Exploring Economics
Food for thought … he economists’ tragedy: The ambition to create the ultimate model results in a theory of human behaviour which cannot hold unless the humans populating the model…
Antidote
On “the Poodles of Power”
by Adam Curtis
The network of global corporate control
“The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market competition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology…
Leftist debate on politics and power
A fascinating exchange of ideas on, amongst other things, the limits of the Occupy movement and the need to explore ways to bring about change of (not in) the system…
Go figure …
Via Pulse Some got it right though … See also here and here
Free to be Human
An Interview with David Edwards
Jack Layton, R.I.P.
Sadly, a wish not granted. I don’t always think that one voice can make a difference, but his voice did. It’s up to us now.
Photo of the day
“he most exciting new political dynamic” in the US today – Ralph Nader via AntiWar.com
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Quote of the day
“WikiLeaks has broken not just a barrier of secrets but more, pertinently, the barrier of privilege. In one foul swoop we the public have got (only) a mere glimpse into…
Guy Debord’s “Society of the Spectacle”
Via UbuWeb