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The Great Crash vs. Emergence (re-mixed)

So it is with impeccable timing that about 3 weeks ago I started listening to John Kenneth Galbraith’s “The Great Crash: 1929.” (Indeed, I wish I had similar impeccable timing when planning my RRSP, 401k and stock purchases). Obviously the events of the last week, and more precisely the events of yesterday make this essential [...]

Posted 30 September 2008 | David Eaves § book review § reviews § united states ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Welcome to the neo-progressive revolution?

Wow.
This is bolder than I had been willing to go.
But Umair Haque is some else who gets the bigger picture about what Taylor and I were trying to talk about in our piece on neo-progressives.
Big h/t to Michael Anton Dila whom it was great to meet this weekend.

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Posted 29 September 2008 | David Eaves § random ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , ,

Sicko – I laughed, I cried, but I didn’t think

I saw Sicko on Sunday night. No doubt, Michael Moore makes a fun movie. Clearly the US health insurance system is broken. It is, in all honesty, an embarrassment – a fact Moore ruthlessly exploits to great effect. That said, I nonetheless left the theater vaguely unsatisfied. I think it is because there is virtually [...]

Posted 10 July 2007 | David Eaves § book review § public policy § reviews ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Sicko – I laughed, I cried, but I didn't think

I saw Sicko on Sunday night. No doubt, Michael Moore makes a fun movie. Clearly the US health insurance system is broken. It is, in all honesty, an embarrassment – a fact Moore ruthlessly exploits to great effect. That said, I nonetheless left the theater vaguely unsatisfied. I think it is because there is virtually [...]

Posted 10 July 2007 | David Eaves § book review § public policy § reviews ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

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