Capitalism run Amok

All our customers are big-time Capitalists. Some of them, the more attentive ones, are aware of my unvoiced socialist leanings. I would never confess to them, but I'll share with you...

examples....: Capitalism Run Amok, Double Irish Arrangement, Uber, Goldman Sachs,

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Category: Link of the day

Created: 11 April 2016

• facebook,
• Capialism,
• Amok,
• Uber,
• Goldman Sachs,

CUFF 2016

There look to be a few interesting films in the lineup...

Link: https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/schedule

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Category: Film

Created: 10 April 2016

• Film,
• CUFF,

Art as a Commodity

And this article following the Panama Papers leak on how Mossack Fonseca assisted it's wealthier customers in hiding and laundering money through Art purchases. Wondering why that Picasso is breaking all records? It might not be as straightforward as you think...

Link: Panama Papers on How and why the very rich buy art, Nazi Looted Modigliani

Previously: Art as Commerce

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Category: Ideas & Questions

Created: 09 April 2016

• Art,
• Panama Papers,
• Commerce,

First Folio

Ah, the lure of the old-world library, hundreds of dusty and neglected books just waiting to be rediscovered.

And this: http://www.bbc.com/news/education-35973094.

Not a bad trip to the library, if I say so myself...

 

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Category: Found

Created: 07 April 2016

• Shakespeare,
• First Folio,
• Library,