Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...
How to get ahead in commerce: The sure-fire ways to make money One school of thought says that markets are just casinos...
How To Choose a Doctor or Surgeon Various governments have promoted ‘patient choice’ as part of NHS...
Fads and fashions: If they are so bad, why are they so rapidly rich? We all know that celebrities, sports stars, estate agents, banks...
Local or global? Network economics and the new economy Should we prefer the brittle resilience of a very nervous...
Do Computers Get Sick? How Humans and Computers Fight Viruses Whether you are human or computer, viruses can ruin your...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Many societal goals for markets can be achieved with more...