tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post2032860286541185182..comments2024-03-27T19:13:29.794+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Interesting timesA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-30819297070910838772013-04-08T19:09:24.973+01:002013-04-08T19:09:24.973+01:00Sackers - thanks.
Roger - I agree about the flatt...Sackers - thanks.<br /><br />Roger - I agree about the flattening and it's surely worth a post, although predicting even a possible outcome is difficult.<br /><br />James - the nineteenth century would be my starting point.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-79194780875781420422013-04-08T16:14:22.179+01:002013-04-08T16:14:22.179+01:00To my mind, certain aspects of political and econo...To my mind, certain aspects of political and economic life are certainly in a serious decline, but the decline began before the internet ...<br /><br />Very much so.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-42537931928955512272013-04-08T08:57:19.390+01:002013-04-08T08:57:19.390+01:00Good analysis but where is the prescription? Cert...Good analysis but where is the prescription? Certainly one can scan six or seven national and international newspapers, trawl a few well informed blogs and become fairly well up on how the world is wagging all before breakfast. The overall message? That humanity remains its old selfish self and power structures reinforce the setup.<br /><br />I feel there is a flattening of the world's class structure - the rich are getting richer everywhere, the poor of the West are getting poorer whilst the poor in the third world are getting a little bit richer. All leaves the Western middle class in a fix - once upon a time a few indolent years at uni would lead to a comfy job, a nice house etc etc, no more. One can join the rich, but the pathways seem fewer and reverting to the older more venal ways. Without talent or a good education or a personality disorder one will gradually sink into the poorer classes.<br /><br />Bad news for the tax authorities, the rich don't do tax and the poor take more than they give (run the NI numbers) which leaves the middle classes - and dare I say pensioners - as the geese ripe for plucking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-27892844374324523592013-04-08T08:01:49.299+01:002013-04-08T08:01:49.299+01:00Like it as a whole, and para 2 in particular.Like it as a whole, and para 2 in particular.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com