By Athenarium / Posted on13/02/2021 Radical Uncertainty – Mervyn King and John Kay on decision making for an unknowable future The nature of risk, uncertainty, and decision-making in an unknowable future.
By Athenarium / Posted on01/02/2021 Beyond States and Markets — Elinor Ostrom on Social dilemmas and Cooperation Are rational individuals helplessly trapped in social dilemmas?
By Athenarium / Posted on18/01/2021 The Evolution of Cooperation — Robert Axelrod on the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma The iterated prisoner’s dilemma, tit-for-tat, and the evolution of cooperation.
By Athenarium / Posted on02/11/2020 Why Nations Fail — Acemoglu and Robinson on Power, Prosperity, and Poverty The role of economic and political institutions in the rise and fall of nations.
By Athenarium / Posted on15/06/2020 The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell on small things that make big differences Journalist Malcolm Gladwell describes the conditions that enable ideas, trends and social behaviours to spread like an epidemic.
By Athenarium / Posted on30/04/2020 The Great Degeneration – Niall Ferguson on how institutions decay and economies die Historian Niall Ferguson discusses the slowdown in Western economic progress, describing his views on why institutions decay and economies collapse.
