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Category Archives: Economics
The Fourth World War
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 1 January 2014 LA LUCHA CONTINÚA Precisely 20 years ago today, on 1 January 1994, indigenous … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Canada, Economics, Globalisation, Mexico, Military, Politics, UN
Tagged Acteal, Chiapas, Cold War, globalisation, Hiroshima, homogenisation, Nagasaki, neoliberalism, neutron bomb, subcomandante Marcos
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Women “too ethical” for business
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 December 2013 Men are nearly five times more likely than women to reach a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, UK
Tagged business ethics, Diageo, feminism, gender equality, John Lewis, profit, RBS
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North v. South
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 1 December 2013 The stark divide between the rich north of Europe and the poor south … Continue reading
Fresh water v. salt water
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 29 November 2013 You can have open borders or the welfare state, but not both, according … Continue reading
Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Paris, Saturday 16 November 2013 “Travailler plus pour gagner plus” Work more to earn more This … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, France, Hungary, Literature, UK, Uncategorized, USA, Wales
Tagged Bushmen, Dr James Suzman, Harry Eyres, International Association of Working Men, Jared Diamond, John Maynard Keynes, Madeleine Bunting, Nicolas Sarkozy, Travailler plus pour gagner plus, William Henry Davies
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Uncle Sam and the heffalumps
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 November 2013 Nearly 100 African elephants are killed for their tusks every day [by poachers] … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Economics, USA
Tagged elephants, heffalumps, ivory trafficking, poachers, species extinction, status symbols, tusks
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What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 28 October 2013 Britain’s extremist rightwing Prime Minister David Cameron does not mince his words. In … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, Literature, Politics, UK
Tagged David Cameron, greedy pigs, John Major, King Hui of Liang, Mencius, the nasty party, UK Conservative Party, Warring States
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Market theology
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 15 October 2013 “Do others, for they would do you” This is the central tenet of … Continue reading
Haiku
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 18 May 2013 Just because no dissatisfied customer has ever complained does not mean that all … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged customer satisfaction, fallacy, haiku, parachutes, sophistry
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Food for thought
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 11 May 2013 The scams to which the free market will stoop to turn a fast … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, France, UK, USA
Tagged bon appétit, caveat emptor, eating out, home made, microwave meals, restaurant scam
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