Fascinating new @TheIFS paper finds that the closure of 70% of police stations in London was not cost effective and led to higher crime levels, with particularly negative impacts on the poor
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The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 is the subject of Terra Nullius this week. It’s the story of how two miners fooled America and made millions in the process.
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Incredibly proud of and thrilled for my aunt Ophelia being named to the Time 100 - the impact she has had across the world through Partners in Health is extraordinary
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From 1919 to 1920, there was a tiny country on the Adriatic that became the world capital of radicalism and cocaine consumption.
Government ministers taught yoga and karate, while food supplies were acquired through piracy.
I tell the story of Fiume:
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In 1762 two British naval ships captured a Spanish frigate carrying loot that would be worth £10 billion today if it was the same fraction of the economy. (They were given 30 years of wages as a reward.) terranullius.world/p/x-marks-the-…
The latest issue of my newsletter Terra Nullius is out now!
This week I tell the story of how I went on the hunt for missing Japanese war gold in the jungles of Malaysia, and the other unfound treasures humans think are out there in the world.
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