Economics
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Nothing random
I’m going to have a go at something tough, free will verses determinism.. Some folks think we make choices and decisions, some think we are merely reacting to stimulus and our choices are predictable, as if we would always do the thing we think we are choosing, and some believe that everything is determined because… Continue reading
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Facade
“This is what real police men look like, this is what real policemen smell like” – Whitechapel, TV series Soldiers don’t polish boots and iron clothes and clean rifles and paint tanks because they need to go into battle looking good, it is for 2 distinct reasons that this tiresome drudge of never ending attention… Continue reading
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Wrongly aimed sympathy
A farming lad or lass, she grows up in the countryside surrounded by nature, the job is hers for life if she wants it and is willing to work hard, the house to live in is free. Her parents will build a bungalow on the land somewhere, no planning permission required just building regs, and… Continue reading
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No thanks Nige
William Patterson founded the bank of England in the reign of king William III (him of Orange). A central Bank enables certain financial mechanisms, economists generally agree that having one is a mighty good thang.. Nige, the son of a stock trader, educated at a private school, and himself previously a broker in financial markets,… Continue reading
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A quick thought on value
What is it that defines the value of something, is it the cost that it takes to make it, or the price that people will be willing to pay for it at the market, is it the prestige of the object or the perception it will create in others of the value of the owner… Continue reading
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You didn’t ask!
My TikTok feed is full of white men marching the streets of London calling for an end to immigration. These guys have a cause, not one I believe in, but one they feel strongly about. It made me wonder if they had had any children? I assumed that most of them must have, these are… Continue reading
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Negativity is positivity
What is it to be negative? Is it to hope that bad outcomes arise, is it to make bad outcomes arise, is it to deride achievement or to downgrade the now, the present, in language so as to represent it in a way that is overly miserable? Is negativity found in bitter resentments and nasty… Continue reading
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Watching it crumble
I had an interesting conversation with my fiancés dad recently, he was saying something about a news spot that was on TV at the time. I, with my usual blunt instrument of a perspective, wished to get into it further. I often do, because what interests me is not the phenomenon, but what enables it.… Continue reading
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A writing wish
If there is one TV series I wish I’d written it would be black mirror, it’s just so fudging clever. Most Sci-fi and fantasy, not sure this is the correct genre, postulates the idea of an alternative, a future trajectory, a misunderstood past event, or a clean slate after a disaster. Some imagine myths, some… Continue reading
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Whack-a-mole value
Playing whack-a-mole with the value points, because when something has to give we must decide what that something is. We were in a restaurant in Malta having a pizza and some pasta, and everything was going well. The food was good, we were seated quickly, our order was taken quite rapidly for drinks and food,… Continue reading
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