an economic blog

rip

I bought a bird today
the old one died



the post modernists

tell we live in a disposable society
and everything is a signifier
and nothing is significant

and capitalism has won the day

now most things can be bought
birds, food, labour, clothing,
organic bird food, toothpaste
birdcages, shelter, water, entertainment
etc. etc. etc.


Wide head

i read in a business magazine

if it wasn't for a guys obsession
with giving everyone a better shave
we would still be struggling with our rubble

he worked for Gillette
and they became
very profitable

Business Journals

report the structural aspects
of a capitalistic society

not concerned
with the hedonistic
and by definition
excessive aspects
of capitalism



Canada

headline Monday 2010 December 27th

Cheer up-
more wealth
means better
quality of life

"The merchants of gloom derive their
pessimism from the underlying misapprehension
that life is a zero sum game.

They choose to believe
that wealth can only be taken,
never created,so their can never
be improvement
only injustice.

The reality is that everyone is getting wealthier
and the environment is generally improving,
so something else must be happening:
human ingenuity is creating
win win results."

Commentary

i wonder why he is telling us to "cheer up"
when things are on the upswing...
the climate is realizing it's potential
and the economy is expanding...

that is good news...

This

the middle class of America lost their unions...
the fisherman on the east coast of canada lost their fish


ok

we expand into cyber space...
and outerspace...

"The United Nations Human Development Index, which has measured health, longevity, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living since 1980, shows that nearly all countries have improved over the last three decades."

"nearly all",

this guy is a senior policy analyst for right wing propaganda Internet at fcpp.org

"we fail to understand that increased wealth increases concerns about the environment and the demands to protect it..."

he may fail to understand capitalism by its very nature is not egalitarian...


philosophy and poetry and music
from the underground
will not be sold out

only a few known players
china, usa, and europe, maybe russia

india's rocket blew up

maybe ghandi is watching