Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals The litany of great financial scandals is long, and sadly...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Michael Mainelli, Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Commerce with Paul...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
Trust Issues: When Financial "Experts" Have Other Plans Ever wonder if the "experts" managing your money truly have...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
The Hidden Risks of "I Know Something You Don't" Imagine buying insurance, but the company knows you're less likely...
Science-Based Targets, Greenwashing and Brownscraping: Net Zero in the Private Sector Many companies are now required to have a “Science-based Target”...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...
The Museum and Historical Collections of the Bank of England The Museum provides information about the purposes of the Bank, the...