Niall Ferguson

Essential reading from @huwsteenis on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the lessons of Paul Volcker and Continental Illinois. The big difference between now and 1984 is that by that time Volcker had won the fight against inflation.

ICYMI, here's a great podcast from @alanwolan with highlights from the Stanford Academic Freedom conference back in November. Featuring @JohnHCochrane @sapinker @DrJBhattacharya @DouglasKMurray @GadSaad @glukianoff @jordanbpeterson @epkaufm @tylercowen ...

ICYMI: a good read on the stomach-churning menu of doom by @JoelAchenbach

After all the hyperventilation this time last year, when we launched @uaustinorg, it's good to read this pretty balanced and accurate account by @tebartl of what we are building and why: [link] @bariweiss @JTLonsdale

Excellent piece by @authorzoellick. There is an urgent need to step up the economic pressure on Putin and this is a move that would also help Ukraine: