Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
The Museum and Historical Collections of the Bank of England The Museum provides information about the purposes of the Bank, the...
Regulating the above average: Luck or skill? Considered thinkers from Mandelbrot ('fractals') or Keillor ('Lake Wobegon Days')...
Trust Issues: When Financial "Experts" Have Other Plans Ever wonder if the "experts" managing your money truly have...