The Effect of Quantity. Before returning to its application to Iraq, let me illustrate Lanchester's Law with a simplified conflict between two armies, denoted army QN (for quantity) and army QL ...

Daniel Shuchman reviews “How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say—And What It Really Means” by John Lanchester.

Joining the many books explaining the collapse is “I.O.U.,” in which John Lanchester suggests that Western capitalism has lost its checks and balances.