Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps Why do smart people make dumb financial choices? This lecture...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Many societal goals for markets can be achieved with more...
Does society risk my life through safety? The perils of too much risk-aversion We would all like a riskless life, right? The Precautionary...
The Troubled Brain: Ageing and Dementia Diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s are devastating neurological conditions...
Corporation Tax or Income Tax: Which is the greatest con? Taxation is arguably, the greatest intervention of government in the...
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...
Florence Nightingale and her Crimean War Statistics: Lessons for hospital safety, public administration and nursing Professor McDonald will discusses the history and the myth surrounding...
Trading Places and Travelling - Musical Legacies of the Hanseatic League The cities of Northern Europe developed their trading links with...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...