Remembering Hisham Ahmed
September 29, 2019 8:32 pm Leave your thoughts
Sometimes you meet someone who is unforgettable. Hisham Ahmed was such a person.
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The Disaster of Negative Interest Rates
September 29, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The dollar strengthened against the euro in August, merely in anticipation of the European Central Bank slashing its key interest rate further into negative territory.
Central Bankers’ Desperate Grab for Power
September 29, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Central bankers are out of ammunition. Mark Carney, the soon-to-be-retiring head of the Bank of England, admitted as much in a speech at the annual meeting of central bankers
Short Essay on British Politics
September 29, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
This short essay is a study of Britain's politics
Late For Class or Did the Dog Eat Your Homework?
September 23, 2019 9:11 pm Leave your thoughts
Here in the UK we're trapped yet again by that old mantra: Hurry up and wait. It's such a familiar fallback by now we tend to regard it as the norm.
Sanctions and More. Who suffers?
September 22, 2019 7:39 pm Leave your thoughts
Kaveh Boveiri's research focuses on Hegelian and Marxist philosophy. The following is a description of what he observed on his return to Iran after four years
Modern Politics
September 16, 2019 12:42 am Leave your thoughts
This short essay is a study of modern politics.
The Tangled Web
September 16, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The euphoria of Labour's renewed vision engaged many who had despaired of the failure of centrality and compromise
The Key to a Sustainable Economy Is 5,000 Years Old
September 16, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts We are again reaching the point in the business cycle known as "peak debt," when debts have compounded to the point that their cumulative total cannot be paid
NPR Mocks Cancer Survivor in Drumbeat of Syria Propaganda
September 1, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
It may be a new low in propaganda. National Public Radio (NPR) used the news that Syrian First Lady Asma Assad had overcome breast cancer to mock her and continue the information war against Syria