Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
A modest proposal (college sports edition)
If we are going to pay student-athletes in college for playing sports, why not tie the salaries of the student-athletes to the salaries of their coaching staffs. Let’s use college basketball to illustrate our proposal. The Kentucky Wildcats have 16 … Continue reading
Spiral staircase shadow (double helix edition)
Hat tip: _HereOrToGo_ (via reddit).
We’re still waiting …
… for an apology from Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. Instead of apologizing for his team’s rampant cheating, Mr Kraft released this statement in response to the conclusion in the Wells Report that it is “more … Continue reading
The economics of bar exams
Do we really need 50 separate State bar exams in an era of global markets? We have always thought that bar exams and other forms of occupational licensing should be declared illegal restraints of trade under U.S. antitrust laws. After … Continue reading
El cinco de mayo (children’s book cover edition)
Happy Anniversary, Sydjia.
Creative destruction (one-hour photo shop edition)
Are there more or less video-rental stores than one-hour photo shops in the U.S.?
Bail
A. Kid bashes car window and then turns himself in the next day: a judge sets his bail at 1/2 million USD. B. Police kill defenseless civilian and enjoy a statutory 10-day “cooling-off” period to get their stories straight (see our post … Continue reading

