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I forgot to mention that I was finally able to visit Horace Walpole’s summer villa in Twickenham while I was in London last month; below are some snapshots of my visit:

What is the “optimal level” of social science research fraud? Zero, right? Alas, Dr Francesca Gino, a professor at the prestigious Harvard Business School and an “award-winning researcher” whose work focuses on dishonesty and unethical behavior (she is, get this, … Continue reading →

Alternate title: My favorite Adam Smith quote My previous post featured many of the “favorite Adam Smith quotes” that were just published in the “Smith at 300” symposium issue of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought: Vol. 45, … Continue reading →

Some background: Upon my return from Scotland I found the June 2023 issue of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought in my mailbox. Among other things, this issue contains a special “Smith at 300” symposium featuring a number … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
And the nominees are: (a) Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution) (b) Robin Hanson (Overcoming Bias) (c) Jason Kottke (kottke) (d) Eugene Volokh & Company (Volokh Conspiracy) These “blog kings” are our favorite individual…

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –That to secure these rights, … Continue reading →

There is no doubt the Supreme Court of the United States has become a “political court”, to borrow my mentor Richard Posner’s apt phrase (no, we still haven’t forgotten the illegitimate and disastrous Bush v. Gore decision!), but how politicized … Continue reading →

Beware of blog posts on sports, politics, foreign policy, or race! To commemorate the upcoming ten-year anniversary of this blog (5 July 2023), I am featuring ten of my lamest blog posts: