From the archives…
February 2, 2012
In the week Facebook announces a floatation archives from 2006 on the Arctic Monkeys and the impact of the internet on the music industry and from ten years ago, warning against paid-off economists pretending to be objective analysts for the housing market.
This day in 2002 and 2007
January 21, 2012
This day ten years ago, arguing that the mortgage system was skewed completely in favour of the banks and this week, five years back, arguing for early intervention our education system.
What the banks were saying five years ago this week
January 13, 2012
From this week five years ago, podcast of me and Dan Mc Laughlin debating house prices – a cracker! From ten years ago, article of de Tocqville, social mobility in America and immigration in Ireland.
A Blast from the Past
December 30, 2011
This week 5 and 10 years ago. The first article from the archives is about the search for some meaning at Christmas as the nation continued to splurge in late 2006 and the other article from that week about the state of the roads. This week ten years ago, on the eve of the introduction of…
The Nature of Empires
December 16, 2011
As the US pulls out of Iraq and we in Ireland are faced, in 2012, with choosing between a tighter relationship with core Europe or something looser with Britain as our key ally, the article from ten years ago this week on the nature of empires and diplomacy is still valid. Remember this was written…
5 and 10 years ago this Week
December 9, 2011
Morning, Looking back this week five and ten years ago reveals what was going on. The first article is from December 6th 2006 and it documents the madness of people shopping with other people’s money in NYC. The last paragraph just about sums it up, revealing the pathetic nature of the commentariat’s obsession with a…
Trip back in time
December 2, 2011
Yesterday the possible failure of a major European bank is likely to have been the trigger for the central banks of the world to hit the panic button and in so doing, admit that the European banking system is in tatters. Against this background it is interesting to look at what was happening ten and…
The Archives
November 23, 2011
Dear Reader, This website was set up eleven years ago. Jesus, time flies. Back in 2000, it was clear to me that we were at the beginning of a cycle which would see an enormous bout of credit-driven inflation, leading to a crash and giving way to a period of deflation and stagnation. This can be…
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