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Why people accept some sacrifices but not others
Rationing was harsher than austerity, but only one of them felt fair
Sep 21
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Basil Choudhry
The British herd
How a nation of queuers behaves when the running starts
Sep 14
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Basil Choudhry
The herd goes digital
The crowd that ruined Isaac Newton now moves in minutes rather than months, and it lives on your phone
Sep 7
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Basil Choudhry
British bureauctivity
Britain has quietly built a world-beating industry out of compliance. The one time it paused, the economy shrank.
Sep 3
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Basil Choudhry
August 2026
Why we follow everyone else off the cliff
Isaac Newton lost a fortune in the South Sea Bubble, and the mechanism that took his money is still running in your brain
Aug 31
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Basil Choudhry
Selling at the bottom
What stress hormones do to ordinary savers when markets fall
Aug 24
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Basil Choudhry
Frightened Animals - fear and the body
Loss aversion and what financial dread does to you
Aug 18
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Basil Choudhry
The through-line
War, crash, pandemic, inflation: each crisis arrives wearing different clothes. The machinery underneath does not change.
Aug 10
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Basil Choudhry
The queue
What a bank run in Kingston upon Thames reveals about what crises do to our financial brains
Aug 5
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Basil Choudhry
February 2026
The Hardship Gap: How UK Universities Distribute Emergency Funding Between Home and International Students
UK universities receive billions of pounds each year from international student tuition fees.
Feb 23
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Basil Choudhry
Over £300 Million in Five Years: The Rise and Fall of University Hardship Funds
Over the last five academic years, UK universities have distributed more than £305 million in hardship funding to their students.
Feb 22
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Basil Choudhry
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