Aileen
I tend to think in pictures, often when I’m listening to a seminar or reading a journal article or planning a piece of writing, I take my notes in cartoon form, drawing little pictures, arrows, cartoon like headings. These presentations do the same, very effectively. It makes me think perhaps it’s time to […]
Fringe Thoughts
political economy —
Category Archives: political economy
Doodling about the Crisis of capitalism & Time Perspectives and singing about Marx
Croke Park Deal: How the unions are voting
Below are some charts indicating how the vote in the Croke Park deal is going. I’ll update them as the votes come in.
(If you want to see a bigger version, click on them, that will bring you to a flickr page, and then click on the small “all sizes” button on the top to open […]
Then two busses come along at once
Busy week next week as the universities (around Dublin, Ireland) host events which address aspects of the current crisis. Follow the links below for the full agendas and list of speakers. All are public events (though they usually ask you to register before hand so they have a sense of numbers)
1. LIBERALISM IN CRISIS: US, […]
Writing from below
I’ve just been spending a depressing hour searching the Irish left blogosphere for serious comments on the public sector pay “deal” (the inverted commas because it’s by no means clear that it will pass ballots and work as a deal). Let’s summarise the most important points:
- Massive pay cuts are to remain unless and until […]
Bits and bobs
Aileen
1. Over the summer, I was re-reading John Laubs’ article on turning points and youth crime, In his work he uses a life course approach to look at juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice. By way […]
Recession, made visible
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1212013/Revealed-The-ghost-fleet-recession-anchored-just-east-Singapore.html
Interesting to see the material reality of recession made so visible. It may be the immaterial flows and whatever that drive the ships or keep them silent - but it is the ships that keep us alive. Very literally, if you live in Ireland; about half of all our imports and exports go through one […]
