Category Archives: Current Affairs

May Day

Posted on May 2, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Markets or diktats? Our friend and colleague Ilya Somin recently reiterated his call for repurposing May 1st as “International Victims of Communism Day.” We want to be the first to second his modest proposal …

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A three-bathroom solution?

Posted on April 28, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

The State of North Carolina recently enacted a controversial law limiting the legal rights of “transgender individuals.” The law prevents such persons from using public restrooms that don’t correspond with the gender (male or female) on their birth certificates. (By … Continue reading →

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Visualization of counterfactual history (Pres. Trump edition)

Posted on April 27, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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Requiescat in pace

Posted on April 22, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Update (4/24): Wow! After we reposted a fan video on YouTube of an old performance of “Let’s go crazy,” it took less than 24 hours for the video to be taken down. In any case, we confess that we weren’t … Continue reading →

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In defense of Paul Krugman (Earth day edition)

Posted on April 21, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Economist Paul Krugman recently wrote up a short and provocative essay in the N.Y. Times on “Econ 101 boosterism” or the naive application of textbook economics to real-world moral and legal problems. In his essay, Krugman compares the pros and … Continue reading →

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Who wore it best?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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A proposed private law solution to Puerto Rico’s public debt crisis

Posted on April 16, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Puerto Rico’s public debt is massive — around $70 billion and counting, but no one really knows for sure as the government of Puerto Rico does not follow uniform or transparent accounting rules. Since Puerto Rico is not authorized to … Continue reading →

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Blueprints for “The Great Wall of Trump”

Posted on April 6, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

An engineer recently drew up a “quick design” (pictured below) of Donald Trump’s proposed USA-Mexico border wall. (You can read the full technical analysis of what it would take to build such a massive project here.) This particular design consists … Continue reading →