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Legalize Uber
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South Beach Story
My wife and I were in Miami Beach last night. We enjoyed a late dinner at Prime 112 on Ocean Drive, and then went to Dream nightclub on Washington Street. We had fun, but I did not like the DJ … Continue reading
Let’s get ready to rumble …
Frequentists have suffered another significant setback (pun intended) in the social science world. Via the amazing Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution, we’ve just learned that a psychology journal has officially banned significance testing from its pristine pages. (Also, check out this excellent blog post by … Continue reading
Rest in peace; it’s only logical …
The original Star Trek series, which we watched as a child, has always represented the future to us. Now, with the loss of Leonard Nimoy, it is part of our collective past …
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World Black History Month (Canary Islands edition)
We recently stumbled upon this fascinating paper titled “Black Presence in the Canary Islands (Spain)” by Roberto Nodol. According to Dr Nodol, historical documents dating as far back as 1602 indicate the presence of African slaves on the island of La Palma. These … Continue reading
Cuba libre?
Our Cuba was an imperial Spanish colony until 1898 and a prosperous quasi-colony of the United States until 1959. Now, it’s an impoverished military dictatorship. When will our Cuba be free? (Image of the “Cuba Libre board game” below courtesy of … Continue reading
The law and economics of Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea”
Here is an edited excerpt (without the footnotes) from our latest paper “Misappropriation and The Old Man and the Sea,” which we shall be presenting at the Cuban Research Institute at FIU this Friday:
The young man and the sea
The Gulf Stream–an oil painting by Homer Winslow–depicts a solitary man in a small fishing boat, surrounded by sharks and struggling against the waves of the sea. But at a deeper level, what is it ‘really’ about? According to one art … Continue reading
23 Feb. 1945
On this day 70 years ago, Joe Rosenthal took this famous photograph during the historic Battle of Iwo Jima. So, is this picture still under copyright?
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“Do not cite or circulate”
That is the title of this 13-page paper by Lee Ann Fennell, a law professor at the University of Chicago. Her short essay questions why law professors often attach formulations such as ‘Do Not Cite or Circulate’ to their drafts or works … Continue reading
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