If Good History Is Dispassionate History, It

At The Heart Of Banking Is A Suicidal Strategy. Banks Take Money From The Public Or Each Other On Call, Skim It For Their Own Reward And Then Lock The Rest Up In Volatile, Insecure And Illiquid Loans That At Times They Cannot Redeem Without Public Aid.

Because Bankers Measure Their Self-worth In Money, And Pay Themselves A Lot Of It, They Think They're Fine Fellows And Don't Need To Explain Themselves.

The World Dominion Of Western Thought, Forms Of Organisation, Technology And Military Force Is Not God-given, Nor Eternal, Nor Greatly Appreciated By The Rest Of The World.

Financial Crises Are Like Fireworks: They Illuminate The Sky Even As They Go Pop.

Nature Is Not Simply A Technical Or Economical Resource, And Human Beings Are Not Mere Numbers. To Suggest That One Can Somehow Align All The Squabbling Institutions Of Science, Environmental Management, Government And Diplomacy In An Alliance Of Convenience To Regulate The Global Climate Seems To Me Optimistic.