With Both Hands

Sign in Subscribe

Benjamin Espen

2022 Book Market

I stumbled on some great data on the book market for 2022 on Twitter, so I’m copying it here as it is so important to build up your quantitative sense with reference to handy facts. It is also good to have a reality check on how bestsellers can make

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

The Long View 2009-01-25: Seigniorage & Other Matters

I’ve sometimes said that John wasn’t great with data, but what I mean is that he didn’t have the same kind of visual style I do. For example, in this blog post John said: President Obama's approval ratings will, no doubt, soon fall into line

Unobtainium

Always second fiddle

Soon

Operation Kronstadt: British Secret Intelligence Service

In the beginning of Operation Kronstadt, Lieutenant ‘Gus’ Agar has a very odd meeting with the head of the British Secret Intelligence service, Captain Mansfield Cumming, a man known simply as ‘C’. …His commanding officer at HMS Osea had ordered him to report to the Admiralty that morning where he