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We should all spend more time considering the prospect of failure and what we might do about it
Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson’s work transformed how countries allocate resources in the public interest
Unsurprisingly, neither side has all the answers. For those, we should look to Germany
Reader, I just turned 47. Peak misery awaits me at the end of November
The lack of clarity risks making a bad situation worse
‘If we are willing to go with our brains rather than our guts, any of us can think clearly about things’
Lockdowns called for ingenuity to meet the challenge of staging in a post-Covid world
Cutting edge technology can blind us to the enduring value of workhorses like the 747
Randomised trials can be a danger but even when innocuous they can make us uneasy. Why?
The lack of co-ordination on the response to Covid-19 has cost lives
Reversing lockdown is perilous, but we cannot sacrifice our children’s education indefinitely
Activities that were already marginal are likely to struggle to return
Laws cannot cover every situation but common sense is not always enough
The virus picks us off unevenly, and an effective response must recognise that
A bloody if minor accident in the middle of the pandemic provides valuable lessons
We need more and better surveys from across the globe to help us take the right course
We could crush livelihoods to prevent ecosystem collapse — but that would be a last resort
Economic distress is contagious too and we need a plan to stop its uncontrolled spread
In truth, most people act in the public interest during difficult times
The blessed release of forgetting comes when you know a task is complete
It is clear that we should be willing to pay huge costs to save lives from Covid-19
Alongside the Covid-19 death total, there are other clues to the truth
It is hard not to cheer when distillers turn to the task of producing hand sanitiser
Delay has its own gratifications, even in a world turned upside down by a virus
Can we contain all this misinformation any more than we are containing Covid-19?
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