Modern day cities tend to operate much like companies (corporations) rather than merely as another strata of the executive arm of government, clothed with full sovereign powers and privileges, including state immunity. Cities engagement in commercial activities in the discharge of their...

This address considers the epidemiology of narratives relevant to economic fluctuations. The human brain has always been highly tuned towards narratives, whether factual or not, to justify ongoing actions, even such basic actions as spending and investing. Stories motivate and connect activities...

Amin Samman’s History in Financial Times addresses the need to develop more nuanced ways to account for history, given that succession, as a model of making history, so clearly falls short. His emphasis on narrative throughout the book is hugely important at a moment of widespread narrative...