“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Egalitarian stupidity knows no borders

Apparently Denmark needs a real lesson on the Laws of Supply and Demand: Denmark, which like its Nordic neighbours prides itself on promoting equal treatment for men and women, has taken gender equality all the way to the beauty salon. A ruling last month by...

Mathematics brought rigour to economics…

… unfortunately, it also brought mortis: Just when you thought the central planners had everything squared away in a tidy little package (the jobless rate is rising? Sell vol. Not enough iPhone 77.25S are being sold? Sell vol. Ben Bernanke’s voice is...

Why you should not major in Economics

It is a matter of no small pride to my family that I graduated from one of the world’s best universities with a degree in Mathematics and Economics and with good grades. Yet, I have apologised, at least twice, to my father for spending rather a lot of his money...