I was previously unacquainted with the field of ‘economic anthropology,’ and it was therefore with interest that I picked up David Graeber’s ‘Debt: the first 5000 years.’ …

Tender is the Night, just like its characters, is elusive, charming, and complex. F. Scott Fitzgerald is of course best known for The Great Gatsby, considered the Great American Novel, but contained within Tender is the Night is a glamorous and sprawling story. …

There is no greater pleasure than returning home to a place you love. That for me is you, Great Britain. Whether it be strolling down the Strand or rambling along the Thames, I am always overcome by an immense sense of confidence when I return to this incredible country. Great…

Consumption is driven by a desire to illustrate power and status. This is the important takeaway of Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class which when understood, completely transforms how one views human decisions. Society has changed over the past 120 years since Veblen published his influential work, but the rise…

The trouble with history is, of course, that we can’t study everything. To study everything would be to relive every moment from every perspective that ever occurred. The study of history must focus in on a minute percentage of past events and organise them for us to understand and apply…

Forceful and raw, Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho certainly left its mark upon society. Now a modern classic, to call this work of literature violent would be an understatement. …

There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of freedom and rights. Many, especially on the left, will claim that man is not truly free unless he has his basic ‘needs’ provided for. ‘How can a man be free when he is starving?’ he will ask. If freedom…

The origins of wealth are often misunderstood. Many people believe that there is a limited supply of what we call ‘wealth’, and therefore, the only way to become wealthy is to exploit or take that wealth from somebody else. Yet this premise is deeply flawed: flawed because there is no…

The daily routine of medieval serfs was remarkably simple. Wake up, breakfast, reap, sow, and plough the fields, eat, sleep and repeat! Though that routine was not just confined to the medieval era, that was how life was for almost all humans for thousands of years. The lives we live…