Author: Denis Gildea

Denis Gildea

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Review: End this Depression Now! by Paul Krugman

Denis Gildea reviews End this Depression Now! by Paul Krugman. W.W. Norton and Co, New York and London 2012. Hbk. 192 pages. £14.99. I am proud of my generation in the West, who grew up...

1 December 2012

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Economics: The New Economics

Some of us may remember the stir caused by the publication in 1973 of E. F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered. It so happens that we were just...

1 December 2010

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Equality is Better for Everyone: Denis Gildea reviews The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

Equality is Better for Everyone Happiness does not depend on affluence, and economic growth is not essential for stability. Blindingly obvious or fundamentally unacceptable? This book is written to challenge the assumptions of economists, politicians...

1 June 2010

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Saving The Planet

Objectives There are three main objectives of national and international economic policy for the next half century: slowing down global warming; sustainability; and social justice. Global Warming There needs to be a drastic reduction in...

1 December 2008

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Denis Gildea reviews Happiness

Hilary Campbell reviews Casting Off: Finding Faith for Change by Ruth Scott SPCK. London. 2005. £7.99. ISBN 028105696X reviews sof 73 September 2005 In some ways this book is stating the obvious. The Americans put...

1 September 2005

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dot.comma: Book Recommendations

Ian Stubbs is National Adult Learning Adviser, Church of England Board of Education. dot.comma Denis Gildea of London recommends Adam Curle’s new book TO TAME THE HYDRA: Undermining the culture of violence, Jon Carpenter Press,...

1 May 2000