Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'capitalism''
Debunking Cameron’s morality speech
This week British Prime Minister David Cameron made a speech marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible – also known in Britain as the ‘Authorised’ version. His remarks that Britain should be proud to [...]
The death of Steve Jobs and the decline of Western Civilisation
As Steve Jobs personal biography by Walter Isaacson hits bookshops around the world, a fierce debate rages about his rank amongst America’s greatest innovators. President Obama fired the opening salvo when learning about Steve Jobs’s (Ibn [...]
Anti-capitalism rattles the world: Making sense of the “Occupy Movement”
Dissatisfaction with the systems of capitalism in the West is about to reach a tipping point. Only two months ago a relatively small group of around 2.000 people marched unto Wall Street in New York to [...]
Escaping the “Capitalist Mindset” is a prerequisite for real liberation in the Middle East
Last week I participated in a panel discussion about the future of the Middle East. It was a lively gathering that brought panelists of extremely different viewpoints before an opinionated and intelligent audience. I didn’t expect [...]
Financial Crisis – The Global Blame Game
It is often said, “why let a good crisis go to waste?” So we shouldn’t be surprised that the doyen of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has weighed in with a warning that the crisis [...]
Britain, France , US: ‘And the winner is …’
In the lifestyle sweepstakes, the answer is “none of the above”. The economic and social experiments in the past three decades by British governments from left to right have left the plucky Brits reeling, as this [...]
