CARL GOMBRICH - BLOG

Since I blogged on the dangers of UK universities relying on their credentials in the current climate of change in HE, I’ve been thinking...

A tweet about this conference on ‘Promises’ has me thinking about interdisciplinarity in education: the promises it holds and the risks...

My current job takes me out to talk to young people. I visit schools, and also they come to our university to discuss the Arts and...

I am one of those who has enjoyed taking a pop at many academic economists recently. Informally and to friends, I have compared academic...

Reading The Wealth of Nature by J M Greer and enjoying it very much. The chapter called The Metaphysics of Money is particularly...

I had a nice conversation with one of my favourite philosophers at UCL recently, a man I respect greatly. His main research area has been...

Our collective social, political and economic stability is like a ship. This ship travels the waves of history, floating on the seas of...

Our modern economies revolve around money. The health of the economy, in one way or another, is measured in terms of sums of money. When...

I write as an amateur in economics. By that I mean that no-one has yet paid me for my views on economics, nor do I have any formal...