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Below is a partial list — in alphabetical order, by author — of some the works I will be reading on my long flight to Haneda-Tokyo (note: all the works listed here are open access except for item #3):

This fun question popped up in my WordPress dashboard the other day. My reply is below the fold:

Via my favorite expat blog “View from the Back“: We’ve covered the oldest chocolate shop in Paris, now what about its oldest hotel? France, and more particularly Paris, is the flagship destination … The Oldest Hotel in Paris: Hôtel Chopin

Below the fold is the full Table of Contents of the revised and corrected draft of “DIE ADAM SMITH PROBLEME“:

Via, where else?, Wikipedia: “Hexapawn is a deterministic two-player game invented by Martin Gardner. It is played on a rectangular board of variable size, for example on a 3×3 board or on a regular chessboard. On a board of size … Continue reading →

I agree with loudmouth sports commentator Stephen A. Smith that the NBA All-Star game is a complete embarrassment, but what is to be done? Short of cancelling this joke of a game altogether, why not deduct points when a player … Continue reading →

Based on my own work as well as that of my co-author Salim Rashid, I have made many substantial revisions and corrections to “DIE ADAM SMITH PROBLEME” and have posted an updated draft on SSRN (see here) in preparation for … Continue reading →

I have said it before, and I will say it again: there is more than one “Das Adam Smith Problem”! By way of example, below are just a small sample of some of the many unresolved Adam Smith mysteries that … Continue reading →