Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Ethics: An essay on the understanding of Evil
Alain Badiou- Source: Verso
Alain Badiou
Translated by Peter HallwardEthical questions dominate current political and academic agendas. While government think-tanks ponder the dilemmas of bio-ethics, medical ethics and professional ethics, respect for human rights and reverence for the Other have become matters of broad consensus.
Painful death of the American economic dream
Source: Guardian.co.uk
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02/11/09
This crisis has been a long time in coming, and history suggests that the period of upheaval will be long and painful, just as it was between 1914 and 1945It wasn't really supposed to end up like this. When the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago, the cold war ended with triumph for the west.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Nouriel Roubini Doesn't Understand Inflation and Deflation (well well...)
Source: Reuters
FORT LEE, N.J., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Inflation Association
today released the following statement to its http://inflation.us members:
"After the financial collapse of 2008, Nouriel Roubini emerged as one of the
world's most well-known and respected economists.
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Simple Life
image above: Promo for USA Cable TV "reality show" with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie who are asked to give up their money, credit cards, and cell phones to live what they call "The Simple Life."
Link: http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html
Αλώβητος ο χρυσός από την οικονομική κρίση
Hμερομηνία : 02-11-09Αλώβητος ο χρυσός από την οικονομική κρίσηΑμείωτη η διάθεση των καταναλωτών να αποταμιεύουν σ' αυτήν τη μορφή.Η διεθνής αγορά του χρυσού που παρά τη διεθνή οικονομική κρίση ενισχύθηκε, επιπλέον διαθέτει και ένα λαμπρό μέλλον, καθώς τα δικά της θεμελιώδη μεγέθη παραμένουν πολύ καλά, όπως παραμένει αμείωτη κι η διάθεση των καταναλωτών να αποταμιεύουν σ' αυτήν τη μορφή, όπως συνομολογήθηκε στη μεγαλύτερη διεθνή σύναξη αυτής της αγοράς στο Εδιμβούργο.
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