When the entangled narrative is based on the Bible, the problem is the Bible.
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THE REGULATORS’ INDIGESTIBLE COOKERY, by François Leclerc
Guest post. Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell.
The debate on growth which is starting to take shape has overshadowed an event which is less spectacular but just as decisive. It concerns the deleveraging of banks, which will have an influence on growth as it is accompanied by a reduction in credit for the […]
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QUESTIONS STILL IN NEED TO BE SOLVED (VI) PREDICAMENT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
An English translation by Bernard Bouvet of the post “QUESTIONS À RÉSOUDRE (VI) DILEMMES DE LA PROPRIÉTÉ PRIVÉE”.
Private property, as we saw previously, allows you or I to selfishly take advantage of our planet’s generosity towards us and claim ownership of what she bears within her or what she produces spontaneously thanks […]
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QUESTIONS STILL IN NEED TO BE SOLVED (V) HOW IS THE AMOUNT OF SURPLUS VALUE DETERMINED
March 7th, 2012 by Paul Jorion |
An English translation by Jean-Loup Komarower of the post QUESTIONS À RÉSOUDRE (V) COMMENT SE DÉTERMINE LE SURPLUS
A set of inputs contribute to […]
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QUESTIONS STILL IN NEED TO BE SOLVED (III) “WORLD EBULLITION” AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
An English translation by Jean-Loup Komarower of the post « ÉBULLITION DU MONDE » ET PROPRIÉTÉ PRIVÉE
Two questions have to be resolved initially: is new wealth created in the production of goods and services and if it is, how can its amount and value be […]
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QUESTIONS STILL IN NEED TO BE SOLVED (II) PROFIT, THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR ILLS
An English translation by Jean-Loup Komarower of the post QUESTIONS À RÉSOUDRE (II) LE PROFIT, SOURCE DE TOUS NOS MAUX
Robert Owen (1771-1858) was a Welsh social reformer, one of the founders of the cooperative movement. As a very early socialist who was blamed for being strictly speaking a “communist”, he considered profit as the […]
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QUESTIONS STILL IN NEED TO BE SOLVED (I) ARE ALL EARNINGS TRULY DESERVED?
An English translation of my post QUESTIONS À RÉSOUDRE (I) TOUS CEUX QUI SONT RÉMUNÉRÉS LE MÉRITENT-ILS VRAIMENT?
There is a question that neeeds to be answered at all costs; 19th century thinkers have devoted much thought towards its solution. Here it is: when we consider rent obtained by a landowner or by the […]
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“No Matter What We Do, It Will Still Be The Same”
An English translation by Bernard Bouvet of my « QUOI QU’ON FASSE, CE SERA LA MÊME CHOSE ! » of March 11.
77% of you, my dear blog readers, not all of you, but a “comfortable majority” of you, happens to be French. Your country is now in full “election showbiz” mode, […]
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GREEK DEBT SPECULATORS, NEUTRALISED
An English translation by Bernard Bouvet of my post “Les spéculateurs sur la dette grecque, neutralisés”.
Last Friday’s ruling by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) that the much talked about Greek debt swap, or the so-called private sector initiative (PSI), does not represent a “credit event” and, therefore does not trigger Credit […]
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Hellenic Securitisation S.A. – Request for Information, by Panagiotis Grigoriou
Guest post. Translated from the French by Bernard Bouvet.
This is Athens!
We are barely able to recover from Memorandum 2 (see the latest entry (Sightseeing Athens) on my blog “Greek Crisis”). The Shock Strategy, when undergone as a…patient, doesn’t give you any respite. Multi-risk, multi-faceted, a total weapon. In the […]
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A THREAT (ALMOST) WITHOUT PRECEDENT
An English translation by Bernard Bouvet of my post Une menace sans précédent (ou presque).
You will recall what Dick Cheney, the former U.S. Vice President, said at the time, it was 2001, about Saddam Hussein? No, not that, I mean before there was any question of “weapons of mass destruction.” Cheney’s affirmation […]
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Do Androids dream of electric sheeps ? Yes. Thanks Paul.
You say that A machine with only primary consciousness will probably have to come first. That’s the way evolution proceeded:…
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