What has been gained these last two years and what has been lost? And how shall measure its value? Here are two graphs, two measure of one reality. They both measure the huge surge in the number of Americans who rely on Food Stamps to feed themselves and their children. They are from articles both …
What kind of future will the 21st Century bring us? Will it be a Utopia of promised riches (conditional on us following the appropriate economic prescription, of course)? Or could we be faced with a more sinister culture presaged by such Dystopian visions as George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”? Or will …
Guest post by Hawkeye: – Sell freedom, Buy control Read More »
The problem with discussing anything about cuts to police budgets, or about cuts to public services in general and what effect those cuts will or will not have, is that the discussion, even the figures upon which a discussion is based, become immediately party political. Which essentially means one lot of liars roundly denouncing another lot. …
In case anyone is interested, here is the list of other Liar’s Lexicon posts. Each takes one of the phrases or concepts which we’ve all heard and often been needlessly confused by. It has been my contention that none of these concepts is difficult. They are bandied about partly, I think, to encourage us to …
I thought it was time to draft another entry in the Liars Lexicon. This time let’s look at Mark to Market/Model. A dual item which divides opinion and upon which a very great deal hangs. Mark to Market versus Mark to Model; Or as I would put it, telling the truth versus lying through your …
Thought I’d let you know we got another rather nice review of the book. This one from Caroline Lucas of the Green Party. “A passionate call for a world organised around social justice” “David’s book, The Debt Generation, follows the unfolding of the financial crisis and captures those catastrophic events in a lively and immediate …
