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Category Archives: Economics
Knobbly carrots
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. 13 January 2013 FRANKENSTEIN CROPS “NOT NEEDED” Letter in the London Guardian on 12 January 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, UK
Tagged food waste, Frankenstein foods, GM crops, knobbly carrot, Maggie Lloyd
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Pain in Spain
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. 8 January 2013 EUROPE EXACERBATES THE PAIN IN SPAIN “The position of Andalucía’s 200,000 agricultural workers … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Politics, Spain
Tagged Andalucía, braceros, haciendas, latifundios, Partido Socialista Obrero Español, Unemployment in Spain
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Like chalk and cheese
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 December 2012 Cooperation ≠ Competition ——– You might perhaps care to view some of our … Continue reading
Πλούτος
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Posted in Canada, Economics, India, USA
Tagged Harvard University, J K Galbraith, John F. Kennedy, The Affluent Society, wealth
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Wage differentials
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. 8 December 2012 We all know that salaries in the First world differ considerably from those … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Germany, Switzerland, UN, USA
Tagged Brazil, Denmark, Geneva, globalisation, Philippines
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Coining it
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 November 2012 There’s a bit of a stink in Britain at the moment over giant … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, UK, USA
Tagged Amazon, Google, Margaret Hodge, Public Accounts Committee, Starbucks, UK taxation
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Manufacturing output plummets in Eurozone
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. 5 November 2012 Manufacturing in the 17-state Eurozone fell for the eighth month in a row … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Economics, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain
Tagged Keynsianism
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What is the point of marriage?
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. 27 October 2012 Marriage is a cultural tool deployed by society to counterbalance the inherent instability … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged labour force, marriage, political stability, relationships, social continuity, society
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Hats off to fat cat
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. 7 October 2012 Hats off to James Gorman, head honcho of US investment bank Morgan Stanley, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, USA
Tagged Deutsche Bank, gombeen man, James Gorman, Morgan Stanley, pay, remuneration, UBS, Wall Street
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Land grab
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. 5 October 2012 International land speculators and biofuel producers have taken over land around the world … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, USA
Tagged biofuels, International Finance Corporation, International Land Coalition, land speculation, Liberia, Oxfam, World Bank
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