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The Back Slope: October 2005
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Life on the back slope of civilisation: The view from a comfortable corner, written in between shuffling around the house in slippers and complaining about ignorance and intolerance. Saturday, October 29, 2005. The significance of Saudi Arabia. By the time European nations were setting out to explore the globe in the fifteenth century, the Islamic world had been a dominant military and political force for centuries. But this pre-eminence was not to last. The Saudi oil reserves were of such enormous magni...
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The Back Slope: September 2005
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Life on the back slope of civilisation: The view from a comfortable corner, written in between shuffling around the house in slippers and complaining about ignorance and intolerance. Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Energy and Financial Instability. Day by day these two subjects are more and more entwined. Energy and financial instability are joined at the hip, marching into a tumultuous future. Of the Bank of International Settlements. But Duncan was very clear as to when he thought correection would come:.
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The Back Slope: February 2006
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Life on the back slope of civilisation: The view from a comfortable corner, written in between shuffling around the house in slippers and complaining about ignorance and intolerance. Friday, February 24, 2006. Of Motorways and Mayan Temples. What do motorway bypasses and Mayan temples have in common? Both are the manifestations of a highly developed culture, but they are also a symbol of the inherent weakness of two very different societies. Mayan cities centralised power on vast temple complexes that ke...
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The Back Slope: August 2005
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Life on the back slope of civilisation: The view from a comfortable corner, written in between shuffling around the house in slippers and complaining about ignorance and intolerance. Tuesday, August 16, 2005. Will Peak Oil be Ignored in a Crisis? There is an argument going on at econbrowser. When is there not, one wonders) about whether it makes sense to talk about demand exceeding supply. If we assume that living standards are to be kept as they are at present (Thgat is to say, no restrictions on fu...
