economics | economics
Aug.14.2011
David Cameron has so canonised water cannons that they appear to be miracle-makers of the new morality drenching the fires of protest. “London is not Kensington,” an expat tells me. It is a discovery for the immigrant, too, and armed with this knowledge commentary is caged behind fabricated fences...
|
Jun.28.2011
Good morning, progressives. I want to thank you for coming to this seminar. I’ve done an analysis of your business and I’m afraid the numbers don’t look good. That’s the bad news. The good news is that I’m here to help you fix it.
Let’s break it down and see if we can’t...
|
Sep.29.2010
First post! 08/20/2010 6 Comment(s) Holy crap! What is going on in the world?! On any given day, headlines may read, "Unemployment Claims 'Unexpectedly' Reach Highest Level Since 1972" yet, on the same day and news source, "Confidence Skyrockets According to University of...
|
Sep.23.2010
I wonder how many of our politicians sleep at night, them and their CEO buddies selling out Americans right and left. Shame on them all. When did money become more important than loyalty to our country?
Every time they send another company or job overseas they are selling us out to the highest...
|
Jul.30.2010
The sleek, black gondola is Venice's most well-known symbol. Hand-crafted down to the smallest detail, this ancient method of transportation is often viewed as a try-before-you-die experience for tourists. But what about the man behind the oar?
Today, there are 425 gondoliers who ply the waters...
|
Jun.14.2010
Poets for Living Waters – New Statements / Poems
I don’t have the answers. I barely have the questions. But I’m not egotistical enough to imagine I can come up with a solution or complete understanding on my own. I also don’t think sitting in front of the TV, feeling angry and impotent, is the...
|
May.26.2010
It has been nearly four decades now since the limits to industrial civilization’s trajectory of limitless material growth on a limited planet have been clearly visible on the horizon of our future. Over that time, a remarkable paradox has unfolded. The closer we get to the limits to growth, the...
|
May.12.2010
The discussion of the risks of complexity in the last few posts here on <i>The Archdruid Report</i> dealt in large part with abstract concepts, though the news headlines did me the favor of providing some very good examples of those concepts in action. Still, it’s time to review some...
|
May.07.2010
I'm happy when thinking or writing.I do one or the other most of the time-ie if I am not talking.I feel good about the world at large and its people.I'm a people's person.I think that President Barack Obama is on the right track and that he should be supported.The trouble with America is that she...
|
Apr.21.2010
It has been an interesting week for connoisseurs of decline and fall. As I’m sure all my readers are aware by now, a small volcano in Iceland managed to chuck a sizable monkey wrench into the gears of business as usual across Europe by filling the upper atmosphere with a massive plume of what...
|