Step 1. Start a financial services firm. Step 2. Make sure you are the only person in the company who sees the bank statements. Step 3. “Using a…
In the NYT today, David Brooks makes some interesting points about motivation, reflecting on Romney’s latest gaff: The final thing the comment suggests is that Romney knows nothing about…
We understand and accept this fact in sport. I tell my kids all the time “every member of the team is important”. The same is true in socio-economics.…
Around the world this year we have seen police violence whenever the people don’t submit themselves to the elite. Whether it is against Occupy Wall Street, students in…
Well it’s nearly Olympics time again and, as usual, the hype goes into overdrive. As usual it strikes me as a MASSIVE WASTE OF MONEY, particularly when most of the…
Yesterday I spent some time transcribing the podcast interview I did with Noam Chomsky way back in 2005 for the book I’m working on. If you haven’t heard that…
On this episode, Chrissy and I chat with our friend Angus Scown (@angusscown) about living on a hippy commune (Angus, his wife and kids live at Crystal Waters,…
In March 2008 I wrote a blog post called “Who Does Obama Work For?” I was interested in where the funding for his election campaign was coming from.…
It’s time for all of us to get rid of our credit cards, once and for all. As if the "Global Financial Crisis" (or, as I like to…