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Neal Lawson and Ruth Potts, both campaigners and writers, go head-to-head.…

Some put the London riots down to inequality, others criminality…

Some random thoughts on how the crisis migrated from 'Third' to 'Second' and now 'First' worlds - and has run out of runway...…

The scene was just as I remembered from many decades ago, when my grade5 teacher asked us to name one of the seven wonders of the world, and Istuck up my hand and blurted out the Scarboro bluffs. My wife Loriand good friend Harriet joined me for a trip down memory lane on CanadaDay when we went for a picnic in my old haunts…

*David Ransom* finds a likeness between the addictions of gambling and the speculative impulses of capitalism.…

Our culture’s tolerance for seriousness has never been lower, argues *John F Schumaker*.…

Consumption - The Facts…

How big brands steal children’s hearts.…

As the credit card consumes Chile, *Lezak Shallat* takes stock.…

What is happiness? John F Schumaker argues our socio-economic system is designed to spew out citizens eternally in search of satisfaction.…