We are so aware of the Depression and the possible parallels with this moment that the critical economic actors may not feel the fear that allowed Roosevelt to push through deep change 75 years ago.
TechCrunch reports on the continuing decline of revenues in US newspapers – down $5bn since the start of 2008 compared to 2007. Even online revenues are falling. The “Rusbridger Cross” that was meant to see online revenues rise to compensate for print declines, is looking compromised in the US mar
<a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/28/when-everyone-is-a-blogger-nothing-you-say-is-off-the-record/">Belgian defense minister</a> lashes out at blogosphere after having his juncket reported.
David Mamet is a genius. Take this speech in American Buffalo:
It comes at the end of a failed enterprise. A day when three small-time crooks inject purpose into their
The G20 communique from their November 15th Washington meeting is reproduced below. Join me in doing a group read/comment of the text. Is it what we need from our
The Bank of England has just come out with its quarterly inflation report.
The big headline is that recession for the next 12-18 months is almost certain.
A comparison with
The Group of 20 meeting in Washington this week-end will do little in the way of solving the financial crisis, let alone designing a new World Economic Order (WEO). The
The European Investment Bank's deal, announced yesterday, whereby it made €30bn available for lending to the Europe's small and medium sized companies is interesting for the
