The West Sussex County Times carries a column in its property porn section which is sponsored (and written) by a local mortgage company. Sometimes I look at it, although normally I don’t. This week I did and was left slack-jawed by the end of it.
Entries Tagged as 'Economics'
Those who do not learn from history…
July 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on Those who do not learn from history… · Life
Predictable
April 12th, 2009 · Comments Off on Predictable · Life
I had forgotten that I had read all about the book Predictably Irrational. Indeed I had forgotten that it was on my Amazon wishlist, and even forgot that I wrote about it a year ago.   This week I bought it because it sounded interesting and as I started reading it something about it sounded familiar. […]
The Black Swan
March 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
I have just finished reading The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, which has left me reeling a little bit. It is sort of about maths and economics but also about philosophy and science generally. I think that somebody recommended it to me in a comment on this site, but I can’t remember who that […]
Told you so
March 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Told you so · Politics
[Cross-posted from Common Endeavour] I am rarely in a position to say “told you so” but someone who is in a great position to utter those words is Naseem Nicholas Taleb. I am nearing the end of his book The Black Swan (published in 2007) and on page 225 he says: We have never lived […]
Addicted To Chaos
October 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
There was a programme about chaos theory on BBC Four tonight – High Anxieties: The Mathematics Of Chaos – which was a great disappointment. I found it interesting, but really it did not say anything new to anybody who has read a couple of books on the subject, and I don’t think it would have […]
Tell Me Why
October 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Politics
I really can’t understand this plan to increase the guaranteed protection of bank deposits from £35,000 to £50,000. Its not that I think it will do any harm: I just can’t see the point, except for the obvious PR benefits.
Tags: Economics
Crawley – enterprise powerhouse
July 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Crawley – enterprise powerhouse · Life
OK, so GSK are planning to close their factory in Crawley and the insurance industry appears to be evacuating Horsham, but something must be going right in this area. Its a pity that this story in the paper today does not have the graphics from the printed version in the online one. If it did […]
Economics: the new rock & roll
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Economics: the new rock & roll · Life
A long article on economics in the Guardian’s G2 section might be expected to be something to be endured, or avoided rather than enjoyed, but the one in today’s paper was far too brief: just as I was hooked it ended. I liked the idea of a stage invasion at an LSE lecture, and daydreamed […]
