Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals The litany of great financial scandals is long, and sadly...
Two Losses Make a Win: How a Physicist Surprised Mathematicians One of the most extraordinary pieces of new mathematics was...
Do Computers Get Sick? How Humans and Computers Fight Viruses Whether you are human or computer, viruses can ruin your...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
How to get ahead in commerce: The sure-fire ways to make money One school of thought says that markets are just casinos...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...
Local or global? Network economics and the new economy Should we prefer the brittle resilience of a very nervous...