Archive - The Gentleman Banker

Back to the USSR

I don’t know if it this is the best way to start a new newsletter but I wanted to jump on a controversy between two writers I follow, Noah Smith and…

Apr 19, 2022 •

This is The Gentleman Banker, a newsletter about Current events, politics, geeky stuff. I used to have a blog ( http://theredbanker.blogspot.com/ ). I…

Apr 19, 2022 •

March 2014

BAD BOY, WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU? WELL, SETTLE OUT OF COURT, SURELY...

I don't have anything particularly insightful to add to the various articles that have discussed the giant tech wage fixing scandal. For myself, I liked…

Mar 26, 2014 •

THE GREAT STAGNATION AND WHY IT'S WRONG

In the same vein as my previous blog-posts on Pr. Kimball's ideas (i.e. writing about authors I respect but disagree with), I would like to talk about…

Mar 19, 2014 •

UKRAINE, RUSSIA & THE NEW CRIMEAN WAR?

I know that this blog is starting to look like "All-Ukraine-All-The-Time" but this is obviously something close to my heart. And I believe it is also…

Mar 4, 2014 •

February 2014

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON UKRAINE, EUROPE AND THE FUTURE

This will be a fairly unstructured post. Too many things to say and too much emotion. 70+ people died to give Ukraine this moment. Thousands more stayed…

Feb 24, 2014 •

TAXES, CHARITY,THE RICH AND US

Warning! This is not a short post... And it is also a long overdue post. Late last October, Pr. Kimball was kind enough to link on his own blog the…

Feb 1, 2014 •

January 2014

CAN JOHN COCHRANE BE SAVED?

This will be a short post. I haven't posted much lately but I've kept on reading some eco-blogs and my blood boiled when I saw an article on 'The Grumpy…

Jan 26, 2014 •

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!

How I actually feel about it...

Jan 8, 2014 •

December 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I know, I know... I am a sour puss but I can't help myself and...

Dec 26, 2013 •

UKRAINE: WHY OH WHY, TAKE 2!

Sweet picture of youth! In my previous blog-post, I described briefly the most likely reasons Yanukovych walked away from the EU deal, with the main one…

Dec 7, 2013 •

November 2013

UKRAINE: WHY OH WHY?

I apologise to anyone following this blog for the long silence - Real world stuff kept me away but I hope to now be able to resume my average of roughly…

Nov 27, 2013 •

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