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Category Archives: Capitalism
Are we all Britain haters now?
Here in the UK, the Daily Mail has got itself a lot of publicity for printing an article last Saturday entitled “Man Who Hated Britain”. The article was about the late father of Ed Milliband, who is the current leader … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Civilisation, Climate Science, Denial, Environment, Growthmania, Politics, Religion
Tagged Daily Mail, Ed Milliband, Karl Marx, Ralph Milliband, Writing on the wall
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Conservatives for conservation (of a habitable planet)
Whilst I am aware of – and have previously quoted – Lord Deben (i.e. leader of of the Committee on Climate Change – the advisory group David Cameron and George Osborne are ignoring so studiously), I was not aware of … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Hydraulic Fracturing, Politics, Religion
Tagged conservatism, David Cameron, Elijah, George Osborne, Lord Deben, Mount Carmel
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Stop climate chaos within the UK government
Jesus of Nazareth once said, “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall…” If so, the next UK government is likely to be (at least led by) the Labour Party. OMG – … Continue reading
Will Cyprus unearth the truth?
… By succeeding in getting the EU’s new Transparency Laws enacted? With my thanks to all my old friends at Tearfund, I have already emailed my MP about the corruption in Africa that, along with all the evils of the … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Ethics, Politics
Tagged Common Agricultural Policy, corruption, European Union
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Why I am not a Capitalist
Amongst other things, I explained why I am not a Socialist yesterday. Therefore, it seems only fair that I should also explain why I am not a Capitalist either. Actually, since anyone with money invested in a pension scheme is … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Politics
Tagged Euro Zone crisis, John Gray
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How to get through the eye of the needle
Yesterday, on Learning from Dogs, Paul Handover published his thoughts on the 6-minute video of a presentation by a remarkably altruistic venture Capitalist, Nick Hanauer, which you can now view here (below). However, firstly, here are some words of introduction … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Consumerism, Economics, Ethics, Growthmania, Money Fetishism, Politics
Tagged Nick Hanauer
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Growthmania – a status update
In The Road to Hell (1989), Chris Rea questioned where our growth-obsessed country – with its often over-congested and gridlocked road network was headed. If he were writing this song today, I feel confident he would incorporate into it questions … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Climate Science, Environment, Growthmania, Money Fetishism, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Karl Marx, The Road to Hell
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The seven woes of the Tea Party
Rick Santorum recently suggested that climate scientists are like Pharisees but, as many others have pointed out – as they always were and will be – the real Pharisees today are ultra Conservative politicians! As such, by uttering such an … Continue reading