Stealing the silver: How we take from the dispossessed, the poor and our own children There are numerous cases where well-meaning people find themselves defending...
The face of Charles Dickens - portraits of the great author Charles Dickens was drawn, painted and photographed more than most...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...
Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...
Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work? Offsets, politely called carbon credit markets, are essential to many...
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')...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...