In the category “small annoyances in daily life” this one certainly has a place: commercials for loans. Over-happy people beaming their smiles into our living rooms while they’re enjoying their new kitchen, TV or car. Their message: borrow cheap!
The culprit of this Dutch visual vulgarity/needless nonsense has now met his downfall: the DSB Bank. [...]
Filed under: Finance by Cédric | Social tagging: banks > crime > economy > financial crisis > responsibility
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When it comes to the current financial crisis, one thing that has really struck me is just how readily and insouciantly many in positions of authority have performed an ideological u-turn. Bankers and businessmen suddenly started calling for more market regulation, previously staunchly neoliberal governments were happy to oblige, and Karl Marx, whom until recently [...]
Filed under: Politics by Ralf Damaschke | Social tagging: financial crisis > Karl Marx > opportunism
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