Ian Leslie

6 days ago | ian-leslie.com | Ian Leslie |Anton Howes

I’m glad so many of you enjoyed my conversation with Anton on the causes of the Industrial Revolution. In this bonus episode we discuss why most of the action happened, not in London, but the provinces: Lancashire, Yorkshire, the Midlands. Anton offers his surprising explanation, and also tells us about his favourite forgotten genius. Enjoy!Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Ruffian to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

1 week ago | ian-leslie.com | Ian Leslie

Catch-up service:Why Is TikTok Rocket Fuel For Populists? We’re All Viennese NowWhy Am I At My Lowest In The Middle of the Night? Seven Features Of Post-Literate PoliticsHow To Write a BookNine Principles For Success In the Age of AII haven’t had time to write a full-fat Ruffian this week because I’ve been on holiday here in Denmark, having arrived by train from London via Brussels (perfectly nice, I’m not sure we’ll make it to a second date) and Cologne (that cathedral, phwoar).

1 week ago | ian-leslie.com | Ian Leslie

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:09:30Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this episode of The Ruffian’s podcast we discuss what is possibly the single most important event in human history: the Industrial Revolution. If you look at all the economic data before (very roughly) 1780-1840, you see flat lines. Afterwards, everything starts going up, and continually. It's not just GDP - human welfare is transformed.

1 week ago | open.substack.com | Ian Leslie

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:09:30Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this episode of The Ruffian’s podcast we discuss what is possibly the single most important event in human history: the Industrial Revolution. If you look at all the economic data before (very roughly) 1780-1840, you see flat lines. Afterwards, everything starts going up, and continually. It's not just GDP - human welfare is transformed.

2 weeks ago | ian-leslie.com | Ian Leslie

Catch-up service:We’re All Viennese NowWhy Am I At My Lowest In The Middle of the Night? Seven Features Of Post-Literate PoliticsHow To Write a BookPodcast: James Marriott on Britain’s ElitesNine Principles For Success In the Age of AIRomania has elected a new president. Nicusor Dan, mayor of Bucharest (and maths genius) is a reassuringly sensible centrist. To the relief of Ukraine, and the EU, he overcame a surprisingly strong challenge from the far right, in the person of George Simion.