There’s a lot of money in the chit-chat
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is being read because it is being read; and indeed this makes sense.
Tax is bad enough without needless complexity
Sir Christopher Gent and a precinct of policemen provide some insights to our tax system.
Justice in trade is not simply a moral question
The trade justice day is an opportunity to reframe accurately the discussion on international trade.
What is the chance of your being guilty?
Reverend Bayes could not to go to court; his insights should
A little empathy would be good for economics
In this second part of the letter to his niece, Professor Kay discusses the gender bias that is prevalent in economics.
These are desolate times for the dismal science
In a letter to his niece John writes about the demise of economics
Bedpans should be heard no more in Whitehall
A discussion regarding foundation hospitals, in a pluralist versus centralist context, reveals some difficult choices.
A waiter calls the top of the property market
A revealing dinner party conversation on house prices.
It pays churches to have faith in markets
The analogy between Wal-Mart’s competition for customers and Southern Baptists' for adherents, reveals some interesting insights.
Previous convictions: April 2003
I used to share the physics envy of many economists. The responses to Bjorn Llomborg's book have helped change my mind.