My talk at DeepMind Economy

My talk at DeepMind

Here is a transcript of my remarks, anything from the audience (Q&A with comments) has been cut out.  Excerpt: The problem will not be how does my life get meaning, but how do I deal with all the mean...

July 13, 2026
*A Tale of Three Cities* Investing

*A Tale of Three Cities*

The author is Bob Harris, and the subtitle is The Life and Times of Lord Daer 1763-1794.  Who is Lord Daer?  Don’t worry about that!  So many books on the Scottish Enlightenment cover one particular t...

July 12, 2026
*Who Thinks Like an Economist?* Banking

*Who Thinks Like an Economist?*

That is the title of a recent book by Beatrice Magistro.  Some key results are: Economic knowledge consistently predicts higher support for welfare-enhancing policies (Eurozone membership, free trade,...

July 12, 2026
Mental health sentences to ponder Banking

Mental health sentences to ponder

Christoph Henking and Ben Baumberg Geiger found that while there has been a steep rise in the share of young Britons reporting a mental illness, the share of people who say a mental health problem lim...

July 11, 2026
Progress against dementia Banking

Progress against dementia

Mr Stallard has been working for a decade to corroborate this revelation. His findings have, if anything, become even more striking. Last year he and some colleagues published research in the Journal ...

July 11, 2026