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Adam Smith, poet?
“Was Adam Smith, secretly, a poet …? [T]here is another Smith, perhaps a more interesting Smith, … one we should like to know more about.” (Rashid 2023, p. 13.) Who was Adam Smith, really? Moral philosopher, law professor, political economist, … Continue reading
*Young Adam Smith*
Was the young Adam Smith really the absent-minded professor he is often caricatured as by many of his biographers? Check out Professor Salim Rashid’s work-in-progress Young Adam Smith (SSRN), which explains why the conventional biographical picture of Adam Smith as … Continue reading
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
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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Another Adam Smith Problem:
Alternate title: “The $64 Question: Part 2” (FYI: here is part 1) Note: Thus far, I have reviewed the first four chapters of Paul Sagar’s Adam Smith Reconsidered; today, I will conclude my review with Chapter 5 (“The Conspiracy of … Continue reading
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
“Economics of the Undead” update
Pssst … The “undead” have their own live blog now. So, if you are fascinated by vampire behavior or just want to prepare for the inevitable zombie apocalypse, check out econdead.com. Tell your friends too, but please enjoy responsibly.
“Beautiful Game Theory”
That is the title of this book which explores the relation between economics and football (or soccer, for sportifs in the US) and which we will be reading in the coming days … between first-stage matches, that is. “Beautiful Game Theory” was written by Ignacio … Continue reading
“The Economics of the Undead”
That is the title of this fun collection of essays edited by Glen Whitman and Jim Dow, which you can pre-order here. To our loyal readers, click here, if you dare, for a tantalizing and sexy preview (the chapter titled “Buy or Bite?”) from … Continue reading
The economics of Disneyland ticket prices
Given the increase in demand to visit Disneyland, are Disneyland ticket prices too high … or too low? By the way, what do these data above tell us about the price elasticity of Disneyland tickets?
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