Category Archives: Environment, society, politics and economics
Codswallop from Wall Street
Affecting a degree of distance from something is an easy way to belittle it. For example, those Americans who still can’t bring themselves to swallow hard and just say “greenhouse gasses”, love to use the adjective “so-called” when referring to … Continue reading
A hard sell
Imagine your top salesman comes in for a chat. He lights a fag despondently, runs a hand through his thinning hair. He thinks for a bit, uncertain how to break the news. Then out it comes: “I just can’t sell … Continue reading
Green power. Transparent pockets.
When the Hungarian government changed its renewable electricity off-take law last year, it did not make world news. But there was actually a momentous change: previously any amount of green power produced had to be purchased by the wholesaler. In … Continue reading
Life without potatoes
The Hungarian press announced yesterday that climate change means no more potatoes by 2055. It is interesting how nature has these self-balancing systems. No potatoes means no chips. No chips means no Macdonalds. When Macdonalds goes bust, having fried the … Continue reading
What makes people cheat on their children?
Even in liberal times there is still something wrong with cheating on people. There are not too many wives who are happy about a wandering husband, or the other way round for that matter. And when you catch an employee … Continue reading