Wikipedia explains the word pleonexia like this: Pleonexia, sometimes called pleonexy, originating from the Greek πλεονεξία, is a philosophical concept which roughly corresponds to greed, covetousness, or avarice, and
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As the Guardian notes: A third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets
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I rarely wake up not worried these days. The threat of fascism is too significant not to do so. I think it is getting very
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The FT has noted: British advertisers have cut their budgets for the first time in four years as the prospect of a trade war hit
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I posted this video last month: In it, I suggested: Donald Trump is planning to starve the beast. The beast in question is, of course,
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Right around the world, economies face the risk of recession due to Trump’s irresponsibility. We need interest rate cuts because of him, not because he
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There is a letter in the Financial Times this morning from thirty-six members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Given that this is described
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The Office for National Statistics has said this morning (and I have related this to refer to the Consumer Prices Index, or CPI alone): The
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As The National newspaper in Scotland has reported: HOLYROOD will see a huge pro-independence majority of 29 MSPs after next year’s elections, according to an
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