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I overheard this classic the other day somewhere along Avenida Santa Fe in Buenos Aires, a song I had not heard in years! It’s the first track on Christian Castro’s 1992 debut solo album Agua Nueva (see here or here), … Continue reading →

Greetings from South America! I will be presenting an updated version of my co-authored paper “Die Adam Smith Problem” (with Salim Rashid, Illinois) on Monday morning, July 15, at a joint meeting of the History of Economics Society (HES) and … Continue reading →

This “Thank you for your thank you card” is something, I believe, my beloved Jorge Luis Borges would have loved!

On this day (11 July) in 1804, an early-morning duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton took place. To commemorate this fateful moment in North American history, I am posting below some historic odds and ends: a YouTube video showcasing … Continue reading →

Yesterday (9 July) was Argentina Independence Day, which my daughter Adys Ann and I celebrated by visiting the Museo Evita in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires. Later today (10 July), we will attend an informal talk or charla on … Continue reading →

FYI: The Bluebook is a collection of incredibly complex and convoluted citation rules used by most U.S. law journals. (Think of Dante’s Inferno, but for footnotes!) I have proposed an alternative set of simpler rules, which I call “Anti-blue“, here.

I just finished reading Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason (book cover pictured below), which was written by my fellow lawyer-historian Buckner F. Melton, Jr. (As an aside, it’s true this work wasn’t on my summer reading list, but I couldn’t help … Continue reading →

I am posting my third link to Twitter in as many days because I could not find this catchy song, “Incentives Matter” (hat tip: Tyler Cowen), on YouTube:

Are you tired of being lied to by op-ed pundits and TV talking heads? Would you like to see their opinions put to the test? Then join the World Truth League! You can join a team and make forecasts or … Continue reading →