Serious investment thinking that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Bryan Caplan does not write to be popular. He writes not for causes he thinks are likely to win but for causes that deserve to win. I’ve reviewed almost all of his books: The Myth of the Rational Voter (2007), Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids (2011), The Case Against Education (2018), Open...
The United States Federal Government spends $38bn every year subsidising the meat and dairy industries. Research from 2015 shows this subsidisation reduces the...
In December 2006, The Economist magazine published a cover drawing of Russian president Vladimir Putin, dressed like a 1930s gangster in a dark suit and fedora hat, under the...
British American Tobacco (BAT) has been out of favour with investors since 2017 when its shares reached a record-high price of more than £56. Over the next five years, BAT’s...
As an economics professor, one concern I have long had is that I don’t want to limit how I train students to manipulate mathematical expressions which are typically unknowable to...
In the depths of addiction nothing else matters. The pursuit is focused, relentless and uncompromising – dismissive of any potential consequences. So what happens when the...
The average house price in Great Britain has risen above £350,000 for the first time, according to property website Rightmove. From 2021 to 2022, house prices in all regions and...
In response to Elon Musk’s all-cash takeover offer for Twitter, its board of directors has adopted a one-year shareholder rights plan to stop it. As Lucas...
In a busy start to April 2022 for the British chancellor, Rishi Sunak announced his intention to make the UK a “global hub for cryptoassets technology”. Put simply, this means he...
The view that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants to restore territories of the Soviet Union has been a big part of the commentary on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But...