All the World’s an I.P.O.: Shakespeare the Profiteer

Shakespeare’s 21st-Century Economics: The Morality of Love and Money , by Frederick Turner. Oxford University Press, 223 pages, $35.

Every economic and political system needs a philosopher to stamp the lives of the rank and file with meaning, a wise man to tell the people who they are. There could be no true Romans before Read More

Hakuna Matata! The Lion King Comes to Town and It Isn’t Cute

As you may have heard, the stage version of The Lion King has opened at Disney’s New Amsterdam Theater on Broadway, and to that I say two little words: “hakuna matata.”

“Hakuna matata” is, of course, Swahili for “no worries.” It’s the Elton John-Tim Rice version of “Don’t worry, be happy.” Simba, you will Read More