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Tag Archives: inequality
Falling Off The Edge
A book by Alex Perry, foreign correspondent with Time Magazine, published in 2008. It’s an account (sometimes self-promoting, but then considering the extremes to which he has gone in the service of his trade, it’s not hard to forgive him … Continue reading
hard times in Greece, and how to survive them
The Guardian had a story about a guy in Patras who has been so hard hit by Greece’s current troubles that he could no longer support his ten children and had turned four of them in for care. Sad, yes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Byzantium, church, financial crisis, Greece, Greek Orthodox, inequality, Macedonia, religion, Roman Empire, Salonica, Thessaloniki
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Crisis Economics
I just finished a book of this name by Nouriel Roubini (famous for predicting the 2008 crash) and Stephen Mihn. It’s hardly a work of art, and in places quite dreadfully written (how about this for a string of cliches: … Continue reading
Christmas cheer
apparently the pope has been complaining about the glitter of Christmas. Perhaps he’s just jealous. But have you seen his hat?
government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich
On the plane to Athens I read The Big Short by Michael Lewis, an account of the sub-prime debacle. It lionises the few who bet against sub-prime and won big, in the process demonstrating that many of those on the … Continue reading
