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The Storyteller

The Ego Has Landed: When former players criticise current ones

by Simon Hughes | Jan 27, 2025

Former players criticising current ones is a dangerous game. Alex Hartley’s cold-shouldering by some of the pettier England players for basically telling the truth reminds me of my relationship, or non-relationship, with Kevin Pietersen. We used to be good mates, talking about the game, the IPL,...

The Professor

The iceman cometh not

by Clifford F. Thies | Mar 11, 2021

During the early 20th century, ‘natural’ ice was in decline. ‘Artificial’ or ‘manufactured’ ice was taking its place. Men continued to carve ice out of ponds and lakes during the...

The Professor

The difference between copper and cucumbers

by Joakim Book | Feb 25, 2021

David Attenborough, a well-known BBC film presenter and climate activist, has a fantastic quote about growth and economists. It’s so captivating that I suspect it lies at the...

The Professor

From the land of financial bubbles

by Joakim Book | Jan 21, 2021

Everywhere we look, the world looks bubbly. Politically, we may point to the anger bubbling among people who feel like they were robbed of power ‒ or their opponents who...

The Economist

Where is Jack Ma?

by Ethan Yang | Jan 12, 2021

Should economic freedom take a back seat to civil rights? Jack Ma found out the hard way that both are equally important. The Alibaba founder and Chinese billionaire has been...

The Macro View

Five times this year the New York Times accidentally told the truth

by Jeffrey A. Tucker | Jan 7, 2021

The paper of record in 2020 shifted dramatically to the most illiberal stance possible on the virus, pushing for full lockdowns, and ignoring or burying any information that...

The Historian

The consensus also favoured alcohol prohibition

by Jeffrey A. Tucker | Dec 17, 2020

Most people today regard America’s experiment with alcohol prohibition as a national embarrassment, rightly repealed in 1933. So it will be with the closures and lockdowns of...

The Economist

No, Keynes did not ‘sit out’ the debate on eugenics

by Phillip W. Magness | Dec 10, 2020

Biographers of John Maynard Keynes have a peculiar habit of treading very lightly around their subject matter’s involvement in the eugenics movement. The oversight is not for...

The Professor

The prospects for global trade under the new US administration

by Colin Lloyd | Dec 3, 2020

During the last four years, the prospects for freer world trade have been in retreat. Now, with a new broom about to sweep into the White House, there is renewed hope for...

Investor's Notebook

Confessions of a valuer, chapter 4: Luncheon vouchers and love

by Norman Harker | Nov 26, 2020

In this very special series of exclusive articles for the Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in real estate....