Wednesday, November 30, 2016

In Praise of the Documentary

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I have come late to the work of documentarist Adam Curtis. I had registered a year or so ago his The Century of the Self (2002) which to...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

Not with a bang ....but a whimper......

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Last year I drew attention to the fact that, despite their prolific output, economists seemed to have some difficulty in making sense of ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Leftist, anarchist or fatalist???

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I started this post with every intention of analysing the deep gloom which has descended on “progressives” not just this year but since it...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Sofia's Annual Wine Fair

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My fourth annual  Bulgarian wine fair this past weekend in Sofia and what a feast if not feat!! More than 200 wines tasted by yours t...
Thursday, November 17, 2016

Our Amnesia

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Most of the material I come across about political economy is pretty abstract – individuals rarely figure (except those such as Thatcher...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The real watershed of the modern era

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1979 is the year people point to as the critical date when the certainties of the immediate post-war period ended – with the election of...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

A Fatal Detachment

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Last Sunday’s blogpost – before the Trump victory which was so obvious for those with eyes to see – focussed on populism and on the rage...
Friday, November 11, 2016

Leonard Cohen RIP

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For the past decade, Leonard Cohen's songs have captured me......it was only a few weeks ago that I enjoyed the youtubes shown below...