#Institutional

Today #Malawi celebrates Rev #JohnChilembwe, Malawi’s foremost hero although that position is contested by some. In 1958, Professor Emeritus George Shepperson (late) and Tim Price published the seminal ‘Independent African:
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A few remarks on @davidallengreen's foray into constitutional theory (thread). Let's start with what we agree on: first, a codified constitution is not a necessary requirement for constitutionalism. I argue
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This is a good, thoughtful thread and I respect the viewpoint/appreciate that launching on your own is very much not for everyone. But, I figured I could add another (slightly
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Exactly this.The analogy between GC feminists and Nazism is precisely being made to exploit the social consensus that such views can be censured.But ANYONE in a position of institutional power
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The Government has said that a dashboard with vaccine stats will be available next week. This is good news – but the devil will be in the detail. A thread
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Here's my take on modern portfolio construction. This is very non-traditional, despite my background as a PM at an endowment, CFA, MBA etc. In this world of ongoing fiat depreciation
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Educational Thread :#trading 1/1Section 1 — Supply and DemandBasic Trading PrinciplesDemand = BuyersBuyers = SupportSupply = SellersSellers = ResistanceSupport will be the level at which demand will outweigh supply, causing
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Very excited with this new paper - with @ricardo_hausman and @pietrobelliC - forthcoming at the Journal of Business Research, on the contribution of place-specific factors – and in particular knowhow
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Thread on Fireside Chat with AEJ Policy's Erzo Luttmer, moderated by Belinda Archibong & Marika Cabral (1/n) What makes a paper AEJ Policy worthy? (1) How compelling the paper is
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Here's JP Morgan's latest take on $BTC. These guys got the #bitcoin thesis right in 2020 yet somehow managed to turn themselves bearish before $20K and have been issuing
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The EHRC report is a vindication of the struggle of Jewish activists who rightly called the Labour party on antisemitism. But it couldn't have been won without the struggles for
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When you self-censor what you allow yourself to read, listen to, or think about, because peers or Twitter users would disapprove, you are doing yourself a great disservice. A lot
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Here's another problem-riddled NYT piece on COVID-19 vaccineSome good discussion of wealthy countries hoarding vaccineHowever, Peter Singer goes unchallenged on ableist & ageist comments that older people don't deserve priority
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1. Joe Biden reflects the best and worst Archetypal qualities of the Silent Generation: sensitive, inclusive, sentimental, but also indecisive, somewhat naive, and plagued by a sense of an unfulfilled
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A short thread on the risks of countries claiming to be "climate leaders": The image of the heroic leader is ubiquitous in our popular culture, politics, business and media. This
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One thing people say a lot which is just uncomplicatedly false is that philosophy of science makes no impact on actual science. With tolerable frequency ideas or concepts from philosophy
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