New podcast episode – meet our Errorist In Residence Robbie Mochrie! www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4...

New podcast episode! Morton Schapiro and Gary Saul Morson discuss their book Cents and Sensibility with Russell Napier. Join us for an entertaining and thought-provoking conversation about what economists can learn from the humanities. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep44...

Excellent question from Mike Nevin, author of ‘The Golden Guinea’ at my Fred “The Shred” Goodwin live podcast with Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins of ‘A Long Time in Finance’ at @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social

Revisiting the RBS / NatWest collapse. I'll be talking with Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins of the podcast “A Long Time In Finance” in @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social at 6.30 pm on Thursday 25th September. More info www.libraryofmistakes.com/lectures/jon...

Looking forward to doing this live podcast at @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social with Jonathan Ford & Neil Collins of ‘A Long Time in Finance’. We’ll be discussing Fred Goodwin and the RBS/NatWest collapse, on the back of James Graham’s ‘Make It Happen’. 6.30-8pm, Thurs 25 Sept. Tickets available below

New podcast episode! This time we're talking financial inclusivity with Iona Bain, resident money expert on BBC's Good Morning Live, Michael Gilmore of the Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards, and David Clarke of Didasko & the Library of Mistakes. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4...

New podcast episode! www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4...

Fraser Allen & Leila Johnston are back with a new episode. Fraser interviews Boris Zhilin, who has established a Library of Mistakes in Lausanne, while Leila asks Helen Williams for summer reading recommendations, and CEO David Clarke updates us on upcoming events. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4...

New podcast episode! Join Emma Horgan and Russell Napier as they discuss the Irish Bank Strike of 1966. What can this extraordinary episode teach us about economics, human resilience – and how we might be able to cope in the event of a huge fintech failure? www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4...

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We're delighted to see our sister venture Future Asset (all part of the Didasko charity) get a well-deserved splash in @tes magazine. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

A new podcast episode is out! This time we join author & journalist Ray Perman on the streets of Edinburgh to explore the Library of Mistakes walking tour – Money Talks, Money Walks. Discover lots of delightful financial history nuggets! open.spotify.com/episode/3eBq...

New podcast: Meltdown – Scandal, Sleaze & The Collapse of Credit Suisse... Russell Napier & Duncan Mavin (@dmavin.bsky.social) explore how a rotten corporate culture dating back to WWII led to the reputational disasters that eventually brought the Swiss bank down. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

New podcast! Fraser Allen and @whosthesuit.com hear from the brilliant behavioural finance expert Herman Brodie, discover the colourful back story of Didasko CEO David Clarke, and find out more about the library itself with Lauren Hotson and Helen Williams. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3...

📢 The 43rd AHSS Forth & Borders AGM takes place on Thurs 29 May at 6.30pm at the brilliant @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social, Edinburgh – a free library exploring financial history to help avoid repeating it! All welcome. 📍 33A Melville St Lane, EH3 7QB

@libraryofmistakes.bsky.social Have you got a copy of this yet?

Mistake of the Year — and we’re off! Last year's winner was the People's Bank of China but in this era of heightened global rivalry, the US has already put forward a strong contender for 2025 by attempting to grow its economy through massive taxes on its consumers... 1/3

"My opinion on the bond vigilantes is that they will be assassinated." Watch Russell Napier and many other leading influencers in this fascinating, worrying and very well put-together film from the @FinancialTimes called The Global Debt Addiction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1jh...

Big news today as we open a new branch near the South Pole. See the full story and view the artist's illustration on Linkedin... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

New podcast episode! Join us behind the scenes at the Library as we discuss scams and conmen with theatre director Liam Kerr, hear about the Weekend of Mistakes, learn about Leavers' Money Skills and look at books about Putin. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Is the world addicted to debt? Investors have been warning that governments are addicted to debt for the past 20 years and the alarm bells are growing louder. This FT film examines what some people are calling the biggest issue in finance today youtu.be/n1jhoU9Mp_U?...

Hear Russell Napier in a conversation "designed to put the dramas of Trump 2.0 in context" with Jonathan Davis and Edward Chancellor in the latest episode of the Money Makers Investment Trusts Podcast. Recorded on 25 March 2025 at the Weekend of Mistakes in Hay-on-Wye. soundcloud.com/moneymakersa...

Thanks to Helen from @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social for a wonderful presentation about The Library of Mistakes (Edinburgh), a free public library supporting the study of financial and business history. Learning from our past mistakes and not repeating them feels incredibly important right now!

