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London Segregation and Weak Ties

By Paul Ormerod The political map of London is like the United States, with strong geographic segregation.  But is there something more subtle going on? Thomas Schelling is a brilliant American polymath, who deservedly won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2005.  One of his most remarkable insights is about segregation in cities, which he […]

The Tao of Leadership

By Greg Fisher Last week I had the honour of being involved in a set of meetings in Beijing, which represented the inaugural meeting of the Hanwang Forum, of which I am a member.  There are many very supportive things I would say about this Forum but in this article I would like to focus […]