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11 months, 3 weeks ago
New site
I have a new site at WordPress : http://www.harryrclarke.com/ Readers please adjust your browser settings. It is goodbye Blogger for at least a while. I have got to express my ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 5:58 p.m. Sunday 29th March 2009 EST
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11 months, 3 weeks ago
What the Welsh do at night
This is power shepherding . Literally brilliant. Thanks Bernd
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 9:47 a.m. Saturday 28th March 2009 EST
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Joel Fitzgibbon
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon's friendship links with a Chinese national seem to have gone well beyond the point of occasional, friendly personal encounters. Free trips to China and gifts from ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 9:10 a.m. Saturday 28th March 2009 EST
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Accident-prone Liberals
This pessimistic - though I think accurate - piece from conservative columnist/journalist Doug Conway appeared in today's Manly Daily : ANNA Bligh's historic win in Queensland extends to 25 the ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 8:50 a.m. Saturday 28th March 2009 EST
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11 months, 3 weeks ago
H.E. Seyed Mohammad Khatami
I heard this remarkable man - ex president of Iran 1997-2005 - speak at La Trobe University this evening. Mr Khatami is a Muslim cleric whose main interest is political ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 9:56 p.m. Thursday 26th March 2009 EST
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World trade collapse
The value of world trade will fall 9% in 2009 compared to growth of a miserable 2% (not 4.5% as forecast) in 2008 the WTO said on Monday. World production ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 6:51 a.m. Thursday 26th March 2009 EST
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11 months, 4 weeks ago
Visualising the financial crisis
Jonathon Jarvis provides this exceedingly clear view of the global financial crisis . One of the best I have seen.
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 7:58 a.m. Wednesday 25th March 2009 EST
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11 months, 4 weeks ago
In praise of economics
Both of my university-age kids are studying economics. When intelligent young people ask for advice on what to study at university I often advise them to study economics. This often ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 9:35 p.m. Tuesday 24th March 2009 EST
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Stuff white people like
This is a fun blog that has been operating for a bit more than a year . I'll add it to the blogroll. Moleskine notebooks - expensive without additional functionality ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 2:33 p.m. Tuesday 24th March 2009 EST
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12 months ago
US vs. China on climate change
Given that the US has been so slow to come to the party to even think of seriously addressing climate change it seems almost hypocritical of it to threaten retaliatory ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 9:05 p.m. Monday 23rd March 2009 EST
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12 months ago
More nostalgia - Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention is one of my all-time favourite bands. They still perform although their early album with Sandy Denny Liege and Lief remains my favourite. Denny died tragically in 1978 ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 9:53 p.m. Sunday 22nd March 2009 EST
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12 months ago
Labor to be returned in Queensland
7.59pm : Despite some good swings to the new LNP I believe Labor will be returned with a much-reduced majority. In the old Parliament Labor had a huge majority of ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 7:11 p.m. Saturday 21st March 2009 EST
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Long pictures
I enjoyed this oldie from BoingBoing .
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 11:18 a.m. Saturday 21st March 2009 EST
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Einfeld goes to jail
Former head of Human Rights Commission and perennial liar Marcus Einfeld has gone to jail for at least two years. The left loved him as a personality judge . But ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 8:54 a.m. Saturday 21st March 2009 EST
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12 months ago
Nostalgia - Norman Gunston & Frank Zappa
I had forgotten how good both of them were . Here goes Zappa on the Illinois Enema Bandit . And a totally disgusting version (with Captain Beefheart ) of Willie ...
Harry Clarke - economics, politics & other things - 10:44 p.m. Thursday 19th March 2009 EST
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