“The inability to talk plainly and respond sensibly to the energy crisis is a big problem”
Stephen Bush makes plain unpopular sense - like economists at recent @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social #WeekendofMistakes
Government has to protect the poor but tell rest of us energy *will* cost more
New podcast episode featuring leading financial historian Barry Eichengreen!
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New podcast episode!
Join Russell Napier and Costa Vayenas as they explore a currency with a cult following – the Swiss Franc. Costa is author of The Swiss Franc, from 1798 to 2055 – and yes, that's not a typo. Dive in to find out more...
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Weekend of Mistakes sign in Hay Castle, Hay on Wye
Ray Perman (right) in place for History of Debtors’ Prisons with Theodora Zamek in the chair and Prof Paul Cartledge A Saturday morning session in the Weekend of Mistakes at Hay Castle
The Future of Entertainment session with the panel in energetic discussion about media, AI, copyright protection and surprisingly upbeat about steady, growing need for Live entertainment - music, football, theatre… Speakers from the left are Charlotte Henry, Mark Oliver, Luke Johnson and chair Ed Richards
A glimpse of quirky Hay on Wye - narrow cobbled streets, stone buildings, blue sky and a cheery shop sign ‘Hay Ewe’ written in orange inside a fleecy white sheep.
Glimpse of highly enlightening #WeekendOfMistakes, I saw how Mafia shaped New York gay nightlife 60s-80s; future of entertainment (good case for LIVE not AI);
True cost of Putin’s war (Trump’s still rocketing). And very much more on energy, Iran, mental health…Thanks @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social
Listen to our report from The Weekend of Mistakes in Hay-on-Wye. Topics covered by leading economic thinkers included football finance, the water industry, a guide for countries hoping to avoid going bust, and the mafia's unlikely role in shaping queer nightlife!
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New podcast episode! Listen in as Russell Napier discusses his Practical History of Financial Markets.
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Calling all students with curious minds! Come and join us in the Library of Mistakes – our financial history centre in the heart of Edinburgh. It's all happening tomorrow! All welcome – please RSVP.
At the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social for #SmithonCapitalism with Alison Payne of @enlightenscot.bsky.social leading off on the challenges of the care economy - and Theresa May’s failure o reform this in 2017.
Then back to Smith and the distribution of economic activity.
The @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social Smith on Wealth discussion. Morality to the fore. Care and nature as the basis for sustainability investing. The challenges of passive and index funds as well as prediction markets. But still grounds for hope.
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David Clarke introducing the panel for the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social “Smith on Wealth” discussion.
Then Andrew Milligan going straight back to Smith - and his successors.
At the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social. 9th March - exactly 250 years after the publication of "The Wealth of Nations".
A conversation about inequality - important to Smith, important today.
@neilmcinroy.bsky.social of EDAS and the Democracy Collective making his point enthusiastically;
Our Keeper, Russell Napier, took a wander back in time yesterday when he visited the Bourse in Bruges. The 13th century building, originally established as a hostelry, developed into the world's first stock exchange. Read more about in The Brussels Times.
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Coming to the Library on 29 April!
Last chance to get your place at our acclaimed in-person Practical History of Financial Markets course AT 2025 PRICES. Book this week!
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New podcast episode!
Join Robbie Mochrie as he discusses The Smith Conversations – a series of events he has organised to celebrate the 250-year anniversary of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
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New podcast episode!
Join Robbie Mochrie as he discusses The Smith Conversations – a series of events he has organised to celebrate the 250-year anniversary of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-5...
**New podcast episode**
Listen in to Tom Levitt, former MP and the author of The Business of History, in an entertaining discussion with Russell Napier about famous names such as WH Smith, Boots and Cadbury and what we can learn from Britain's business heritage.
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The catalogue system that we use provides us with some additional statistics. For instance, the height of the collection, if piled up, would be 217.5 metres (or 713 feet 8 inches) tall, and would weigh the equivalent of 0.7 of an elephant, with a value of $105,324,092 in gold.
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We've reached a big milestone of 5,000 titles in our catalogue with this year's 'The World Ahead' from @theeconomistnews.bsky.social. Our collection has grown from 2,300 when we first opened in March 2014 and we've upgraded to a more user-friendly catalogue - the link is lnkd.in/egQiaKiv
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**New Podcast Episode**
Hear economist @georgeselgin.bsky.social discuss his book ‘Good Money’. George’s colourful and impeccably researched tales into what served as money more than two hundred years ago remain every bit as insightful today.
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If you can make it to Edinburgh this Wednesday, do join us for a mince pie and some mulled wine at the Library of Mistakes for our Christmas movie. This year we have a true classic of the genre, the wonderful Trading Places.
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There's a shiny new podcast episode from our Shelf Life thread out today, featuring Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins from the Long Time in Finance podcast, plus some festive vibes!
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**New podcast episode**
Join Russell Napier in discussion with author Perry Mehrling about the extraordinary life of Charles P. Kindleberger – central banker, US Department of State representative, academic and author of Manias, Panics And Crashes.
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Robert Maxwell wearing a white tuxedo and black bow-tie with his daughter Ghislaine in a strapless dress in about 1987
Recommended listening: Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford of A Long Time In Finance explore the life, legacy and deals of great pension purloiner (and father of Ghislaine) Robert Maxwell with his biographer, John Preston. @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social
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Lovely, learned discussion of the New Deal, Roosevelt and Keynes from @georgeselgin.bsky.social at the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social.
Agree that Keynes should be the hero of his book, "False Dawn", and with almost everything that he said.
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New podcast episode – meet our Errorist In Residence Robbie Mochrie!
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