The ignorance in politics and the inability of politicians to openly discuss the vital issues of society with the electorate seem to grow from day to day. How can it be that modern societies fail so fundamentally to grasp the simplest of insights? …
In German debt and guilt are the same word: Schuld. So, in Germany, debt has a morally negative connotation. Further, the state budget is referred to as “Haushalt”, which is the word for household. Germans equate state finances with those of personal finances, …
Carillion and the dead-end of privatisation of public service
The Carillion disaster takes place, and is part of, a larger background of almost unfathomable breakdown. It is now almost ten years ago since Lehman Brothers went under. The banks broke, governments stepped in, …
Whoever allows workers to “just about manage” seems to be considered socially progressive these days. Neo-liberalism succeeds time and again in shifting standards to such an extent that we completely lose our perspective and sense of fairness.
Paradoxically, to see this better, …
