Casting the net – Neoliberalism and Honey Glazed Germans


by Aaron Murin-Heath    
February 12, 2008 at 2:30 pm

Welcome to Casting the net, Liberal Conspiracy’s daily web review. As always, please feel free to share your own recommendations in the comments section.

Politalks
The third video (NSFW) from Lee Griffin and Gavin Whenman: –

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Highlights
Through The Scary Door – Culture or “I Wouldn’t Lick a German if he was Glazed in Honey’
A post from last month, kindly recommended yesterday by A Very Public Sociologist An appraisal of Blackadder with a nod to class struggle and classical Greek Tragedy.

A Very Public Sociologist – Defining Neoliberalism
And from the very same Sociologist: a leftwing attack on neoliberal economics. Informed.

David Aaronovitch/Times – I’ve read it so you don’t have to
It’s been a while since Aaronovitch left his sword in its scabbard, but this is a fair appraisal of the Bishop’s folly. via.

Indigo Jo Blogs – The presumption of Melanie Phillips
Mad Mel is at it again, still railing against poor Rowan Williams.

Elsewhere
anticant’s arena – A long and remarkable life
Remembering the Ability in Disability – The First British Freak Show
Political Betting – Will the super-delegates really be able to defy the voters?
Obsolete – The last word (hopefully) on Williams.
GrimmerupNorth – Lawson finds his moral Compass
Hopi Sen – Can someone explain…
Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats – Incapacity: Labour & Tories just as rigid

Matt Wardman has this week’s Britblog roundup.

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Re the Aaronovitch article.
A previous Archbishop (William Temple pre WW1) apparently said “When people talk about conscientious objections to obeying the law, it is always quite impossible to distinguish between their prejudice and their conscience; there is no standard by which to determine.” Sensible.

The neoliberal article may be informed a bit about Hayek, but the “attack” is pathetic.
“We have been living with neoliberalism for 30 years in Britain. It has given us a society where manufacturing has been decimated and sub-contracted overseas.”
Yeah – millions of people overseas have jobs they didn’t have before, and instead we have (higher-paid) non-manufacturing jobs.
How terrible is that!

Cheers for promoting the video :-)


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