Library of Mistakes

Coming to the Library on 29 April!

Last chance to get your place at our acclaimed in-person Practical History of Financial Markets course AT 2025 PRICES. Book this week!
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New podcast episode!
Join Robbie Mochrie as he discusses The Smith Conversations – a series of events he has organised to celebrate the 250-year anniversary of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
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New podcast episode!
Join Robbie Mochrie as he discusses The Smith Conversations – a series of events he has organised to celebrate the 250-year anniversary of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-5...

**New podcast episode**
Listen in to Tom Levitt, former MP and the author of The Business of History, in an entertaining discussion with Russell Napier about famous names such as WH Smith, Boots and Cadbury and what we can learn from Britain's business heritage.
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The catalogue system that we use provides us with some additional statistics. For instance, the height of the collection, if piled up, would be 217.5 metres (or 713 feet 8 inches) tall, and would weigh the equivalent of 0.7 of an elephant, with a value of $105,324,092 in gold.
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We've reached a big milestone of 5,000 titles in our catalogue with this year's 'The World Ahead' from @theeconomistnews.bsky.social. Our collection has grown from 2,300 when we first opened in March 2014 and we've upgraded to a more user-friendly catalogue - the link is lnkd.in/egQiaKiv
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**New Podcast Episode**
Hear economist @georgeselgin.bsky.social discuss his book ‘Good Money’. George’s colourful and impeccably researched tales into what served as money more than two hundred years ago remain every bit as insightful today.
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Come and join us this Wednesday for a mince pie and some mulled wine at your Library of Mistakes for our Christmas movie. This year we have a true classic of the genre, the wonderful Trading Places. |... Come and join us this Wednesday for a mince pie and some mulled wine at your Library of Mistakes for our Christmas movie. This year we have a true classic of the genre, the wonderful Trading Places.

If you can make it to Edinburgh this Wednesday, do join us for a mince pie and some mulled wine at the Library of Mistakes for our Christmas movie. This year we have a true classic of the genre, the wonderful Trading Places.
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There's a shiny new podcast episode from our Shelf Life thread out today, featuring Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins from the Long Time in Finance podcast, plus some festive vibes!
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**New podcast episode**
Join Russell Napier in discussion with author Perry Mehrling about the extraordinary life of Charles P. Kindleberger – central banker, US Department of State representative, academic and author of Manias, Panics And Crashes.
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Robert Maxwell wearing a white tuxedo and black bow-tie with his daughter Ghislaine in a strapless dress in about 1987

Recommended listening: Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford of A Long Time In Finance explore the life, legacy and deals of great pension purloiner (and father of Ghislaine) Robert Maxwell with his biographer, John Preston. @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social

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EP 46: Shelf Life #8 (with Jen Mair) Podcast Episode · The Library of Mistakes · 31/10/2025 · 44m

New podcast episode, with Jen Mair of Future Asset!
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Economy of hope (@economyofhope) It's taken me until the weekend to catch up on the thoughtful, deeply reflective talk which @George Selgin, formerly of the Cato Institute, gave at the Library of Mistakes in Edinburgh on the recovery...

Lovely, learned discussion of the New Deal, Roosevelt and Keynes from @georgeselgin.bsky.social at the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social.
Agree that Keynes should be the hero of his book, "False Dawn", and with almost everything that he said.

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New podcast episode – meet our Errorist In Residence Robbie Mochrie!
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New podcast episode!
Morton Schapiro and Gary Saul Morson discuss their book Cents and Sensibility with Russell Napier. Join us for an entertaining and thought-provoking conversation about what economists can learn from the humanities.

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Jonathan Ford, Neil Collins, Ian Fraser, Shredded, ALTIF live podcast Edinburgh Finance Festival YouTube video by Library of Mistakes

Excellent question from Mike Nevin, author of ‘The Golden Guinea’ at my Fred “The Shred” Goodwin live podcast with Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins of ‘A Long Time in Finance’ at @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social

Jonathan Ford, Neil Collins and Ian Fraser on a long time in finance The hugely popular podcast A long time in finance is coming under the umbrella of the Library of Mistakes.

Looking forward to doing this live podcast at @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social with Jonathan Ford & Neil Collins of ‘A Long Time in Finance’. We’ll be discussing Fred Goodwin and the RBS/NatWest collapse, on the back of James Graham’s ‘Make It Happen’. 6.30-8pm, Thurs 25 Sept. Tickets available below

New podcast episode! This time we're talking financial inclusivity with Iona Bain, resident money expert on BBC's Good Morning Live, Michael Gilmore of the Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards, and David Clarke of Didasko & the Library of Mistakes.
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New podcast episode!
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Fraser Allen & Leila Johnston are back with a new episode. Fraser interviews Boris Zhilin, who has established a Library of Mistakes in Lausanne, while Leila asks Helen Williams for summer reading recommendations, and CEO David Clarke updates us on upcoming events.
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New podcast episode!
Join Emma Horgan and Russell Napier as they discuss the Irish Bank Strike of 1966. What can this extraordinary episode teach us about economics, human resilience – and how we might be able to cope in the event of a huge fintech failure?
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The Library of Mistakes - Financial Library in Edinburgh's New Town A free public library in Edinburgh focused on the world's business & financial history. Find out more and sign up to get event updates & arrange a visit.

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How Scottish schools are opening up financial careers to girls Many girls simply don’t see themselves represented in the financial industry, say these teachers of business management and administration

We're delighted to see our sister venture Future Asset (all part of the Didasko charity) get a well-deserved splash in @tes magazine.
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EP 39: Shelf Life #4 (with Ray Perman) Library of Mistakes · Episode

A new podcast episode is out! This time we join author & journalist Ray Perman on the streets of Edinburgh to explore the Library of Mistakes walking tour – Money Talks, Money Walks. Discover lots of delightful financial history nuggets!
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EP 38: Meltdown – Scandal, Sleaze And The Collapse of Credit Suisse (with Duncan Mavin) Podcast Episode · Library of Mistakes · 13/05/2025 · 52m

New podcast: Meltdown – Scandal, Sleaze & The Collapse of Credit Suisse...
Russell Napier & Duncan Mavin (@dmavin.bsky.social) explore how a rotten corporate culture dating back to WWII led to the reputational disasters that eventually brought the Swiss bank down.
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New podcast!
Fraser Allen and @whosthesuit.com hear from the brilliant behavioural finance expert Herman Brodie, discover the colourful back story of Didasko CEO David Clarke, and find out more about the library itself with Lauren Hotson and Helen Williams.

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📢 The 43rd AHSS Forth & Borders AGM takes place on Thurs 29 May at 6.30pm at the brilliant @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social, Edinburgh – a free library exploring financial history to help avoid repeating it! All welcome.

📍 33A Melville St Lane, EH3 7QB

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