We asked:  What can we learn from the response to the Spanish Flu?Are we going back to the inflation of the 1970s?How does the Technological Revolution compare to the Industrial Revolution?Are central banks and governments pursuing MMT?What happened to the Bond Vigilantes? Philip Coggan writes the Bartleby column in the Economist. He started a life in journalism when they used typewriters. He has experienced seismic change in journalism, and his latest book, “More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy” provides a wide historical perspective with which to reflect on the current economic challenges