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Google Scholar’s contribution to *Die Adam Smith Probleme*
Alternate title: “Die Adam Smith Probleme, nine honorable mentions” My work-in-progress “Die Adam Smith Probleme“, which I am now co-authoring with Salim Rashid, surveys a wide variety of unresolved mysteries surrounding the life and work of Adam Smith. As it … Continue reading
Four additional *Adam Smith problems*
My previous post highlighted an unsolved mystery involving two of the foremost European thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment — Adam Smith and Jean-Jacques Rousseau — an enigma posed by Paul Sagar in his 2022 book Adam Smith Reconsidered. Specifically, … Continue reading
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Paul Sagar’s Adam Smith Problem
There is more than one “Das Adam Smith Problem.” Case-in-point: Paul Sagar’s 2022 book Adam Smith Reconsidered, especially chapter 3, which poses a new “Adam Smith problem”, one that I had not given much thought before reading Professor Sagar’s work. … Continue reading
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Another Adam Smith mystery: Toulouse, 1764
We know why Adam Smith was in the South of France for most of 1764 and 1765. In summary, the Scottish professor had agreed to tutor a young aristocrat — the soon-to-be 3d Duke of Buccleugh — during the future … Continue reading
How much of The Wealth of Nations was plagiarized?
It seems unlikely that the question [i.e. the charge of plagiarism against Adam Smith] can ever be answered for certain. (Keynes 1938, p. 43) I will be presenting one of my works-in-progress, Die Adam Smith Probleme, at the next meeting … Continue reading
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Friday funnies: Adam Douglas Thompson
Check out his amazing Instagram page here.
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*Frank Ramsey’s Contributions to Probability (and Legal) Theory*
That is the title of my latest article, which was just published in Bocconi Legal Papers; see https://blp.egeaonline.it/it/102/papers. Below is an excerpt with the footnotes omitted: Ramsey developed his new approach to chance in a paper titled Truth and Probability, … Continue reading
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Wikipedia Wednesday: two great 20th-century books on *capitalism*
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton and Rose Friedman (pictured below, top row), first published in 1962 and available here in full –> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_and_Freedom Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams (pictured below, bottom row), first published in 1944 and available here … Continue reading
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Repeal the CFR?
I mentioned in my previous post that “I would repeal the entire Code of Federal Regulations root and branch …” In summary, my argument for repealing the CFR is based not on policy but rather on constitutional first principles. Does … Continue reading
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