A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to… — James Buchan Century Copy Share Image
One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with… — James Buchan About Copy Share Image
The theory of permanent Muslim-Christian enmity, though it flourishes in the caves of Tora Bora and parts of the American academy, was… — James Buchan Academy Copy Share Image
Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no… — James Buchan Addiction Copy Share Image
Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new… — James Buchan Adventurer Copy Share Image
Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe… — James Buchan 19th century Copy Share Image
Viewed from a distance, or through the eye of the All-Knowing CEO of the Universe, the crash of 2008 followed the usual… — James Buchan Borrowing Copy Share Image
The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy.… — James Buchan Bags Copy Share Image
Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated. — James Buchan Humiliation Copy Share Image
Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age. — James Buchan Age Copy Share Image
All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay. — James Buchan Delay Copy Share Image
“Money is normative. So pervasive is its influence on our lives that it makes less moneyed ages incomprehensible, consigning them to barbarism… — James Buchan Money Copy Share Image
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets… — James Buchan Crown Copy Share Image
Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the… — James Buchan Been Copy Share Image
When Gordon the Brown, in London in 1997, commissioned a great inquisition or survey of his new realm, the result was the… — James Buchan Assets Copy Share Image
At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it… — James Buchan Aids Copy Share Image
The aircraft that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington conveyed several messages to the… — James Buchan Aircraft Copy Share Image
It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help… — James Buchan Economic Copy Share Image
In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only… — James Buchan Bulls Copy Share Image
In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency… — James Buchan Agency Copy Share Image
Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they… — James Buchan Arabia Copy Share Image
The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the… — James Buchan Age Copy Share Image
There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells… — James Buchan 20th century Copy Share Image
