Category Archives: This is important

The Limping Middle Class

Posted on 6 September, 2011 by

Excellent New York Times article by Robert B. Reich. Premise: 37% of all consumer spending is by the wealthiest 5% of Americans, this caused by an increasing wage inequality since 1980. Unless this inequality is reversed (as it was between … Continue reading →

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>…and consequently this country is at war with Germany"

Posted on 3 September, 2009 by

> Proclamation of war 11:15 BST 3 September 1939

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>Patient capital, markets that work and ending the endless emergency of poverty – Seth Godin

Posted on 21 August, 2009 by

> Anything Seth Godin writes is worth reading. This is ESSENTIAL reading Excerpt: Multiply the population of the US by three. That’s how many people around the world live on about a dollar a day. Do it again and now … Continue reading →

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>Shave for a cure

Posted on 12 April, 2008 by

>A year or so back, I got involved in Bloggers For A Cure, raising money for cystic fibrosis research. Jeff Giles over at Popdose kicked it off to support Scott Malchus, a fellow blogger whose son Jacob is living with … Continue reading →

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>This is important

Posted on 26 February, 2008 by

>I don’t take hallucinogenic drugs and I don’t suppose you do either. So can you explain how it is that agriculture is now facing an historically unprecedented combination of major challenges and crises and yet most people – even in … Continue reading →

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