TMO Tags: credit crunch
The first person to pay for the Abruzzo disaster
Friday, April 17th, 2009Responding to some ill-defined public outrage (in part manafactured by newspapers owned or close to the Berlusconi family), both Prime Minister Berlusconi and the speaker of the house of deputies, Gianfranco Fini, called for swift and decisive action – not against builders responsible, in Abruzzo, for using shoddy materials and cutting costs, nor against civil [...]
The Monkey Defends Murdoch!?
Friday, December 5th, 2008It’s not everyday that this monkey, or indeed the various journalists and commentators who are also writing about this case, finds it in his heart or logic to defend Rupert Murdoch or his business interests. He’s a big boy who can look after his own extensive interests – interests that are not necessarily conducive to [...]
Writers and the Credit Crunch – Margaret Atwood and Tim Parks
Sunday, October 5th, 2008I very rarely have the cause or inclination to browse to the Financial Times, but was glad to have done so today. The immediate reasoning was to check for news on the troubled bank of which I am, unfortunately, an account holder. No particular joy there, but instead I stumbled upon an extract from Margaret [...]
The Italian Credit Crunch
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Right-wing American commentator Edward Luttwak (author of Coup d’État: A Practical Handbook, and controversial articles like ‘Give war a chance’ and the heavily criticised ‘President Apostate‘) gave a novel and clear-cut explanation of the credit crunch and its likely effects on the Italian public during a discussion last week on RAI3′s Ballarò. Novel because, unlike most [...]
