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Previously, I have surveyed Adam Smith’s four exceptions to free trade in Book IV, Chapter 2 of The Wealth of Nations (see my recap here), but at the same time I have left open the $64 question of their application … Continue reading →

I hate to be “that guy” — especially among my fellow libertarian friends — but the more I study the law and economics of tariffs in U.S. history, the more I realize that my colleague and co-author (see here) Salim … Continue reading →

In anticipation of my talk at an upcoming symposium this spring on “The Age of Trump: Projecting Policy and Legal Impacts in a Second Term” at the University of Saint Thomas (UST), I began blogging on Adam Smith’s timeless argument … Continue reading →

That is the title of a new documentary film (in Spanish) about the life of my beloved aunt, the Cuban poet Julie Pujol Karel. Details below: Update (9 April): here is a link to the documentary.

For the record, I am interrupting my multi-part plea to Adam Smith scholars — i.e. my series on the dos and don’ts of citing the Scottish philosopher’s “Lectures on Jurisprudence” — to share the following public service announcement: classical liberalism … Continue reading →

Thus far, I have explained why scholars should be more cautious when citing Adam Smith’s “Lectures on Jurisprudence” (LJ). In summary, although LJ purports to be a primary source — a transcription of Smith’s law lectures at the University of … Continue reading →

As I have mentioned in my previous two posts, my plea to my fellow Adam Smith scholars is simple: stop citing the “Lectures on Jurisprudence” without proper qualification or a disclaimer. Even if those lecture notes were totally accurate — … Continue reading →

File under: Not April Fools! As a follow-up to my previous post, there are at least two reasons why scholars of Adam Smith should be more cautious when citing the so-called “Lectures on Jurisprudence” (LJ). To begin with, those student … Continue reading →

I have been attending the annual meeting of the International Adam Smith Society (IASS) this weekend, one of the intellectual and cultural highlights of my academic year. (This year’s IASS conference took place at the University of Salento in Lecce, … Continue reading →