all posts on April 26th, 2007


Barack Obama feels like Morrissey

Remember when you were in school and really liked the Smiths and everybody else said how rubbish they were, and that made you feel even more privilged to like them. And then they did ‘Panic’ and it was played at all the discos and so everybody liked them so now you didn’t so much. You […]

Brain Drain

Our group at work is divided into three separate sections, because of the building layout rather than representing any commercial rationale. Consequently loose social groupings form around these ‘pods’. In my pod, the absense of myself and a senior partner has led to an overall reduction in social networking opportunities and a general feeling of […]

Fair trade - process vs outcome

Dani Rodrik has an interesting post on the procedural fairness of trade
a redistribution that takes place because home firms are undercut by competitors who employ deplorable labor practices, use production methods that are harmful to the environment, or enjoy government support is procedurally different than one that takes place because an innovator has come up […]