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Economic Growth (The Index of Misery):
The Curse of 'Voodoo economics' and the 'mumbo-jumbo economic growth'
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Starmer wants the economy to grow, baby, grow. Woe betide the ‘blockers’ who get in his way
Rachel Reeves and her Pursuit of Mystical Economic Growth
Voodoo economics is bad enough, but this voodoo economic growth…
Rachel Reeves giving her speech on economic growrh. Photo: Peter Cziborra/via The Guardian
A short and concise history of a controversial idea
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First published in 2018
William Morris is a Prophet of our Time
A Reflection on William Morris’ Message of Hope and Urgency
At the time when there is a full-frontal assault on beauty,dignity, simplicity, arts and crafts, truth and justice, contentment and inner peace, when those with the lowest moral compass are chosen to be ‘leaders’, when plundering, exploitation, devaluation and denigration of Mother Nature and the destruction of our Mother Earth is celebrated and seemingly rewarded, all to satisfy the lust for money, I want to share a personal and rewarding story of healing with you, an inspiring journey of self-discovery, seeing life differently to what is promoted by the "Moneyed men" social media barons and their likes. We must never forget that, at a time when everything is becoming more digitalised, soul-less and meaningless, it’s fundamentally vital and significant to remember that arts and crafts matter, beauty and dignity matter, handmade things matter, sustainability matter, and campaigning, activism, championing beauty matter.
‘He towers greater and greater above the horizon beneath which his best advertised contemporaries have disappeared.’-George Bernard Shaw
‘a master of all exquisite design and of all spiritual vision’-Oscar Wilde
William Morris and His Legacy: The Virtues of Simplicity and Valuing Beauty
N.B. This journey of discovery is in two parts. Part I, begins on a beautiful, warm and sunny day in 2016 when I visited the William Morris Gallery in Walthemastow, London. Part II is when I revisited the Gallery on a beautiful winter day on 19 January 2025.
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First posted on 12 June 2015. Updated on 10 March 2025.
N.B. Ten years ago, on 12 June 2015, I had written an Open Letter to the Bank of England governor, Mr. Mark Carney. A couple of days earlier, he had given a speech at the Mansion House in London. The speech had greatly resonated with me, a banker, speaking about values-led capitalism and the need to take action in the interest of the people and the common good.
His words and sentiments ring as true today as they did in 2015. This is why I wish to share it again with you.
But, before all that, time is now to celebrate the new prime minister of Canada:
Mark Carney, the eighth governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the 120th governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020 to become Canada's next PM after a landslide Liberal leadership victory.
Mark Carney is introduced during the Liberal Party of Canada's leadership announcement in Ottawa, Ontario on March 9, 2025. “America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape or form,” Carney told supporters.-Photo Credit: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/AP