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Nota bene: Today (5 July) marks the 12th anniversary of my blog! In my previous post, we saw how one economist, Warren J. Samuels, painted a reciprocal picture of the conflict between the cedar tree owners and the apple growers … Continue reading →

Buchanan versus Samuels, round 4 🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 In my previous post, I explained why two great academic economists, James Buchanan and Warren Samuels, took an interest in Miller et al. v. Schoene (the cedar rust case). Simply … Continue reading →

Buchanan versus Samuels, round 3 In my previous post, we outlined the case of Miller et al. v. Schoene (the red cedar tree rust case) in which the Supreme Court created a “police power” exception to the Takings Clause. Today, … Continue reading →

Buchanan versus Samuels, round 2 I mentioned in my previous post that I would revisit the controversial case of Miller et al. v. Schoene, the case that sparked the legendary exchange between James Buchanan and Warren Samuels. (See Buchanan & … Continue reading →

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 One of the most fascinating sessions at this year’s meeting of the History of Economics Society (HES) at the University of Richmond was the “Roundtable on the 50th anniversary of the Buchanan-Samuels Exchange.” (Their exchange … Continue reading →

That is the title of my most recent work-in-progress (with Salim Rashid), which we are presenting today (30 June) at a joint session of the History of Economics Society and International Adam Smith Society at the University of Richmond. Below … Continue reading →

This weekend (29 & 30 June), I will be presenting two of my co-authored works at a joint session of the History of Economics Society (HES) and International Adam Smith Society (IASS) at the University of Richmond. (See here and … Continue reading →

I have spent a lot of time this month reading and thinking about the following question: What impact overall will A.I. have on our critical thinking skills? In plain English, will A.I. makes us smarter and better informed citizens, or … Continue reading →

I mentioned in passing in a previous post that the authors of a new study titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT” may have p-hacked or cherry-picked their results. It’s now time to take a closer look at this possibility. To begin … Continue reading →

This week, I have been attending the Inaugural Space and Spectrum Policy Conference at the law school of the University of Colorado Boulder (see here), of which I will have a lot to say soon. (Shout out to Phil Weiser, … Continue reading →