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Review of Aden et al. (part 3 of 3)
In our previous two posts, we reviewed the main details of a proposed private law solution to Puerto Rico’s public debt crisis. (This proposed solution would not require any new legislation, and it appears in this working paper by Aden, … Continue reading
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A private law solution to PR’s public debt crisis (part 2 of 3)
In our previous post, we mentioned that three law students at Duke University (Aden, et al.) figured out a two-step solution to Puerto Rico’s public debt crisis, a simple and elegant solution that is already available to Puerto Rico under … Continue reading
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A proposed private law solution to Puerto Rico’s public debt crisis
Puerto Rico’s public debt is massive — around $70 billion and counting, but no one really knows for sure as the government of Puerto Rico does not follow uniform or transparent accounting rules. Since Puerto Rico is not authorized to … Continue reading
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Infectious virus cards: collect them all …
… the cards, that is (not the viruses!). You are probably familiar with traditional baseball cards and regular playing cards, but have you ever seen animated cards for infectious viruses? If not, check out the full set of animated virus … Continue reading
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Ancient icosahedron
Via Tumblr, check out this ancient Greek die with 20 sides in the shape of an icosahedron:
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Is Facebook an ethical company? (Last Lesson)
Let’s discuss “business ethics” in our next-to-last class (4/18). Thus far, we’ve focused on the founding and initial growth of Facebook; let’s now fast forward to Facebook’s January 2012 “emotional contagion experiment,” a massive online psychology experiment it secretly carried … Continue reading
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New Papers on Health Apps and Misogynistic Humor
In addition to our regular teaching and research duties, we have been serving as faculty editor of the Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) at our home institution, the University of Central Florida (UCF). (By the way, the URJ is not only … Continue reading
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Parentification Paper
Each spring, our home institution the University of Central Florida (UCF) sponsors the “UCF Libraries Annual Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research” for the most outstanding student research essay published during the previous calendar year. The recipient of this year’s … Continue reading
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