by Howard Oakley
on 18 August 2010
in Help
As the lawmakers try to patch financial and other regulations and regulators in the wake of recent banking scandals and the resulting recession, they’ve fallen into the trap that has caught almost every similar effort. Transfixed like rabbits in the headlights of oncoming trucks, they have analysed history and tried to prevent its repetition. Although [...]
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by Howard Oakley
on 4 August 2010
in Help
The story of Rip Van Winkle probably saved author Washington Irving from bankruptcy, but it was hardly original. The German folk tale Peter Klaus, the Jewish equivalent about Honi M’agel and the Chinese legend of Ranka all hinge on unnaturally long periods of sleep, and the consequences of waking up years into the future. For [...]
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