Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps Why do smart people make dumb financial choices? This lecture...
Sir Christopher Wren and the Rebuilding of the City Churches after the Great Fire of London In this lecture, Anthony Geraghty will reveal how Sir Christopher...
Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals The litany of great financial scandals is long, and sadly...
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Many societal goals for markets can be achieved with more...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Progresses: Royal Courts on the Move in Tudor and Stuart England Most summers Tudor and Stuart monarchs took their court on...
Burma and North Korea - Avoid the Law unless Convenient Conflicts in both these countries show the real limits of...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...