Economy

August 6, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

I woke up this morning and read this post by Robert Kuttner in Huffington Post. I think his opening points are spot on. He tells us that Wall Street and BP demonstrate the same problem. In both cases, a powerful, politically protected industry invented something that could not easily be repaired when it broke. We […]

June 9, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

This week’s book review and giveaway is ‘First as Tragedy, then as Farce’ by Slavoj Zizek. It’s a zestful and intelligent critique of contemporary capitalism in which Zizek asserts capitalism is completely irrational in a way that is impossible to ignore considering the recent financial crisis. Using this example, as well as many others in recent […]

April 25, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Re-cession. We’re in the middle of it and people are talking about their jobs, livelihood and future. According to the Huffington Post, jobless claims rose in 46 states last week, with California posting it’s highest jobless rate in three decades (11.2%). What’s more, while the economy tanks technology continues to change industries and the way […]