March 2009
6 posts
WatchDaniel Dennett is a local (Tufts University) professor who says some pretty profound stuff. His Breaking The Spell book is spellbinding.
“We can’t answer that question in its entirety—especially not in one post—but we...”
– Derivatives Echo Chamber : CJR
Maybe you’re not surprised to read that the GAO practically predicted our current financial mess, way back in 1994! And the 3 headed, blinded by the future, groups of financiers, politicians and press, all said stuff like “To the extent it does,...
“Iceland was entirely new to his experience: a nation of extremely well-to-do...”
– Wall Street on the Tundra | vanityfair.com
Craziness! At least here in the US, it was “merely” a relative handful of greedy financial bastards. But in Iceland, the whole nation went mad. 