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An Ethical Vacuum

Nothing quite extinguishes any mythology of accomplishment and pride in the achievements and sophistication of human civilisation than seeing an utterly isolated homeless person sleeping on a ramshackle mattress and amid their few ignominiously-bagged worldly belongings while early morning commuters rush to work around them…

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The Perversity of Global Economics

It occurs to me that the endemic iniquity of the global financial and economic system is not an outcome or a consequence of its function and activity.  The positively obscene yawning chasm between the rich and poor is an essential precondition and sustaining feature of global economic mechanisms.  Truly equitable wealth redistribution, social justice and […]