The inescapable conclusion is that nowadays we deal with debt in a most narrow-minded way. A fascinating account of how mankind has coped with debt over many centuries: by making it part of the social fabric. A bit.Ĭaroline de Gruyter Journalist, NRC Handelsbladĭebt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber. The great seducer-the globalist liberal-still seduces me. Read Bank Holiday: it’s breathtaking.įor my sins: A Journey: My Political Life by Tony Blair. Beloved of both rural and urban Ireland, Kavanagh-not Yeats-holds the key to the Irish heart, and the universal themes in his poems have stood the test of time far better. The line “everything needs to change so that everything can stay the same” probably defines our time too, with reference to the eurozone crisis, the decline of the West, and Britain’s possible exit from the EU. Van Middelaar is the new poster child for those who believe that the EU is destined neither to be a federal state nor to collapse in ignominy as a failed, ahistorical experiment. Perhaps the definitive book on the EU, and unusually well-written, by Herman Van Rompuy’s speechwriter. The Passage to Europe: How a Continent Became a Union by Luuk Van Middelaar.
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