Archive for August, 2002

Don’t bother trotting out that ‘back to the big bad 80s’ line

August 25, 2002

The question is whether we can afford the types of public services that we want if the price is abandoning the economic blueprint that allegedly served us so well in the past few years.

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Priests of economics preach forgiveness

August 18, 2002

The financial press and pamphleteers had a field day, suggesting that the church could crumble in the face of such a revelation.

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Herd instinct will save stockmarket

August 11, 2002

China will have the greyest population in the world, the population of Argentina will be five times greater than that of Germany, while eastern Europe will be entirely denuded of Slavs.

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The rain teemed down in Ungobungoland as the summer monsoon dragged on

August 4, 2002

The locals claimed they hadn’t seen the like for years and with craters replacing potholes on the main thoroughfares into the capital, it was clear that the rickety infrastructure was suffering a bout of rickets.

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