December 27, 2013 12:00 am
Dr Faysal Mikdadi publishes an excellent account of Palestine's history, focusing on how the economic, racist, religious, nationalistic, commercial and orientalist attitudes of Britain shaped the land and its people (Part 1 of 2)
December 27, 2013 12:00 am
The second most important economist of the 20th century (after John Maynard Keynes) was Dr Osamu Shimomura, the "Father of the Japanese Economic Miracle"
December 24, 2013 10:31 pm
Last week the news broke that Ronnie Biggs has died at age 84. Whilst I can certainly spare a thought for his family as they grieve, l cannot reconcile the popular perception held by many that Biggs was a kind of 'loveable rogue' who got one over on 'the man'