Tag Archives: capitalism

Growth by negation

Posted on June 23, 2025 by borderslynn

Some extracts from this book: This book will haunt you if you are already perplexed about the pain and suffering in the world. It is an honest realisation of a hopeful young person learning about capitalism, which he ultimately coins … Continue reading →

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Ultimate Sin

Posted on February 9, 2025 by borderslynn

So now I’m reading ‘Burn Book’, by Kara Fisher. As I was passionate about computers in education back in 1981, this book has great resonance for me. Kara Fisher began as a journalist, intrigued by the young start-ups in Silicon … Continue reading →

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Globalization Casualties

Posted on August 3, 2024 by borderslynn

I’m reading ‘Paper Soldiers: How weaponization of the dollar changed the world’ by Saleha Mohsin. I am most grateful to the author, for it has taken me until now to learn the history behind what led to Globalization being caused … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2008 financial crisis, authoritarian control, banks, capitalism, China, corporates, developing nations, dollar, economy, england, free trade, globalization, high risk, industrialization, manufacturing, mining, open borders, poverty, Scottish Borders, strong dollar, toxic loans, Treasury, UK, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

Spyware: Who gets targeted?

Posted on April 19, 2024 by borderslynn

Of the 50,000 phone numbers in the data, we had been able to verify, with multiple sources for each, the identities of more than 1,000 people from fifty countries. The count included more than 600 politicians and government officials, including … Continue reading →

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The Food Industry and Covid 19

Posted on June 21, 2020 by borderslynn

The Coronoravirus epidemic has highlighted many inequalities in society – the poorest are hit hardest by the consequences of the disease. I will add to this blog as I research it, but do not want to delay its publication as … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged capitalism, consequences of unemployment, covid 19, fair wage, food industry, Maslow, poverty, respect, universal wage | Leave a comment