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Tag Archives: economics
Plain Packaging Futures
I’ve been continuing tinkering with ideas for simple, attractive cigarette packets. I guess that one reason I’m doing it is because the the plain packaging ‘consultation’ is quite obviously a fraud. After all, these ‘consultations’ always are. In the tobacco … Continue reading
We’ve Stopped Spending (rpt)
I’ve decided to leave this post up for the time being, so that a few more people can read and perhaps add to the comments under it, all of which make a strong case that smoking bans have a far … Continue reading
Athens Burning
It all just seems to be getting darker and darker. This is a ‘postcard from Athens’ via Zero Hedge (click to for larger image). Matters may be coming to a head. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph: It is clear that Germany’s finance … Continue reading
FU Too
These people are experts. They know what they’re doing. I keep thinking I’m going to wake up one day soon, and Greece will have defaulted on its debts, and revived the drachma, and half the banks in Europe will have … Continue reading
The Unhappy Shopper
I bought a painting a few months ago. It’s very unusual for me to buy a painting. I think the last time I bought a painting was when I was on holiday some time in about 1988. I tend to … Continue reading
Spanish Protests Continue
In Spain, the struggle continues. It’s International Tobacco Control v. the Spanish hospitality industry. 21 Feb 2011, The raw translation: Hundreds of hoteliers of Valencia and Madrid -300 police said at the beginning of the merger, have cut several lanes … Continue reading
Downwave
A line in an article in Der Spiegel from a few months back caught my attention: In an interview with the German daily Die Welt, Dalli announced that he would take much stronger action against smoking and that the European … Continue reading
