Great Divergence or Great Reversal? Two Paths to the Twentieth Century – Prof Joel Mokyr

About the Talk Margaret Thatcher memorably declared, “There is no alternative.” After the fall of the Berlin wall, many agreed: …

About the Book Our ability to act on some of the most pressing issues of our time, from pandemics and …

About the lecture This lecture explores the implications of uncertainty through the lens of financial market behaviour. Asset prices exhibit …

Dr. Jonathan Leader Maynard launched his new book Ideology and Mass Killing, which offers a dedicated, comparative theory of ideology’s role in mass killing.

In Free to Move, Prof. Ilya Somin explains how broadening opportunities for foot voting can greatly enhance political liberty for millions of people around the world. People can vote with their feet through international migration, choosing where to live within a federal system, and by making decisions in the private sector.

Why retain a jury system? Professional judges could render reliable and impartial judgments, and most citizens dread the prospect of jury service. In this lecture, Melissa Schwartzberg argues that the value of the jury is usually misunderstood: lay jurors provide crucial local knowledge.

In this online webinar, Shterna Friedman spoke for us about “Foucault and Systems of Oppression”.

In this online webinar, Professor Cass Sunstein spoke for us about the welfare effects of information, in a talk entitled “Not Wanting to Know”.

In this talk, Barak Richman will describe what is known about stateless commercial networks, how to understand them within the context of modernity, and what limits they reveal about the modern state.  He will then explore new questions about how stateless networks and their host polities adapt, co-evolve, and suffer decline.