Monthly Archives: December 2008

Make sure States are not forced to cut good programs: IMF

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

The IMF states the obvious (pdf) – even if we’ve not yet fully taken it on board. First, and quite simply, governments should make sure that existing programs are not cut for lack of resources. In particular, central governments or sub-national … Continue reading →

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John Kay: a wise and witty fellow

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

Although people endlessly ask for predictions, they rarely really want the answers. It was only late too late in life that I realised that when people said, We really want you to challenge our ideas, they mostly did not. They … Continue reading →

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Chick flicks

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Ken Parish

After uncomplainingly sitting through two episodes of Brideshead Revisited earlier this evening (even, I confess, with a degree of appreciation I didn’t feel on first viewing 25 years ago), the prospect of backing up for Mansfield Park was a bridge too … Continue reading →

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Economics – FAIL

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Damian Jeffree

Time for a bit of economic navel gazing. What does the global financial crisis mean for the state of economics in the early part of the twenty first century? Pass? Conceded Pass? Fail? Well at the end of 2008, for … Continue reading →

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Pope Benedict message

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Fred Argy

I feel quite angry with Pope Benedict message that “saving homosexual or transsexual behaviour was as important as protecting the enviornment” and that “God’s creation was about protecting man from himself”. Even some of my own grand children, who are … Continue reading →

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My sister is engaged!

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Jacques Chester

She asks me tell you that: Stevo Rocks, and She has bling! Update: Bling evidence:

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Rex Ringschott

Nostalgia. It just gets better with age.

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