Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
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...
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...
Regulating the above average: Luck or skill? Considered thinkers from Mandelbrot ('fractals') or Keillor ('Lake Wobegon Days')...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...