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The Gorilla in the room

Sunday, 14 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Questions are being asked about the acute financial crisis that hit the world, especially ever since Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy last September. ...

J’accuse: Make No mistake

Sunday, 14 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Bank error (not) in your favourWe were beginning to cope with the idea of a recession weren’t we? Not that we really understood...

The Gate

Sunday, 14 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Last Sunday, at the Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen, I wandered through the bookshop and struggled against the urge to contribute even further to the excess weight of my checked-in baggage....

Let Them eat cake

Sunday, 14 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Attributed (wrongly, as it turns out) to Marie Antoinette, who was supposed to have retorted “let them eat cake” when she was told that the peasants could not afford to buy bread, ...

From Neoliberalism To No Liberalism?

Saturday, 13 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The era of free-market capitalism launched in the 1980s by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan – often called “neoliberalism” by its opponents – is over. ...

A Europe For the people

Saturday, 13 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

We need a European Union that works for the many not for the few. A European Union that works from the people, for the people. And what do people need? People need jobs for a daily living. ...

2008-2009

Friday, 12 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

We are living the last few hours of 2008. 2008 was a year full of political activities. It was an excellent year for many, but desperate for others! Guess who?! ...

Friday Wisdom: Fat Fingers

Friday, 12 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In these days of electronic communications it is quite possible to come across problems of fat fingers. ...

Those Who dismiss parliament dismiss democracy

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The plans for a parliament building on the empty lot where the opera house once stood have met with near-unanimous objection, even from the most unexpected quarters. It is all very interesting. ...

The Fight against Alzheimer’s disease

Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) was first described by the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in 1906. It is the most common form of dementia and currently its cause and progression are not well understood. ...

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