Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals The litany of great financial scandals is long, and sadly...
Why Are Cities Going Bankrupt? In the late nineteenth century, Joseph Chamberlain transformed Birmingham with...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work? Offsets, politely called carbon credit markets, are essential to many...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Michael Mainelli, Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Commerce with Paul...
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...