Populism: a human face of technological progress

Populism became one of the most widely used political terms in 2016 after Donald Trump was elected to the White House and the UK electorate voted ‘GO’ in the Brexit referendum.

10.2022 | Jon Stilwell

Central banks of the forest

It recently came as a surprise to learn that the world’s largest living organism is neither a plant nor an animal. Rather it is somewhere in between a plant and an insect.

10.2022 | Jon Stilwell

Tit for Tatt and the vampire bat

If you’re familiar with the expression “nice guys finish last” you’ve probably considered whether it’s true, and wondered if you should be meaner.

06.2021 | Jon Stilwell

Wasteful saving and the curious case for negative interest rates

Oscar Wilde’s whimsical 1800’s quote “money was made to be spent, therefore, to save it is a waste of money” recently became true. This is the result of the growing global phenomenon of negative interest rates.

03.2021 | Jon Stilwell

Sharing positive - can good news save the planet?

Albert Schweitzer, a German physician and Nobel Peace Prize winner, coined the phrase “Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it”.

10.2020 | Jon Stilwell

Physics for the philosophical investor

A good share of modern physics is based on the laws of thermodynamics, which help us to understand how matter and energy relate to one another in closed systems, such as the universe.

06.2020 | Jon Stilwell

Don’t worry about the last fish in the sea

Catching the last fish in the sea should be the least of your worries. Here’s why.

06.2018 | Jon Stilwell

Corporate animals

The notion of a “corporate animal” reminds me of Yann Martel’s idea in Life of Pi that wild animals enjoy the physical safety and food security of living in a zoo more than having to fend for themselves in the wild.

08.2019 | Jon Stilwell