Niall Ferguson

By Ben Cohen: One of the reason why I enjoy writing about economics is because it is not a topic that came easily to me. I would always ignore the economic and business news and focus on the politics - it was much easier to understand and a lot more fun. That was until I began ...read more

• By Guest Contributor
  May 21, 2012

In response to the Conservative government's slashing of funding for the humanities, a group of British academics are creating a privately funded university to breathe life back into the disciplines they believe have been overshadowed by science and technical based degrees. ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jun 5, 2011