Physics Perspective

My latest Bloomberg column can be read here . The title sounds rather weird, I think, because the research I've written about has nothin...

The idea, crazy as it sounds, makes a lot of sense. The current hope -- in discussion today in Brussels -- is to consider ways for some cent...

I know very little about Karl Marx, but this beautiful essay by John Lanchester convinces me that his analysis of capitalist economics w...

In the category of unimportant but highly amusing, I think many will enjoy this very short paper written by a physicist in California. It w...

Sorry I haven't managed to post anything now for quite some time. All the result of lots of travel to various scientific meetings -- inc...

An illuminating speech by Paul Krugman: ... I assume that most of those hearing or reading this speech at all closely are aware of the gr...

UPDATE AT THE END I generally try not to write about things I know almost nothing about, but here goes. Take everything that follows here ...