Monthly Archives: December 2012
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Breaking News: Banking Chief Finds Conscience
128/12/2012 by Don Quijones
Imagine seeing the above headline splashed across the front page of your daily newspaper. It’s not easy, is it? That’s probably …
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From Riches to Rags: The Great Spanish Crash
121/12/2012 by Don Quijones
If you want to learn how Spain went from being the European Union’s poster child to a too-big-to-bail financial basketcase, the …
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Sir James Goldsmith, An Unlikely Defender of the Common Man
119/12/2012 by Don Quijones
“The economy is there to serve the fundamental needs of society, which are prosperity, stability and contentment… If you have …
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21st Century Economics: A Dismal Science Indeed
715/12/2012 by Don Quijones
“Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.“ John Kenneth Galbraith Since the financial crisis erupted in …
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A Speech for Our Time
Leave a comment12/12/2012 by Don Quijones
“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the …
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Todos Somos Argentinos (versión en castellano)
109/12/2012 by Don Quijones
El 2 de octubre de este año, en una escena que podría haber salido directamente de una novela de John …
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Todos Somos Argentinos (English version)
107/12/2012 by Don Quijones
On October 2nd 2012, in a scene that could have been lifted straight from a John le Carré novel, a …
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Give Us Some Truth
Leave a comment06/12/2012 by Don Quijones
In case you hadn’t noticed, the world we live in today is gradually being pushed and steered toward a neo-feudal …
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