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Wikipedia Wednesday: J-pop

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-pop Also, check out the catchy ballad *Midnight City* by the J-pop band Number_i below:

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REVISED TABLE OF *ADAM SMITH PROBLEMS*

I presented “DIE ADAM SMITH PROBLEME” at the Adam Smith Tokyo Conference yesterday (11 March 2024) and got lots of feedback. (Shout outs to the International Adam Smith Society for inviting me to present my work, to Waseda University for … Continue reading

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FYI: Final program of this week’s Adam Smith Tokyo conference

I am reblogging below an announcement from the International Adam Smith Society (IASS): We are excited to release the final program for our 2024 conference [this] week at Weseda University, Tokyo. The program may be found here. We would … … Continue reading

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Travel update: Tokyo

I am attending this year’s meeting of the International Adam Smith Society at Waseda University in Tokyo this week — here is a link to this year’s program; my talk on “Die Adam Smith Probleme” is scheduled for the afternoon of … Continue reading

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Assorted links for spring break

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):

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If you could ban a word from general usage, which one would it be, and why?

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

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*The Oldest Hotel in Paris: Hôtel Chopin*

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

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Table of Adam Smith Problems

Below the fold is a summary in table form — revised and corrected on 8 March 2024 — of my work-in-progress DIE ADAM SMITH PROBLEME” (with Salim Rashid):

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Table of Contents of *Die Adam Smith Probleme*

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

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Wikipedia Wednesday: hexapawn

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

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