Monthly Archives: February 2019

6th Emerging scholars conference – more papers

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

Continuing my brief summaries of some of the papers presented in the December’18 Emerging scholars conference (see the first one), I bring a paper on how capital regulation affects the repo market by Antonis Kotidis and Neeltje van Horen. I … Continue reading →

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Rationally Speaking with Julia Galef

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit (Julia Galef) Rationally Speaking is the podcast of New York City Skeptics and is hosted by Julia Galef, a writer and speaker on matters about … Continue reading →

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The Four Horsemen

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 changed the world. There is little doubt about it. Apart from the two wars that followed, and the huge impact on security and international politics, it brought the attention of religious fundamentalism in the Western … Continue reading →

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Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

After reading The End of Faith and The Moral Landscape, and listening to many of his podcasts and debates, I anticipated that Sam Harris‘s Letter to a Christian Nation would not add much more to my atheist arguments. And I … Continue reading →

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6th Emerging Scholars conference – some papers

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

I have been meaning to write these posts (I do not know how many they will be) but some things got in the way, mainly Christmas holidays and exam marking. We had a wonderful 6th Emerging Scholars in Banking and … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness meditation

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

It has been several months since I started doing meditating every morning. In the recent weeks, I have discussed my practice with other people who have found it interesting, and hence I thought I could mention it here. There is … Continue reading →

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