Blowing Whistles at Leicester Square Theatre

Thursday night we went to the opening of Blowing Whistles at London’s Leicester Square Theatre. It’s set in the dulldroms of Clapham North where long-term lovers Nigel and Jamie are celebrating their tenth anniversary together. It’s also the night before Pride and they decide to celebrate...

October 24th, 2008 | Homo Economics, Theatre, Travel | Read More

Homo-economics 2: So what’s a banking crisis?

For all the talk in the newspapers about the banking crisis, there is very little discussion of just what exactly constitutes a banking crisis. Hopefully I can clear that up in an useful way today with my take on it. Let’s start at the beginning with very very basics. Let’s say you have a hunter-gatherer...

October 21st, 2008 | Homo Economics | Read More

Homo economics lesson 1: The global credit crisis

What is the global credit crisis? Given the hysteria in the media in recent weeks, you know its big. It is so big it is something of which you will probably either tell your surrogate grandchildren. Or more likely perhaps this is something you will tell your cranky terrier about in your old age when...

October 10th, 2008 | Homo Economics, News | Read More