March 30th 2009. Join the Group Read. Chapter 18. A first balance
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This is the first chapter
I went to a fascinating meeting at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on their "digital diplomacy" initiative. The ambassadors are blogging -- you can see them aggregated here.
openDemocracy's quarterly London meeting. Bill Thompson led a discussion on journalism, the web and civil liberties. About 30 people made it - many people who had met online as
There is a lot of confusion about quantitative easing, especially now that the US has joined the UK in trying it. The usually clear Robert Peston has finally given up
We need a globally coordinated bank nationalisation. It has long been clear that a globally coordinated stimulus plan is needed. And despite the parlous performance of Europe at last week-
A short version of this review appeared in the March 09 Spectator Business
If there are silver linings to the economic crisis, one has to be enjoying the clarity, poise
March 15th 2009. Join the Group Read. Chapters 14 and 15. Geothermal and Public Services
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It matters
March 8th 2009. Join the Group Read. Chapters 12 and 13. Tides and Stuff
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Tide farms, tide
For at least the past thirty years, our state’s claim to legitimacy can be thought of as the marriage of Hobbes and Bentham. The first duty of the state
