Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.

*Viele Adam Smith Probleme: Some Open Questions in Smith’s Two Great Works*

That is the title of my most recent work-in-progress (with Salim Rashid), which we are presenting today (30 June) at a joint session of the History of Economics Society and International Adam Smith Society at the University of Richmond. Below … Continue reading →

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Sunday song: loving u is harder

This weekend (29 & 30 June), I will be presenting two of my co-authored works at a joint session of the History of Economics Society (HES) and International Adam Smith Society (IASS) at the University of Richmond. (See here and … Continue reading →

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Critical thinking in the age of A.I.: epilogue

I have spent a lot of time this month reading and thinking about the following question: What impact overall will A.I. have on our critical thinking skills? In plain English, will A.I. makes us smarter and better informed citizens, or … Continue reading →

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The p-hacking of the ChatGTP wolves

I mentioned in passing in a previous post that the authors of a new study titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT” may have p-hacked or cherry-picked their results. It’s now time to take a closer look at this possibility. To begin … Continue reading →

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Knives out for Kosmyna: Cowen’s counterfactual

This week, I have been attending the Inaugural Space and Spectrum Policy Conference at the law school of the University of Colorado Boulder (see here), of which I will have a lot to say soon. (Shout out to Phil Weiser, … Continue reading →

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John List’s contributions to the critical thinking literature

In a previous post, I mentioned a new paper by my colleague and friend John A. List (University of Chicago) titled “Enhancing Critical Thinking Skill Formation: Getting Fast Thinkers to Slow Down”, available here. Now that I have read this … Continue reading →

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*Your brain on ChatGPT*

That is the title of this new paper by a team of researchers affiliated with the MIT Media Lab (Kosmyna, et al., 2025). Although the sample size of their study is small (n = 54), this work is one of … Continue reading →

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Update re: domestic constitutional violence in Los Angeles

As a follow-up to one of my previous posts on “Domestic Constitutional Violence: Los Angeles” (see here), I want to mention that a federal appellate court in California recently affirmed President Trump’s decision to deploy the California National Guard, ostensibly … Continue reading →

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Sunday summer song

I forgot to wish everyone a “Happy Juneteenth” on 19 June. My bad! Also, shout out to my family and friends in the beautiful island of Jamaica; hope to see you soon!

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¡Que tengas un verano estupendo!

Translation: Have a great summer! Below are two melodious classics to officially kick off the summer season:

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