Harry Potter and the Deregulation of Currency Markets

[felis_ultharus]

jenjoou's end-of-school party was last night, so we had dinner at an actually authentic Japanese restaurant downtown. The food was delightful. And of course, thanks must go to jenjoou for providing my latest fix of Kyou Kara Maou -- I fear I'll have to take the next shot intraveneously, like any true junky.

I'm nearing the end of The End of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World. Excellent book. John Ralston Saul tracks the history of the Globalization movement -- the movement to weaken government and put the power in the hands of corporations not bound to any environmental and human-rights standards.

He chronicles the gradual end of this economic fashion, declaring it officially dead, and how governments are just beginning to realize they weren't powerless after all. He studies the rise of citizen anti-globalization movements, as people realized they had the power to fight back.

Of course, Canada's current prime minister and leader of the opposition are both priests and true-believers of the Globalization religion, so we'll probably be the last country in the world to leave it behind.

I'm re-reading the Harry Potter books simultaneously (one week today!), and trying not to get the plots confused. It was Joseph Stiglitz who spied on the Death Eaters to the Order, right? And Voldemort was the one arguing for the deregulation of money markets?

Comments

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

I fear I'll have to take the next shot intraveneously, like any true junky.

I wouldn't watch it too quickly then. I don't have 46 yet and I don't know when I will have it... I'm at the mercy of the fansubbers. I'll bring you the Meine Liebe next time though it might make the withdrawal period easier. ;)

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Do we have an ETA for to be at Ros's this Thursday?

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

None has been decided on as far as I know...