Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Toyko update 3/25: I forgot to mention my two favorite papers from this year’s International Adam Smith Society (IASS) meeting at Waseda University in Tokyo earlier this month. One was “Adam Smith’s theory of music” by Tetsuo Taka (Kyushu University); … Continue reading →

My daughter Adys and I overheard this beautiful ballad the other day while walking along Takeshita street, a crowded and narrow alley in the colorful Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo.

That is the tantalizing title of Brian Frye’s latest work-in-progress. Among other things, my colleague and friend tells the story of Warhol v. Goldsmith — a case I have blogged about before; see here — and how this case might … Continue reading →

Vernal Equinox Day is a national holiday in Japan! More details here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Mex File under: “transculturation“?

Ronald Coase was an English economist who explained why harms are reciprocal in his oft-cited paper on “The Problem of Social Cost“, which forever changed my view of law, economics, and even morality. (Hat tip to my torts professor Guido … Continue reading →

Based on the some of the helpful feedback I received at last week’s Adam Smith Tokyo conference, I added a new section to my latest Adam Smith paper, which I am co-authoring with Salim Rashid, and made a few other … Continue reading →

💚 🇮🇪 🍀 Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from Japan! For this week’s ‘Sunday song’ feature, I shazamed the remix version of this song somewhere in Kyoto the other night …

This remarkable palace was the residence and work area of the last shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. More details about the Tokugawa family clan and their role in Japanese history are available here.