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The Bitcoin Files (Installment #188)
My next “Advanced Topics in Law” class, which is scheduled for later today, will be devoted to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies generally, so before I start blogging about Better Call Saul and the problem of illicit promises, I want to share … Continue reading
Blog Update
I will be taking a brief hiatus from blogging today and tomorrow, but I will soon resume my blogging duties by turning my attention to the hit show Better Call Saul. (Pictured below is the poster for Season 6 of … Continue reading
JFK conspiracy-theory update
The government is once again “postponing” the release of the next batch of JFK assassination records. For your reference, here is the official announcement.
Monday Map: Greater Florida
What if we replaced all of Alabama and Mississippi as well as most of Georgia and parts of Tennessee with “Greater Florida”? And what if, instead of sleepy Tallahassee, we made St Augustine, Florida’s oldest city, the capital of this … Continue reading
Sunday Syllabus: What Is the Good Life?
All great college courses are based on thought-provoking questions. This syllabus asks the most important question of all. (Source: University of Florida.)
Simpsons’ Syllabus?
Via Kottke: “The Simpsons Library Instagram account has been documenting all of the books, magazines, and other printed matter that has appeared on the long-running sitcom.”
The Chegg Conspiracy?
That is the title of my research poster on the law and ethics of Chegg, which I will be presenting at the Florida Statewide Symposium on Best Practices in Undergraduate Research this weekend. (This year, the symposium will take place … Continue reading
Paul Samuelson versus Adam Smith
Thanks to the careful work of Sarah Skwire, especially her beautiful draft paper “As If: Clueless about the Invisible Hand”, we have seen how people often add the words “as if” to Adam Smith’s original formulation of the invisible hand … Continue reading
The origins of the “as if” invisible hand error
In my previous post, I took the liberty of cutting-and-pasting the introduction of Sarah Skwire’s beautiful draft paper “As If: Clueless About the Invisible Hand.” In brief, Adam Smith’s invisible hand metaphor is probably the most well-known and popular idea … Continue reading

