Maker of recorded works and a total ejit for staying in the music biz too long. Recreational writer. Not greatly arsed with social media.
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Big companies are using inflation (expected as the world economy recovers from covid) as an excuse for increasing their prices thereby causing more inflation than would otherwise be the case. 1/3
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Many of them are reporting bumper profits which they use to buy their own stock and reward shareholders and executives. If they were increasing prices in response to higher costs, as they claim, there would be no increased profits. 2/3
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"...social media dispenses with the nuance of dealing with a person in the flesh and all the signalling complexities of body language, vocal tone and speed of utterance."
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“Boeing, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Exxon would all be bust without public bailouts and subsidies.”
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Aside from his insights into depression Andrew Solomon is such a beautiful writer...
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This comment from an anonymous FT reader offers a succinct and simplifying framework for how to think about C-19 and the government's response to it.
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“One pattern we are seeing across the globe is that wherever there was singing and dancing, the virus spread more rapidly” said John Knox.
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Arguably it's not fair to expect journalists to understand all the topics they write about. They'd have to be polymaths to do that. But cases like this should remind us that they don't.
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The striking thing about this survey of infectious disease experts' predictions is not that the predictions are dire, though some are, but how much variation there is. And if these people don't know what's going to happen, that means no one does.
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Powerful piece by Andrew O’Hagan on the Savile affair. “Light Entertainment: Our Paedophile Culture.” bit.ly/SqBPF8
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Gabriel is huge in my eyes, up there with the best of them. Here’s why… bit.ly/SlGvfA
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