Nevertheless, it is also instructive to take a longer, historical view. This is not the first time such fragmentation has occurred: as Paul Starr, a Princeton professor of sociology notes, in the 19th… more →
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wrote 1 month ago: Finished Gillian Tett’s book ‘Saving the Sun’ the other day, and just wanted to po … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “To be sure, this is not ‘religion’ as most Americans consider it. Indeed, the ver … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Nevertheless, it is also instructive to take a longer, historical view. This is not the first time s … more →
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wrote 7 months ago: (Image h/t Tyler Cowen) A very clever choice to beef up the FDIC Unexpected good news from Europe Ma … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Latest U.S. consumer confidence and initial claims data Dexia did a leveraged stock buy-back of itse … more →
wrote 8 months ago: which is a line from a song by the late Randy Vanwarmer, who I think was massively under-rated So, f … more →
wrote 10 months ago: A: The Financial Times crossword. Not that the FT itself is a doddle; it took me a good couple of ye … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Ashby Monk Here they are: Your top news items from the past week’s @sovereignfund Twitter feed: KIC … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Reading Mrs Moneypenny’s column in the Financial Times is a regular weekend treat. The FT Week … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: By the Bureau Chiefs Last Friday, the Financial Times’ Gillian Tett (above) published an accou … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It seems like months since I last wrote about politics but I think it’s probably an appropriat … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Interesting article on Gillian Tett, writer for the Financial Times, from Inside Higher Ed (link her … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “…Anthropology also instills a sense of skepticism about official rhetoric. In Most so … more →
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