Last call for tonight's event with Harry Nimmo! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Spotted this today at the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social - a great reminder as we strive to be bold, embrace learning, and think long-term for sustainable social and economic growth

Two great events at the Library next week (also available on YouTube)... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Our Keeper gets about. This weekend, he attended The Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship at the William McIlvanney Campus in Kilmarnock – and saw this. Happy Monday!

New podcast episode! Russell Napier enjoys a fascinating chat with Mauricio Drelichman who (together with Hans Joachim-Voth) is the author of Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt, Taxes, and Default in the Age of Philip II. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3...

Win free tickets to the Weekend of Mistakes at Hay Castle! www.linkedin.com/posts/librar...

We’re excited to launch a new thread of podcasts, taking you behind the scenes at the library. Join hosts @whosthesuit.com & @fraserallen.bsky.social as they chat to Russell Napier, David Clarke, Helen Bradley and Helen Williams. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3...

Don't get taken for a ride! Join us in person, in May or November in London, to immerse yourself in our Practical History of Financial Markets course. And if you book before the end of March, you get a 10% discount! Contact [email protected] for details. www.libraryofmistakes.com/course/

Before our time, but this librarians’ bash sounds like a grand old affair.

New podcast episode! The brilliant Felix Martin discusses his book, Money – The Unauthorised Biography. A fascinating listen, illuminated by entertaining examples such as the Irish Bank Strike of 1970, the Argentinian Crédito and the Bristol Pound. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3...

Would you like to join us in the Library for movie night with Rogue Trader and the story of Nick Leeson and Barings? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rogue-trad...

"For a few months Brent Hoberman, Martha Lane Fox, Michael Smith, Kajsa Leander, John Pluthero and others believed they could defy gravity. Their ascent was enormous fun to watch, their return to earth equally spectacular." dot.bomb – The Rise & Fall of dot.com Britain by @rorycj.bsky.social 2001

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Unable to attend last night's glittering Mistake Of The Year awards at the Library of Mistakes? Fear not, you can watch it all unfold here (dinner dress optional)... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0v0...

**10% off our course – but move fast!** There's still time to secure your 10% discount our renowned Practical History of Financial Markets course. Indispensable for professionals and amateurs who want to take their financial knowledge to the next level. www.libraryofmistakes.com/course/

The Book of Heroic Failures was one of my favourite books when I was a young teenager. That it's almost forgotten now seems a self-fulfilling prophecy. Still, it earned a Wikipedia page! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boo...

“Robbing a Detroit record store in December 1994, Clive Robertson shouted, ‘Don’t anybody move.’ When his accomplice reached for the money bag, Mr Robertson shot him in the foot.” The Ultimate Book of Failures by Stephen Pile 2011

Looking for something to entertain you and get you thinking as we head into 2025? We now have stacks of videos on our YouTube page, and 30+ episodes of our popular podcast series. Happy New Year! youtube.com/@LibraryofMistakes

Since there's snow forecast in the UK again, I figured I'd give this a bump. The story of where all that grit on the roads actually COMES from 👇

If you’ve ever wondered whether Edinburgh’s @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social has a Robert Maxwell-themed board game, the answer is yes!

Super convo on the current macro, market, & geo-pol paradigm shift. A bit wonky on capital flows, but clear, cautionary conclusions for long-term investors. H/t Russell Napier/ @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social & @kofinas.bsky.social / @hiddenforces.bsky.social hiddenforces.io/podcasts/nat...

An epic failure: fascinating talk on the Gold Standard and international monetary policy between the wars from Chris Swinson, who was interviewed by Russell Napier, keeper of the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social at the Festival of Mistakes in Hay-on-Wye. @economyofhope.bsky.social might appreciate

A festive message is available on our Linkedin and X pages (video too long for Bluesky). Happy Christmas to all our readers and friends! www.linkedin.com/posts/librar...

A glimpse into the future from @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social / TSGResearch Russell Napier's provocative article in the latest issue of American Affairs. Read carefully & then reread.

“There is no one modus operandi. Some buy strictly on what someone tells them over the telephone; others must read hundreds of pages of reports; still others, distinctly a new breed, want to feed it to the computer and listen for the tone of the belch.” New Breed on Wall Street by Martin Mayer 1969

It’s clearly unsustainable for a country that accounts for 26% of world GDP to have 70% of global market capitalisation. “There’s going to be as day of reckoning... To me, all the red lights are flashing” on US equities. Anthony Bolton @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social on 21 Nov. @1:05

New Podcast! Former FT editor @lionelbarber discusses his fascinating biography of Masayoshi Son, one of the world's least-known but most consequential investors. Regarding himself as an 'empire builder', Son was (very) briefly the world's richest man. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...