Demos
In 2000, out of the blue, the OECD rang me and asked me to present a paper I'd written to their senior treasury officials meeting...
Outfoxed!
If you are disgusted and dismayed by bile and propaganda thinly disguised as news, if like, Adam Smith you abhor views presented "with all the...
A snippet of ‘behavioural finance’: Do you pay off your credit card like a CFO?
Courtesy of Ian Rogers of 'The Sheet' newsletter on the financial industry: Few CFOs pay down their credit cards In keeping with the findings of...
Beyond Right and Left
David McKnight has set up a blog to promote discussion of his book. It is a very interesting exercise and I am making an effort...
Reform Howard Style
I have little doubt that when people look back on the Howard era they will see - apart from other things a similar set of...
Feyerabend alert
Check out this post on Catallaxy for a good interview with a friend and colleague of the late Paul F, philosopher of science, dadaist, man...
The radiant ghost of a ‘guest star’
On July 4, 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a "guest star" in the constellation Taurus; This star became about 4 times brighter than Venus in...