Venice
Venice is the first urban theme park. Like any other theme park. it is full of attractions, but impractical for everyday living.&...
Book Review – The Black Swan by Nicholas Naseem Taleb
Nicholas Naseem Taleb's book Fooled by Randomness argued that there is a human tendency to recognise false patterns and attribute cause...
Book Review: The Halo Effect by Phil Rosenzweig
As a speak, I sometimes receive the results of survey forms completed by conference delegates. Mostly, they seem to like what the...
Independence for National Statistics
Independence for the Bank of England has been one of Gordon Brown’s most successful policy initiatives. Independence for the Office for...
Book review – Dynasties by David Landes
David Landes’ last book - The Wealth and Poverty of Nations - displayed the magisterial talents of the mature historian drawing o...
The Hare & the Tortoise
A fable for senior executives
Once upon a time, a tortoise lived in the marshes on the edge of a large plain. The tortoise had...
Coping with Uncertainty: Making Decisions in a World of Unknowns
We are brought up, at least in school and MBA class if not at home, to believe we should adopt a process of rational decision making, i...
The Mirrlees Review
Since you will be receiving comments on many aspects of this project, I will focus on two on which I have a particular personal perspec...
Enough money has been spent saving Venice: Venice in Peril, Royal Geographic Society, 6th June 2006
It is not yet widely known that one of Mr Berlusconi’s last acts in office was to sell Venice to the Disney Corporation. I can gi...
Book Review – The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity and the Radical Remaking of Economics by Eric D Beinhocker
This is a remarkable book. The title betrays the scale of its ambition, yet the scale of its achievement comes close to matching ...