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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: My work on “Outer Space Auctions” was recently featured on my university’s main website earlier this week! Check it out here. I also presented my work at the annual Huber Hurst Research Seminar at … Continue reading →

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: New subsections. I added to my paper a new subsection titled “A.I. to the Rescue?” (see Part IV of the paper, pp. 12-13) and streamlined … Continue reading →

Via John Burn-Murdoch of Financial Times (see here): “An analysis by David Jackson, professor of political science at Bowling Green State University, found that an endorsement by a major celebrity could even have polarising impacts. Jackson discovered that while Democrats … Continue reading →