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Category Archives: Economics
From Greece to Germany. When will we focus on the elephant in the room ?
We are living in interesting times. The last few weeks were especially fascinating to watch. We are witnessing history in the making First all eyes were on Greece. The narrative was all about the Greeks bringing their dire plight all … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged 1953 German debt relief, Angela Merkel, elephant in the room, empathy, fascism, Germany, Greece, IMF, Israel, Jacob Soll, Jürgen Habermas, nuclear capable submarines, NY Times, Spiegel Online, UK Guardian, Vietnam war, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Racism in Real Estate ?
First the facts : 1. The Auckland housing market has gone crazy over the last few years making it all but impossible for first home buyers on average incomes to buy a house. The situation has become so … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged Auckland housing crisis, Chinese, Chris Trotter, Crosby Textor, dead cat trick, DNA, Globalisation, overseas investors/speculators, Peter Calder, Racism, Raybon Kan, Resource Management Act, tangata whenua, Tokyo fish market, Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Winston Peters
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Yanis Varoufakis – What a man !
Since my last post the Greek tragedy has entered its next act. The referendum produced a surprisingly clear result on the bailout terms : NO – 61% Yes – 39% As the play will have a few more acts to go and … Continue reading
Greek Tragedy : Don’t piss off the Gods !
What is happening to Greece is a tragedy of epic proportions and it has all the qualities of the classical period. There are many parts where the old chorus has reason to wail and lament. As I write we are of … Continue reading
Climate: Will New Zealand fight alongside the elves or the orcs ?
Following the militaristic culture and thinking of our ally and only remaining superpower America we frame all our problems in terms of war. War on drugs, war on terror, war on weeds and the list goes on. I am desperately … Continue reading
Media: Neoliberal corporate propaganda or just sloppy journalism ?
One of the features of the Reagan/Thatcher neoliberal revolution over the last 30 plus years – in New Zealand called Rogernomics – is growing inequality. The rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor getting poorer. This is expressed in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Grabs, Society
Tagged CEO salaries vs performance, corporate media, Fonterra, George Orwell, inequality, Liam Dann, neoliberal propaganda, NZ Herald, Rod Emmerson, Rogernomics, Russel brand, sloppy journalism, Theo Spierings, trickle down, velor scrotum of the thumb-twiddling plutocrat
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Let’s kill a corp – where is the terminator when we need him most ?
You might have missed a disturbing piece in the NZ Herald under the headline “Humans can’t win against US killer robots“. Two programmes commissioned by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are seeking to create drones which can track … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged 2001 Space Odyssey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, citizen united, Hollywood, Laws - lethal autonomous weapons systems, Terminator, the revenge of the machines, to big to fail, to big to jail, TPP, University of California - Berkley - Prof. Stuart Russell, US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Supreme Court
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Have you stopped beating your wife Mr. Armstrong ?
John Armstrong, this is not just about you or even the New Zealand Herald but about all mainstream media, which are engaged in just uncritically defending the status quo of economic and political power. And this is not just about … Continue reading
Government experiment on the mentally ill without Ethics Committee approval
Buried among the long weekend non-news the item on mental health bonds made me choke on my dinner. This government, which fancies itself compassionate conservative after throwing a 25 dollar bone to the poorest of the poor is showing its true … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Grabs, politics, Society
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Campbell Live vs Kardashian’s Arse
The reaction of the mainstream media to the axing of Campbell Live was predictably superficial. No deep analysis nor compassion. The analysis must include the almost constitutional – if only we had a constitution – role of independent media in a democracy. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged Campbell Live, Fourth Estate, Kim Kardashian, Noam Chomsky
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