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politics and the economy
Stop this primitive search for scapegoats
spiked,
11 November 2008
Everyone from ‘extreme capitalists’ to ‘the Jews’ is being blamed for the recession. This gets us nowhere.
Obama en de teloorgang van de zwijgende meerderheid
De Verdieping Trouw,
8 November 2008
Decennialang richtten de Republikeinen zich op de ’zwijgende meerderheid’. En met groot succes. Intussen verzuimden ze om een coherente politieke identiteit uit te werken. Met als resultaat dat ze nu de jongste generaties zijn kwijtgeraakt.
Obama and the fall of ‘the silent majority’
spiked,
5 November 2008
The election of Obama brings to an end an important chapter in America’s culture wars. But will it create the space for a new political debate?
When the bucks stop, just point the finger
The Australian,
4 November 2008
A major event such as the present global recession always creates a demand for explanations.
Capitalism after the ‘credit crunch’: what is it good for?
spiked,
30 October 2008
On capitalism’s half-hearted advocates and misanthropic critics.
How ‘Black September’ will redraw the contours of fear
spiked,
21 October 2008
After an era of pick’n’mix scares, from obesity to eco-doom, will the economic crisis encourage a more collective form of fearmongering?
The state won’t be the saviour of the economy
spiked,
15 October 2008
Having spent 30 years depoliticising economic issues, state institutions are now spearheading an apolitical form of nationalisation.
Only thing to fear is rhetoric
The Australian,
11 October 2008
Probably the two most overused words in the present economic crisis are panic and fear.
The ‘credit crunch’ and the crisis of meaning
spiked,
6 October 2008
The key problem today is not so much the banking meltdown, as our inability to understand the threat as a prelude to managing it.
De heksenjachtclub
De Verdieping Trouw,
27 September 2008
De progressieve vrouwen van Amerika waren er heel snel bij om Sarah Palin, de Republikeinse kandidate voor het vicepresidentschap, aan het kruis te nagelen. Niet zozeer vanwege haar ideeën, maar vanwege haar levensstijl, constateert Frank Furedi. „De kwaadaardigheid van de taal die jegens Palin gebezigd wordt laat zien met hoeveel minachting de kosmopolitische elite naar gewone mensen kijkt.”
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