"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." Goodhart's law is an adage named after British economist Charles Goodhart , who advanced the idea in a 1975 article on monetary polic
May 17th 2018 Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android . THE photograph, by Ruth Orkin, was called “American Girl in Italy, Florence, 1951”. Whenever it surfaced, in restau
May 19th 2018 Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android . A ROYAL wedding is as good a time as any to conduct an audit of the British constitution. Walter Bagehot, the edito
Every year, 1.2 million blue wildebeest migrate across East Africa, and despite their extraordinary numbers, they can still take you by surprise. “It’s like magic,” says Amanda Subalusky from Yale Uni
You are likely reading this because I took a very long time to respond to your email/text/smoke signal. My Southern mother, if she understood the social norms of the internet, would be appalled at my
May 10th 2018 Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android . BEFORE Damascus was associated with the tyranny of the Assads, father and son, it was known for roses and for the t
By James Morgan BBC News, Washington DC Published 7 April 2015 Share page About sharing image copyright Don McLean/Capitol Records image caption A long, long time ago... Don McLean says his original l
May 10th 2018 BIRMINGHAM Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android . THE words “Unite Students” are emblazoned on Aston University’s residence halls and on signs all over ca
Another week, another paywall. This time, it’s Bloomberg, which announced that it would be adding a comprehensive paywall to its news service and television channel (except TicToc, its media partnersh
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