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The Real Das Adam Smith Problem?
This is part 1 of my review of Adam Smith Reconsidered. To begin, two things about the Introduction to Paul Sagar’s beautiful book caught my attention: (1) Professor Sagar’s striking but simple solution to something called “Das Adam Smith Problem” … Continue reading
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Coming soon: full review of *Adam Smith Reconsidered*
Thus far this week I have written up and posted several short reviews (i.e. “micro reviews”) of some of the works that I have been reading this holiday season. The last book on my list, however — Paul Sagar’s new … Continue reading
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Micro review of *The Revolutionary Temper*
Given my previous work on Adam Smith and his extended visit to the City of Light in 1766 (see especially here and here), I decided to give Robert Darnton’s new book The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 a go. Darnton, a … Continue reading
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Homage to Richard Posner
Yesterday, my colleague and friend Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr), a law professor at U.C. Berkeley, posted a series of melancholic tweets in honor of my intellectual mentor Richard Posner. As it happens, yours truly had the honor of meeting Judge Posner, … Continue reading
Of lotteries and prefaces: two probability puzzles
I concluded my previous post with a reference to two important probability puzzles: one is called the lottery paradox; the other, the paradox of the preface. What are these logical problems? Why are they important? And can they be solved? … Continue reading
Micro review of Franz Huber’s survey of subjective probability
By way of background, I should disclose off the bat that I am a huge fan of the subjective approach to probability pioneered by Bruno de Finetti and Frank Ramsey, especially the idea that a person’s “priors” about the world … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
FYI: I will post my next “micro review” in the next day or two; in the meantime, “from my fridge to yours”: below is my family’s holiday card for 2023 (not pictured, for the photo was taken in October: Aritzia … Continue reading
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Micro review of *The Hemingway Thief*
The backstory of this debut novel by Shaun Harris is based on one of the most legendary literary heists of all time. According to lore (see here, here, or here, for example), in December of 1922 — 101 years ago! … Continue reading
Coming soon: micro reviews of my Christmas readings
Christmas Day is around the corner, and I have just about finished reading the sundry books on my 2023 winter break reading list while I was in the BVI (see my 14 December post, which I am reblogging below), so … Continue reading
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prior probability 