The Library of Mistakes
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The Library of Mistakes

by Library of Mistakes

Based in Edinburgh, the Library of Mistakes is a free public library designed to improve understanding of finance, one mistake at a time. In this podcast series the Library's Keeper, Professor Russell Napier, speaks to leading financial history authors around the world, with Fraser Allen & Leila Johnston presenting an additional thread of episodes called Shelf Life.Series produced by Fraser Allen.

56 episodes
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1
EP 56: Money Beyond Borders (with Barry Eichengreen)
46:20 Apr 10, 2026
2
EP 55: The Swiss Franc, 1798 to 2055 (with Costa Vayenas)
49:13 Apr 2, 2026
3
EP 54: The Weekend Of Mistakes (with Leila Johnston) Shelf Life #13
34:29 Mar 26, 2026
4
EP 53: A Practical History of Financial Markets (with Russell Napier) Shelf Life #12
26:32 Mar 20, 2026
5
EP 52: The Smith Conversations (with Robbie Mochrie) Shelf Life #11
46:18 Feb 13, 2026
6
EP 51: The Business of History (with Tom Levitt)
40:43 Feb 4, 2026
7
EP 50: The Weekend Of Mistakes (with Alice Sherwood & Paul Greatbatch) Shelf Life #10
42:42 Jan 20, 2026
8
EP 49: Good Money (with George Selgin)
55:00 Dec 11, 2025
9
EP 48: A Long Time In Finance (with Jonathan Ford & Neil Collins) Shelf Life #9
50:23 Dec 1, 2025
10
EP 47: Money and Empire (with Perry Mehrling)
53:56 Nov 13, 2025
11
EP 46: Future Asset (with Jen Mair) Shelf Life #8
42:23 Oct 31, 2025
12
EP 45: Errorist In Residence (with Robbie Mochrie) Shelf Life #7
42:16 Oct 3, 2025
13
EP 44: Cents and Sensibility (with Gary Saul Morson & Morton Schapiro)
48:04 Sep 29, 2025
14
EP 43: Financial inclusion (with Iona Bain & Michael Gilmore) Shelf Life #6
53:47 Sep 3, 2025
15
EP 42: The CEO (with Michael Aldous & John Turner)
41:54 Aug 13, 2025
16
EP 41: The Library of Mistakes in Lausanne (with Boris Zhilin) Shelf Life #5
33:45 Jul 9, 2025
17
EP 40: The Irish Bank Strike (with Emma Horgan)
30:02 Jun 24, 2025
18
EP 39: Shelf Life #4 (with Ray Perman)
35:23 May 30, 2025
19
EP 38: Meltdown – Scandal, Sleaze And The Collapse of Credit Suisse (with Duncan Mavin)
51:43 May 13, 2025
20
EP 37: Shelf Life #3 (with Herman Brodie)
53:42 May 2, 2025
21
EP 36: Shelf Life #2 (with Liam Rees PLUS The Weekend of Mistakes)
57:11 Mar 31, 2025
22
EP 35: Lending To The Borrower From Hell (with Mauricio Drelichman)
43:58 Mar 6, 2025
23
EP 34: Shelf Life #1 (with Russell Napier)
1:04:08 Feb 27, 2025
24
EP 33: Money – The Unauthorised Biography (with Felix Martin)
41:31 Feb 13, 2025
25
EP 32: Gambling Man (with Lionel Barber)
38:12 Nov 28, 2024
26
EP 31: Money & Promises (Paolo Zannoni)
44:52 Nov 7, 2024
27
EP 30: Money – A Story of Humanity (with David McWilliams)
33:55 Oct 8, 2024
28
EP 29: The Bankers' New Clothes (with Anat Admati)
40:38 Sep 19, 2024
29
EP 28: The Twilight Before The Storm (with Viktor Shvets)
47:09 Sep 5, 2024
30
EP 27: Seven Crashes (with Harold James)
41:22 Jul 8, 2024
31
EP 26: The Rise Of Carry (with Tim Lee & Kevin Coldiron)
43:13 Jun 18, 2024
32
EP 25: What I Learned This Week (with Kiril Sokoloff)
38:27 Apr 22, 2024
33
EP 24: Investing in US Financial History (with Mark J Higgins)
46:06 Mar 22, 2024
34
EP 23: Boom and Bust (with William Quinn & John D. Turner)
39:30 Feb 5, 2024
35
EP 22: Humanomics (with Professor Deidre McCloskey)
56:01 Dec 19, 2023
36
EP 21: War and Gold (with Kwasi Kwarteng)
39:49 Dec 1, 2023
37
EP 20: The Market Mind Hypothesis (with Patrick Schotanus)
1:13:27 Nov 28, 2023
38
EP 19: Behind the Balance Sheet (with Stephen Clapham)
40:04 Nov 6, 2023
39
EP 18: The Millionaires' Factory (with Joyce Moullakis & Chris Wright)
42:14 Oct 2, 2023
40
Ep 17: The Strange Case of Arif Naqvi (with Simon Clark – Live at the Library of Mistakes)
1:09:23 Sep 22, 2023
41
Ep 16: How Private Equity is Plundering America (with Brendan Ballou)
33:13 Jul 18, 2023
42
Ep 15: Controlling Credit (with Eric Monnet)
44:59 Jun 9, 2023
43
Ep 14: Geopolitical Alpha (with Marko Papic)
38:54 Apr 3, 2023
44
Ep 13: Capital Wars - The Rise Of Global Liquidity (with Michael Howell)
38:27 Feb 6, 2023
45
Ep 12: The Wall Street Renegades who Changed Finance Forever (with Robin Wigglesworth)
42:23 Dec 15, 2022
46
Ep 11: The Myth of Capitalism (with Denise Hearn)
41:45 Nov 25, 2022
47
EP 10: The Wirecard Criminals (with Dan McCrum)
39:07 Oct 21, 2022
48
Ep 9: The Extraordinary Story of John Stonehouse (with Sir Philip Augar)
43:55 Oct 3, 2022
49
Ep 8: Lex Greensill and the Pyramid of Lies (with Duncan Mavin)
38:48 Sep 13, 2022
50
Ep 7: The Price of Time (with Edward Chancellor)
36:52 Jul 22, 2022
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