Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Alternate title: Dierdre McCloskey’s list of 108 fictional market failures Are “market failures” real? Or are they make-believe entities (like the aether in physics) invented by economists to justify their preferred public policies and all manner of nefarious and ultimately … Continue reading →

What a glorious time to be alive! Another book that caught my attention during the “Faculty Authors’ Celebration” at my home institution last week was A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation, … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, my home institution, the University of Central Florida (UCF), hosted its fourth biennial “Faculty Authors’ Celebration” to honor professors who have published literary works in the previous two years, and among my favorite works to be showcased … Continue reading →

“Adam Smith wrote and lectured on a wide variety of topics during his lifetime—astronomy, jurisprudence, moral philosophy, the origins of languages, and, of course, political economy, just to name a few—but what does Smith have to say, if anything, about … Continue reading →

I have three updates to report:

See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_Horse

Via tumblr, I am sharing the full video of Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs singing “Fast Car” at the Grammys before this clip gets taken down by our evil copyright overlords; see here and here, for example. Hat tip: Kottke

The update is that I have made three significant additions/revisions to my truth market proposal: Note: I will further describe and explain each of these changes in upcoming posts later this week.