Conspiracy Theory vs Academic Naiveté
I happened to be taking an economics course when oil speculators drove oil up and then down, and then the same wild money splashed its way to the food market, bringing millions close to starvation.?...
View ArticleLessons from Greek Financial Woes
The country that is widely considered to be the cradle of Western civilisation is bankrupt. Its bonds are now rated lower than any other country in the world. With a population of only 11 million,...
View ArticleLying Culture Disgraces US Empire
For a number of years, the United States has had a reckless fiscal policy driven by wars and defence spending. The country has been sailing on not much more than its inexorable momentum — a...
View ArticleRobert Fisk: Bankers are the dictators of the West
Robert Fisk, Saturday, 10 December 2011 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-bankers-are-the-dictators-of-the-west-6275084.html# Writing from the very region that produces...
View ArticleAre the Muslims Right about Debt?
The Quran denounces riba in the most categorical terms. The term riba is synonymous with the traditional concept of usury, and in modern terms, generally means interest, i.e. exploitative interest on...
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