Category Archives: economy

Crises of Capitalism / David Harvey, economist

February 4, 2012 – 12:15 pm
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Kodak Gone Too

January 20, 2012 – 6:42 am

My first camera was a Kodak Brownie. It took good photos. Eastman-Kodak’s sales pitch was simple. “You push the button, we do the rest.” The word Kodak was synonymous with camera for most of my youth and Eastman-Kodak held a virtual lock on the American market with a 96% share in 1976. Most of my […]

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UK First UK Second UK Third

December 13, 2011 – 9:06 am

The world economy has suffered numerous setbacks after the banking debacle came to light in 2008. Governments bailed out the banks and politicians told the taxpayers that they and their children were responsible for the debt. The USA merely printed for dollars, but the nations of the EEU were handcuffed by the Euro and the […]

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Burning Credit Cards

November 29, 2011 – 6:29 am

The Mayor of LA has accused the Occupy LA protestors of damaging the grass in their campsite. Riots police have been deployed to protect the lawn from further harm. “After 56 days of not enforcing three city laws that prohibit the use of that park, the time is now,” announced Police Chief Beck, however the […]

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Take It All

November 29, 2011 – 4:55 am

David Cameron touched the third rail of British politics in April 2009 with his address to the Tory Party entitled ‘The Age Of Austerity’ in which called for his fellow conservatives vow to cut spending in order to pay down the debt incurred by the Welfare State. Pension programs, clean water, and cheap housing were […]

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