Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Popularising Economics

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Economics is known as "the dismal science" – but is most decidedly NOT a science! It has indeed become the new religion – worship...

Saturday, August 5, 2023

The Great Transformation

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We’re assailed by articles and books which tell us that the world is changing dramatically because of such technology as driverless cars, ke...

Friday, August 4, 2023

Our Common Agenda

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A few years ago, I argued that authors (and publishers) of non-fiction books needed some self-discipline ; that their books’ messages could...

Thursday, August 3, 2023

The Blogroll

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One of the many reasons for reading this blog is the access it gives to other takes on the world – visual and textual (I’ve been thinking of...

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Corruption vanishes from the radar

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There used to be tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of researchers on this subject in academic, national and international bodies. Punch ...

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nomadron: Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania; Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains

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