Later today I leave for Europe to speak at two events (in Glasgow and Rotterdam) and relax and sight-see (in Sweden). This is the first time I've ever flown overseas solo, as well as the first time I've ever gone on a multi-leg trip anywhere (as opposed to flying to one place and flying back). So…

Work continues on both my book about libertarian paternalism and nudges for Palgrave and Superman and Philosophy, but there has also been a surge in blogging over the last week, largely in response to controversies big and small: In response to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to place a limit of the size…

My letter in The Wall Street Journal on May 16 regarding the Pathways general education initiative at CUNY drew a quick response from Benno Schmidt, the chairman of the CUNY Board of Trustees, which was published on May 24: Mark D. White's criticisms of CUNY's general education initiative "Pathways" (Letters, May 16) are not only incorrect…

A letter of mine, disputing an "inaccurate" description (to be kind) of Pathways–the rock that we at CUNY have had to roll up the hill, day after day, only, like Sisyphus, to see it roll back down again–was printed in the Wall Street Journal on May 16: William Bowen's "How to Keep American Colleges on Top" (op-ed,…

Wow, has it been another month? I had planned to use this blog to collect my online activity for various sites and blogs, as well as traditional publications, but I haven't been active in that area this past month. But it's for good reason–I've delved back into academic writing in a big way, and it's…

Spring break is ending, and the last stretch of spring semester starts tomorrow. What have I been up to since my last update? I was quoted by Dan Berrett in his April 8 Chronicle of Higher Education article about Robert Shiller, "One Economist's Mission to Redeem the Field of Fianance." The article is behind a paywall, but…

March turned out to be a fairly unproductive month for me, with a lot of things happening in my department and my college, but here's a recap for what did happen in my professional life (mostly book news): The Eastern Economic Association conference went well–the Association for Social Economics sessions were fairly well attended and…

March is four days old and it's already been nuts. The big news is that I finished the Downton Abbey project, a six-chapter edited ebook that should be available this spring–I'll let you know more when I know more! Next weekend I have the Eastern Economic Association meetings in Boston, and work at the college…

I realize I just posted yesterday, but I wanted to point out some special Valentine's Day activity, including two new pieces written and posted today: Today at Psychology Today: "Single on Valentine's Day? Don't Dwell on It" Today at The Comics Professor: "For the best in comics romance, revisit Thor: The Mighty Avenger" From earlier this…

It's hard to believe that we're already a month and a half into 2012. Here's what I'm been up to in terms of writing since my last update: I finished my (fairly lengthy) abstract for this summer's World Congress in Social Economics in Glasgow, based on one of my Stanford book projects. Continuing work on…