Category Archives: Economics

Cooking for Slackers: Convenience food

Posted on November 6, 2024 by odeboyz

People think Slackers love convenience food. They’re wrong. (1) they’re expensive and (2) they’re inconvenient. Inconvenient? Slackers are addicted to cheap, quick food. Cheap doesn’t mean unhealthy. It means good food that’s cheap. A look at the cooking instructions and … Continue reading →

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Podcast Review: Gary’s Economics https://fb.watch/vfeoM839M_/

Posted on October 30, 2024 by odeboyz

Gary Stevenson was a city of London trader who made a fortune and retired in his 20s. He came from a working-class family in east London, went to LSE and then to CitiBank. He was a currency trader turning over … Continue reading →

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Need Anyone Starve?

Posted on October 23, 2024 by odeboyz

Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations … Continue reading →

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Rafa Nadal discusses Equal Pay

Posted on October 19, 2024 by odeboyz
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Trade Unions Forever

Posted on September 21, 2024 by odeboyz
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Cooking for Slackers: Barista Coffee

Posted on September 11, 2024 by odeboyz

Everyone hates being ripped off by coffee shops and their inferior drinks. Their drinks are carefully concealed behind infantile flavours. Flavours masking tasteless buckets of coffee to try to make them drinkable. However, coffee shops also provide a space for … Continue reading →

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Britain’s £100bn Trident missile showing off

Posted on August 10, 2024 by odeboyz
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The triumph of capitalism

Posted on June 5, 2024 by odeboyz

Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time, we created a lot of value for shareholders.

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Compassionate Conservatism – Dead in Action

Posted on May 11, 2024 by odeboyz

“The former Tory minister George Young described the homeless as ‘what you step over when you come out of the opera’. The Guardian – “The former Tory minister George Young described… | Facebook The Royal College of Psychiatrists responds to … Continue reading →

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Cooking for Slackers: Mish-Mash

Posted on May 8, 2024 by odeboyz

Slackers have mothers and their words of wisdom leave an indelible scar. “Don’t waste good food” resonates down the years. Slackers don’t. They put left-over food in a box and three weeks later throw it out. But! Mum was right. … Continue reading →

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