Em tempo de guerra todos somos keynesianos...

... e é por isso que inevitável é o keynesianismo.

Howard's End de E. M. Forster

Este romance foi publicado em 1910 e é considerado por muitos a obra-prima de Forster. Transcrevo um excerto:

To all this Margaret listened, sitting on the haughty [German] nephew's knee.

It was a unique education for the little girls. The haughty nephew would be at Wickham Place one day, bringing with him an even haughtier wife, both convinced that Germany was appointed by God to govern the world. Aunt Juley would come the next day, convinced that Great Britain had been appointed to the same post by the same authority. Were both these loud-voiced parties right? On occasion they had met, and Margaret with clasped hands had implored them to argue the subject out in her presence. Whereat they blushed and began to talk about the weather.  "Papa,"  she cried - she was a most offensive child -  "why will they not discuss this most clear question?"  Her father, surveying the parties grimly, replied that he did not know. Putting her head on one side, Margaret then remarked:  "To me one of two things is very clear; either God does not know his own mind about England and Germany, or else these do not know the mind of God."  A hateful little girl, but at thirteen she had grasped a dilemma that most people travel through life without perceiving. Her brain darted up and down; it grew pliant and strong. Her conclusion was that any human being lies nearer to the unseen than any organization, and from this she never varied.

Uma boa notícia para a nossa blogosfera económica

Um dos blogues que eu mais visito, o Triple Crisis, disponibiliza agora todos os seus artigos originais em português mediante um acordo com o blogue brasileiro do INESC. Os artigos originais do INESC passam também a estar disponíveis em inglês no Triple Crisis.

As empresas têm direitos que as pessoas de carne e osso não têm.

Se a Jerónimo Martins pode mudar o seu endereço fiscal para a Holanda, porque é que eu não posso mudar o meu?

Em Louvor da Preguiça

No blog Rationally Speaking de Massimo Puggliacci.

Resoluções de Ano Novo

De que vale ser um bom cidadão? De que vale cumprir as leis? De que vale pagar honestamente dívidas e impostos? De que vale ter filhos e educá-los? De que vale estudar? De que vale trabalhar? De que vale poupar?  De que vale respeitar os outros? De que vale isto tudo, quando o benefício material da virtude cívica vai todo para uns tantos super-ricos?

The 12 Most Hopeful Trends to Build On in 2012 by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine

The 12 Most Hopeful Trends to Build On in 2012 by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine