John Kenneth Galbraith, succinct. “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” IT IS A PARAPHRASE. See below... (Also, it's worth your time listening to Heather Cox Richardson, the American historian, and her "Letters from an American." She... Continue Reading →
Of Braudel, Boeing and asset-stripping: crucial tools for understanding what’s going on.
Items discussed Doctorow, C. 2024. We may not know what’s in the box: but we can tell if it’s been damaged in transit. March 25 Tkacik, M. 2024. Suicide Mission. The American Prospect, March 28 Davies, W. 2024. Anti-market. London Review of Books, vol 46, no 7 These three articles will, separately and especially together,... Continue Reading →