Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
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...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...
John Colet and Sir Thomas More: The Publishing Trade in London in the Early 16th Century In 1509 John Colet and Thomas More joined the Mercers'...
Trust Issues: When Financial "Experts" Have Other Plans Ever wonder if the "experts" managing your money truly have...
Burma and North Korea - Avoid the Law unless Convenient Conflicts in both these countries show the real limits of...
Regulating the above average: Luck or skill? Considered thinkers from Mandelbrot ('fractals') or Keillor ('Lake Wobegon Days')...