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The Weighted Average Cost of Capital original ↗

22 Jun 2026

What is free cashflow to the firm? original ↗

7 Jun 2026

Key financial concepts original ↗

6 Jun 2026

Key finance concepts: Net present value and cost benefit analysis original ↗

6 Jun 2026

Key finance concepts: the benefits of diversification original ↗

6 Jun 2026

Key finance concepts: What do we mean by risk and return? original ↗

6 Jun 2026

Key finance concepts: The cost of equity original ↗

6 Jun 2026

Key finance concepts: The risk-free rate of interest original ↗

6 Jun 2026

Debt-fuelled bubbles are the dangerous ones original ↗

5 Mar 2026

A nuclear three-body problem original ↗

5 Feb 2026

Learning from the California gold rush original ↗

28 Jan 2026

2025

Key finance concepts: real versus financial assets original ↗

30 Dec 2025

Is the US dollar losing ground as a global currency?original ↗

27 Dec 2025

Key finance concepts: the agency problem original ↗

17 Dec 2025

Key finance concepts: asymmetric information original ↗

17 Dec 2025

A new financial institution to be born?original ↗

25 Sept 2025

A first look at the Sizewell C financing original ↗

1 Aug 2025

2024

Key finance concepts: What is a corporation?original ↗

3 Sept 2024

Climate change and finance original ↗

27 Aug 2024

Multiple causation in history: the case of the Global Financial Crisis original ↗

18 Aug 2024

2023

Nuclear is only a small part of the answer to climate change original ↗

14 Aug 2023

Why markets ignore sovereign debt ratings for the US original ↗

2 Aug 2023

You can’t insure against climate change original ↗

13 Jul 2023

What is geopolitics?original ↗

13 Apr 2023

Avoiding another Cold War original ↗

30 Mar 2023

The paradox of Chinese Communist ideology original ↗

26 Mar 2023

2021

The beginning of the end of the oil age original ↗

7 Apr 2021

The case for bitcoin original ↗

15 Mar 2021

Ten years after Fukushima original ↗

8 Mar 2021

The importance of infrastructure original ↗

1 Mar 2021

Has the US “lost” China a second time?original ↗

22 Feb 2021

Should oil companies invest in renewable electricity?original ↗

14 Feb 2021

2020

India and China original ↗

20 Jun 2020

Why “Chinese virus” is wrong original ↗

6 May 2020

On the importance of kindness original ↗

7 Apr 2020

It really is different this time original ↗

26 Mar 2020

Being pro-markets, not pro-business original ↗

24 Feb 2020

Why an abrupt tightening of climate change policy may be our only hope original ↗

2 Feb 2020

Some recent books that help explain the world original ↗

28 Jan 2020

2019

Institutions seldom die original ↗

20 May 2019

Could China’s population halve by the end of the century?original ↗

1 Apr 2019

What has the world economy ever done for us? – EMBA elective reading 2 (*)original ↗

14 Jan 2019

Populism then and now – EMBA elective reading 1(*)original ↗

6 Jan 2019

2018

Lost in (Russian) music original ↗

28 Oct 2018

Perhaps money can buy you happiness original ↗

21 Oct 2018

Is the US yield curve close to inverting – and does this mean a recession?original ↗

14 Oct 2018

Are we heading for a world like that of “1984”?original ↗

7 Oct 2018

Why hyperinflation is thankfully rare original ↗

30 Sept 2018

What’s the future for peer-to-peer lending?original ↗

23 Sept 2018

Financial innovations behind the US real estate boom and bust of 2002-2008 original ↗

17 Sept 2018

Ten years of the Cambridge Master of Finance original ↗

8 Sept 2018

2017

Is China’s debt even higher than we thought?original ↗

27 Oct 2017

Trade and the global economy original ↗

31 Mar 2017

Why are some countries richer than others?original ↗

27 Mar 2017

Three interesting facts about Chinese monetary history original ↗

26 Feb 2017

The world in 2017 original ↗

3 Jan 2017

2016

Yet more quotations on my birthday original ↗

9 Dec 2016

US capitalism no longer works for most people original ↗

10 Nov 2016

China’s growing debt problem original ↗

22 Sept 2016

What is helicopter money?original ↗

13 Sept 2016

Key finance concepts: Introduction to Bonds original ↗

5 Sept 2016

Key financial concepts: Financial markets original ↗

15 Aug 2016

Classifying funds: the length of the contract original ↗

14 Aug 2016

Two key types of capital: debt and equity original ↗

14 Aug 2016

Key financial concepts: securities original ↗

9 Aug 2016

Interview about Hinkley Point C and the Chinese reaction, on Cambridge TV original ↗

5 Aug 2016

The latest in the Hinkley Point C soap opera original ↗

4 Aug 2016

New article in the Chatham House journal “The World Today”original ↗

2 Aug 2016

Key finance concepts: exchange rates original ↗

12 Jul 2016

Letter from Guangxi original ↗

4 Jul 2016

Brexit: Life will go on – we’ll just be poorer original ↗

25 Jun 2016

Letter from Dublin original ↗

19 Jun 2016

Some modestly good news in the energy world original ↗

13 Jun 2016

Tragedy or comedy? The story of nuclear power in the UK original ↗

12 Jun 2016

在剑桥端午节 (Dragon Boat Festival in Cambridge)original ↗

5 Jun 2016

Rising monopoly power may partly explain US inequality and productivity slowdown original ↗

16 May 2016

How can retail finance customers avoid being ripped off?original ↗

8 May 2016

Key concepts in finance: liquidity original ↗

25 Apr 2016

Further thoughts on the Hinkley Point C nuclear project original ↗

21 Apr 2016

Thoughts on the Brexit debate original ↗

17 Apr 2016

IMF study: corporate profitability positively associated with women in senior positions original ↗

7 Mar 2016

Nuclear book mentioned in Economist article on Hinkley Point C project original ↗

26 Feb 2016

Why Hinkley Point C is in trouble original ↗

21 Feb 2016

Interview about how the UK came to be paying France and China for a new nuclear power station original ↗

16 Feb 2016

Some mostly good news on gender equality original ↗

14 Feb 2016

What exactly is “the” exchange rate?original ↗

3 Feb 2016

Markets versus economics original ↗

24 Jan 2016

David Bowie innovated in finance too original ↗

18 Jan 2016

2015

When bank notes were fun original ↗

13 Dec 2015

Some quotations on my birthday original ↗

10 Dec 2015

Why nuclear?original ↗

8 Dec 2015

The IMF includes the RMB in the SDR basket original ↗

2 Dec 2015

The true story of the Euro crisis original ↗

30 Nov 2015

Changes in the Federal Reserve’s measurement of short term interest rates original ↗

20 Nov 2015

Cash remains king original ↗

16 Nov 2015

Global foreign reserves are now falling original ↗

3 Nov 2015

Bank executive pay appears rigged against women original ↗

25 Sept 2015

Is a market determined exchange rate always a good thing?original ↗

21 Sept 2015

Thinking about the risks to global economic growth original ↗

9 Sept 2015

The elements of macro-finance original ↗

6 Sept 2015