Tag Archives: economics

On Maximum Wages and Inequality

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Andrew Hickey

In his recent burst of activity, UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has made several fairly controversial statements. Some I agree with him totally on (the crisis in the NHS due to underfunding), and others I disagree with him totally on … Continue reading →

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Ecological Debt by Andrew Simms

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Andrew Hickey

I was recently sent a review copy of this book by the publishers, Pluto Press, and it has put me in rather a difficult position. I want to review the book here – that’s why I’ve got it, after all … Continue reading →

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Hat And Beard 2 – Freedom

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Andrew Hickey

And so we move on to the second of today’s posts. This one, in honour of Honest Abe, will talk about freedom as I see it. The libertarian blogger Charlotte Gore left a comment yesterday on the heavily-edited version of … Continue reading →

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Linkblogging for 20/11/08

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Andrew Hickey

Been a quiet couple of days as far as interesting links go, really… Fred Clark argues that mass layoffs are a sin – can’t really disagree with him there… Firedoglake have a post about the probable nominee for Attorney General … Continue reading →

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Linkblogging for 01/11/08

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Andrew Hickey

When I said “I’ll try to get stuff written over the next couple of days” what I *should* have said is “My wife and I will spend the next week like the little weather people in the clock, each being … Continue reading →

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