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  1. Why Greece matters - "a depoliticised technocracy in which bankers and other experts are allowed to demolish democracy":bit.ly/KgDFsz about 18 hours ago via web
  2. Are we seeing the end of the 401K? New demos report on how inefficient they are - and it's worse than you think: bit.ly/NdKv01 7:00 AM May 30th via web
  3. @fivedirections tks Maia I thought you'd solved that duel while I was away?? 6:32 AM May 30th via web in reply to fivedirections
  4. Useful survey of the "new economy" movement(s) from Gar Alperowitz, though still too detached from mass action: bit.ly/KvWF57 6:17 AM May 30th via web
  5. I'm back! Great holiday with my dad -Orkney highly recommended in amazing weather. Did I miss anything?? 6:13 AM May 30th via web
  6. Great rpt pse RT demos.org/publication/pu… 1:17 PM May 17th via DROID
  7. I'm taking a twitter holiday for a week in Orkney with my 86-yr old dad (not a bad trade). Know this will diminish yr quality of life-sorry! 7:44 AM May 17th via web
  8. Somehow I missed this but well worth a read - Jon Cruddas on the "Good Society" and alternatives to neo-liberalism: bit.ly/KvXn3b 7:39 AM May 17th via web
  9. Annual Rpt of the Urban Poor Fund is out here: interesting eg of where markets CAN meet social movements successfully? bit.ly/KSSEH5 6:06 AM May 17th via web
  10. tks for the RT/MT @People1stPlanet @garrisongrant @BRSjr @Joel_Muzard @ricard_zee @MarkCFTyne @tenuouscrayon @ppwone 5:19 AM May 17th via web
  11. tks for the RT/MT @guru.cm @stoutandabout @startworkme @pndblog @philanthusiast @mattbish @josh_greenberg @ericgurna @rustystahl @jim_coe 5:17 AM May 17th via web
  12. If even Tom Friedman thinks the market has penetrated too far into our imaginations then it must be true! nyti.ms/JSUDf0 6:12 AM May 16th via web
  13. The slide from a "social market" to a "market society" is the key - said as much myself in slightly different terms: bit.ly/IYoL5N 6:10 AM May 16th via web
  14. Just read Sandel on "The Moral Limits of Markets" - not a new argument but elegantly restated and vitally important: amzn.to/Mk9OzF 6:07 AM May 16th via web
  15. WTF is happening to Canada? And why are NGOs like CARE and WorldVision so "craven?" bit.ly/L5ZAx6 5:59 AM May 16th via web
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