Classic was Jimmy Savile’s use of the cloak of authority and kindness. Savile’s celebrity allowed him to acquire this authority. As we consider the r…

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Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's i…

- Daniel Finkelstein

[A]n important new book. . . . Professor Akerlof and Rachel Kranton have invented Identity Economics.

- Daniel Finkelstein

You may wonder why a question of manners has got me so exercised. It's because I believe in a simple rule. If you see a person you know behave unreas…

- Daniel Finkelstein

An invaluable little book.... What Makes a Terrorist uses standard tools of economics and statistical analysis to get at the truth about terrorism...…

- Daniel Finkelstein

The statistics John Wesson has compiled in The Science of Soccer show that Premiership football players are vastly more likely to have been born in t…

- Daniel Finkelstein

You know what I wonder about? This - the more details of Sven-Göran Eriksson's love life that appear in the press, the more contempt he attracts for …

- Daniel Finkelstein

Last year, the journalist Malcolm Gladwell conducted a survey of chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies for his book Blink. He discovered …

- Daniel Finkelstein

It will be my birthday on Tuesday. Last year, I reached the painful conclusion that there wasn't enough time left to read every book ever written. Th…

- Daniel Finkelstein