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Yesterday, Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton delivered a lecture on “Economic failure or failure of economics?” (see here) as part of the University of Glasgow’s Adam Smith Tercentenary Week. In brief, the first half of his lecture sounded a lot … Continue reading →

Today I will be presenting my work-in-progress “Adam Smith through the Eyes of Horace Walpole” at the University of Glasgow. (As an aside, in preparation for my talk I made significant revisions and corrections to my draft and posted the … Continue reading →

I mentioned in my previous post that this blog is about to turn ten years old and that I will be reposting some of my favorite blog posts from the last ten years to honor this occasion. To wit: I … Continue reading →

In brief, I began blogging here on 5 July 2013–i.e, nine years and 11 months ago to the day–and to commemorate this occasion, I will from time to time in the next four weeks be reposting some of my favorite … Continue reading →

I was finally able to watch Steven Speilberg’s auto-biographical film “The Fabelmans” on my return flight to Orlando. Although this two-and-1/2 hour movie is way too long, I can’t wait for the sequel! “The Fabelmans” walks us through Speilberg’s childhood … Continue reading →

I have enjoyed my trip to Santiago de Chile on many levels–especially her people, food, and culture–and if all goes well I will be returning here next year to attend the annual meeting of the History of Economics Society, which … Continue reading →

In addition to visiting a plethora of wonderful bookstores, I walked to Barrio Bella Vista from my hotel in the historic city center and rode the funicular railway to the highest point in Santiago de Chile: Cerro San Cristóbal.

She was not only my first Spanish instructor at UC Santa Barbara (I enrolled in two of her Intermediate Spanish classes during my freshman year in college); she also introduced me to the literary works of Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriela … Continue reading →

Translation: Faces of Santiago, Chile