Bits, bites and blurbs from Michael Cervieri.
Most of my Tumbling is at the Future Journalism Project.
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Trust the invisible hand.
Via.
China’s Ghost Cities.
A remarkable documentary report from Australia’s SBS Dateline.
Run Time: 14:38.
Anti-forum protest turns violent in Geneva
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at bottle-throwing leftist demonstrators in Geneva who protested Saturday against the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss Alps.
Police chased after black-clad protesters through the narrow streets of what is known as the “city of peace,” as Saturday shoppers took refuge in bars and cafes. An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw a few minor injuries. — Associated Press
It is not a wealth transfer from rich to poor that the Bush administration will be remembered for. It is a wealth transfer from the future to the present.
— New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman quoting Michael Mandelbaum,.
Everyone is conditioned to getting instant relief from the medicine, and that is unrealistic. As hard as it is for investors and jobholders and politicians in an election year, this crisis will not end without a lot more pain.
— Allen Sinai, president of Decision Economics, a forecasting firm, on the US & global financial crisis.
