Essays and writing on economics, competition, philosophy, and ideas.
Public release · 12 September 2026
Explore firm and practice records, selected checked financial observations and people coverage, with sources, reporting dates and downloadable data.
Eleven pieces on firms, ownership and economic advice
A historical series on UK economics consultancy, using selected accounts and dated sources. Articles remain the July 2026 edition.
The fire that never sleeps — and the question of whether we should let it burn
The impulse to compete drives progress, both for the individual and the species. It is a force that never sleeps. From Peter Thiel's contrarian take on monopolies to Girard's mimetic desire, this essay explores competition across sport, philosophy, economics, and everyday life.
A self-paced curriculum for engineers learning to build with Claude Code
Ten modules and eight patches covering AI engineering fundamentals — from prerequisites and journaling through agentic workflows, evals, and shipping. Built from Matt Pocock's aihero.dev posts, the “It Ain't Broke” keynote, and the Anthropic docs. Sidebar navigation, progress checkboxes, and a 21-skill appendix.
A 100-page working script for using agentic coding in empirical research
A complete, hands-on course taking a working economist from a messy folder of CSVs to delegating the boring 80% while keeping the judgment. Six parts — research workflows, writing and Beamer, planning before delegation, reusable skills and subagents, Git, and the safe handling of sensitive data — with dialogues, exercises, a capstone, and a four-week schedule. Sidebar navigation, progress tracking, and dark mode.