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Moving From
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The Pamphleteer is moving, to http://paulrennie.rennart.co.uk/ P… more
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The Energy Racket From
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The levels of profit made by the privatised energy utilities has been under scrutiny... Of course their profits are too great. They will say that they need this level of return so that they can inves… more
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Rogues' Gallery - Doctor Liam Fox From
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Doctor Liam Fox's resignation as Secretary of State for Defence should in no way disqualify him from entry into our rogues' gallery.He wasn't big and he wasn't clever. Just to recap, Fox allowed a fr… more
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Not Very Big Ideas From
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One would have thought that the collapse of western capitalism, as currently evident all around, would provide a perfect opportunity for thinking about how to do things better and differently. Judgin… more
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Life in the Fast Lane From
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The Conservative transport secretary has suggested that an increase in the motorway speed limit to 80mph would speed journey times and help the economy. This is a fantastically daft suggestion and can… more
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System Breakdown - shifting to capitalism two-point-zero From
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All the major politicians, and quite a few other people, have been speaking about systemic breakdown. The sad thing is that they hardly ever get around to fleshing out what they mean. They still bel… more
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Tax Issues From
1644s
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An open letter to George Osborne from twenty leading economists claims that the 50pence-in-the-pound tax rate for individuals earning above 150 000GBP is harming the british recovery. You can see the… more
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Reading the Riots - Detroit and Tottenham From
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The conjunction of the place names, Detroit and Tottenham, should strike fear into the hearts of politicians, policy makers and community leaders. The Guardian made the headline connection between … more
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Reason and Romance (stuck in the 18C) From
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BBC4 are showing a series of films about the 18C and early 19C Romantics. Peter Ackroyd was on last week. You can watch the films on iplayer, herehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=ackroyd The fir… more
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The Physiognomy of Disorder (part three) From
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I have already posted about the uses of photography in criminal and lunatic control during the 19C. This, second post, is a response to Asti Hustvedt's new book, Medical Muses (Bloomsbury 2011). Yo… more
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Moore's Law From
1644s
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Charles Moore; Eton, Cambridge, The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph and official biographer of Margaret Thatcher, has been pronouncing on the end of capitalism. It's a start.Actually, what he was sayin… more
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Buffet to the Rescue From
1644s
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The ongoing banking crisis (from 2008 to present) presents a very big challenge to both investors and policy makers. The global economic system is broken. The break is a sign of a fault in the syste… more
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100 Billion Mistakes (and rising) From
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The Japanese Government has announced the creation of a fund to help Japanese companies remain competitive against their international rivals and against a background of an over-valued currency. This … more
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Analyse This From
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Global stock markets are in a panic. Analysts are worrying about low growth and the massive structural debts of all the developed economies. Well, analyse that! Where have they been and what have th… more
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Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short... Theory of the Underclass From
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The recent rioting, violence, and lawlessness, in London and elsewhere has reminded everyone of the underclass. Indeed, the term has been used across the mass media. Now is a good time, because the te… more
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Law-and-Order From
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There seems to be a consensus emerging that the police forces around Britain should be spared any cuts in resources. Thismarks a swift and decisive victory for the police negotiators in their dealin… more
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous (2) From
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I've posted before about the physiognomy of disorder. You can read it, herehttp://areopagitica.blog.co.uk/2011/01/26/mad-bad-and-ugly-10435638/ If anyone doubts my comments, look at the above p … more
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A Perfect (Fire) Storm From
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The sudden eruption of violence in London is not to be unexpected. It is the product of a "perfect storm." The interesting thing is that this storm is not raging on the street, it is raging in the c… more
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The Implacable Fates of Nominative Determinism (Horatio) From
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The news of English schoolboys attacked by a polar bear at Svalbard is tragic. Especially, since one of the boys has died from his injuries. Peculiarly, this boy's name was Horatio. You can c… more
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Expecting the Unexpected From
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect...Oscar Wilde If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it...Heraclitus Robert Peston has posted today about the urgency of … more
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Destiny or Liberty... From
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This is a picture of the allegorical figure of Destiny, leading the people, across the great plains of the US. The painting is by John Gast and dates from 1872. The painting was d esigned to prom… more
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Pruitt Igoe - Soundtrack for Creative Destruction From
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Pruitt Igoe was the name of a large housing estate on the outskirts of the American city of St Louis. This replaced a large area of derelict slums, constructed in timber, in which poor people lived.… more
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Hacks and Hackery - A Custard Pie for Ms Bruce From
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I was getting a sandwich at our excellent local Polish shop in Folkestone today. They have copies of the all the papers and I had a look at the Daily Mail. Don't ask me why, I guess I was curious.Anyw… more
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News International • BSkyB • EPL From
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Quite apart from the triangulation of police, politics and media that is at the heart of the News International scandal is the link between media, sport, betting and money laundering. One of the thi… more
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21C Class War - Truth to Power From
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What do the UK media crises, the international financial crises, the Eurozone bond crises, along with the associated police and parliamentary crises, have in common? They are all quite straightforw… more
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AAA From
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Moody's credit rating agency has said that it may downgrade the USA's triple A rating...I know they're just trying to concentrate the minds in congress and at the Federal Reserve, but... JK Galbraith… more
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Terminal Matrix (Europe) From
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The spread of Eurozone "bond anxiety" to both Italy and Spain is a new development in an ongoing problem. It's a step-up in the scale of the problem. I've posted before about all of this. Just searc… more
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Cross Marks the Spot From
1644s
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I've already posted about the debacle at Southern Cross. You can read about herehttp://areopagitica.blog.co.uk/2011/06/12/zombie-shell-capitalism-the-default-11303663/ Now, the company has been force… more
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British Art From
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I've posted before about how odd it seems that our institutions are so rarely national champions... of culture. You can read it all again, here http://areopagitica.blog.co.uk/2010/04/14/henry-moore-… more
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The End of the World From
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The dramatic news that The News of the World will c ease publication after Sunday is to be welcomed. It's a shame for the 200 or so employees at the paper - most of whom have had nothing to do with th… more