on business ethics by returning to the problem of theory choice. In brief, the problem is this: Friedman is writing about business ethics, … Continue reading →

The late great Milton Friedman returns to a larger theme in the last part of his classic essay on business ethics (paragraphs 28 to 33): the different domains of markets and politics. To sum up Professor Friedman’s closing argument: he … Continue reading →

We are close to completing our in-depth review of Milton Friedman’s classic essay on business ethics. Here, we will focus on paragraphs of 24 to 27 of his essay, where Friedman describes CSR as “hypocritical window dressing” and as “a … Continue reading →

We are still reviewing Milton Friedman’s 1970 essay on business ethics. Previously, Friedman had argued that CSR initiatives operate as a kind of stealth tax on shareholders and that taxes should be imposed via ordinary political processes. To his credit, … Continue reading →