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.

Friday funnies: *reattribution* edition

Shout out to my colleague and friend Brian L. Frye, who offered to ghostwrite my next law review article!

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Spoons versus shovels

One of my favorite Milton Friedman anecdotes is the following story in which Professor Friedman, while traveling somewhere overseas, reportedly spotted scores of road builders moving earth with basic shovels instead of modern machinery. When he asked why heavy tractors … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Wednesday: Frankenstein

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein I joined the virtual #HotFrankSummer reading group last month and just finished reading Mary Shelley’s memorable novel Frankenstein today. (Our informal group read one chapter per day starting on May 15, a fateful day that I shall always remember, … Continue reading

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Twitter Tuesday: modelling academia

Wait, what are the “positive” aspects of royalty?

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Monday music: *Baby Powder* by Jenevieve

I dedicate this beautiful ballad to my loving wife Sydjia …

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Best conference ever!

Today (Sunday, 9 June) is my third and final fun-filled day at this year’s Manifest Festival at the enchanting Lighthaven campus in beautiful Berkeley, California. In addition to a plethora of talks on various aspects of prediction markets (the main … Continue reading

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Why not retrodiction markets?

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*Who Betrayed the Cuban Brigade?*

That is the title of my most recent work-in-progress, which I dedicate to the memory of my father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. Below is an excerpt from the introduction to my paper: I recently discovered … Continue reading

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Summer sabbatical readings

I will be on sabbatical until the end of the year; below is my first batch of readings. (Note: my listing is in alphabetical order, by author.)

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Wikipedia Wednesday: tessellation

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation

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