unconscious, non-consenting partner—an ignorance that, according to protesters, Landsburg's thought experiment was helping to perpetuate. A petition calling on the University to censure Landsburg received several hundred signatures; this petition, along with a student-led protest outside Landsburg's classroom, attracted national media attention. In response, Landsburg issued an apology in which he said that he had assumed all of his regular blog readers would know that he found rape repugnant, and that the point of the post was to illustrate the paradoxes that arise when trying to prove such obvious conclusions from first principles. Academic writings Landsburg's articles in academic journals have dealt with many fields, including algebraic K-theory, module patching, philosophy of science and, moral philosophy. Teaching Landsburg teaches intermediate and advanced microeconomics at the University of Rochester. He was promoted from adjunct associate professor to professor during the 2005–2006 academic year and in 2007 he received the University's Professor of the Year in Social Sciences award. Personal For several years, Landsburg served on the board of directors of Hutchinson Technology, a manufacturer of suspension assemblies for disk drives. Landsburg lives in Rochester, NY. He has one daughter, named Cayley, who was featured in his book Fair Play. He has eastern European Jewish heritage. Landsburg is an atheist. Books Price Theory and Applications (1989) The Armchair Economist (1993) Macroeconomics (1996) Fair Play (1997) More Sex is Safer Sex, The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics (2007) The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics (2009) Can You Outsmart an Economist? (2018) References External links About Professor Landsburg via University of Rochester Steven Landsburg's personal webpage The Big Questions Blog Landsburg's column at Slate Price Theory and Applications City News Interview of Landsburg: Part One, Part Two New York Times review of More Sex Is Safer Sex 1954 births Living people Jewish American atheists American economics writers 21st-century American economists American libertarians American male non-fiction writers Colorado State University faculty Libertarian economists Slate (magazine) people University of Chicago alumni University of Rochester alumni University of Rochester faculty