Gaian Economics

All other green campaigns become futile without tackling the economic system and its ideological defenders. Economics is only dismal because there are not enough of us making it our own. Read on and become empowered!

Showing posts with label Northern Rock. Show all posts

17 May 2008

Time to do the Maths

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The last estimate for the amount of public money going to Northern Rock was £50bn. For that price we've bought ourselves a bankrupt bank...

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5 April 2008

Poetry vs. Greed

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Shelley wrote extensively on a very modern theme: the way scientific and technological advances are used not to create the earthly paradise ...

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10 December 2007

Buy Now Pay Later for Public Services

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The number of times Gordon Brown has invented funding schemes which would make goodies available now to be paid for by our poor cash-strappe...

24 November 2007

Buying at Rock Bottom, Darling?

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In the industrial era the slogan was 'Where there's muck there's brass'. For the post-modernist entrepreneur this slogan has...

17 November 2007

Rock and Roll Suicide

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The immediate crisis at Northern Rock has passed, but only because the government has spent an estimated £40bn. of our money preventing the ...

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18 September 2007

Bursting the carbon bubble

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The government hopes it has now stopped the decline in the asset base of Northern Rock by offering guarantees that all savers' deposits ...

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14 September 2007

Solid as a Rock?

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Rumours about the likelihood of a financial crisis are swirling and it is difficult to ascertain exactly what is going on. Especially since ...

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Molly: I am economics speaker for the green party although blogs represent my personal views. I have a PhD in economics and work in co-operative research as well as trying to build up bioregional economies

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