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Adam Smith and the salons of pre-revolutionary Paris
One of the institutions of the long 18th century that has most captured the imaginations of my co-author, friend, and fellow student of Adam Smith’s grand-tour years (1764-66) Alain Alcouffe and I are the famed salons of pre-revolutionary Paris. Among … Continue reading
Gone but not goodbye
Today (18 May) would have been my friend Andre’s 53rd birthday. You were a loyal husband to Tricia, a devoted father to Zan, a loving son to Dexter and Marcia … and to me, a true friend and intellectual comrade-in-arms. … Continue reading
Friday funnies: AI in higher ed edition
Alas, I don’t know which tidbit from the excerpt embedded in the tweet above — originally published in this report by Clay Shirky in the Chronicle of Higher Education — is funnier: (A) that a Luddite professor at NYU really … Continue reading
My micro-papers
In addition to my many substantive refereed papers, law review articles, and book chapters (see here, for example), I have also authored a small handful of scholarly “micro-papers” over the years, i.e. published works consisting of three paragraphs or less. … Continue reading
My pedagogy papers
In addition to my scholarly research (law review articles, book chapters, etc.), I have also authored a few papers about teaching, including a law review article (“Teaching Tiger King”), a refereed paper (“So Long Sucker”), and a game book for … Continue reading
My book chapters
In all, I have been invited to make contributions to a handful of scholarly books (see below), including (1) The Godfather and Philosophy; (2) Hume, Smith, Burke, Geijer, Menger, d’Argenson, et EJW cetera; (3) Better Call Saul and Philosophy; (4) … Continue reading
A compilation of some of my book reviews
I surveyed some of my previous scholarly works earlier this year, including my probability theory papers, my Coase papers, my Gödel papers as well as my first few scholarly papers, my game theory models, and my turn to legal history. … Continue reading
What if ChatGPT is making our lives worse?
Check out this 13-minute TED Talk by philosopher Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin, who explains why AI tools like ChatGPT are a virtual Trojan horse: they look like promising solutions to pressing problems but only end up making those same problems worse! He … Continue reading

