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business, economics, nightlife
Creative Destruction in full effect
I have no idea if Joseph Schumpeter had a penchant for smugness but I’m sure that if he did, he would be standing loftily on his balcony, smoking a pipe whilst allowing himself a rye smile at the current goings-on in the World economy. One of the celebrated economist’s central and most quoted work [...]
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business, shoreditch
The Death of Shoreditch – Part 2
02.03.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsWhilst part 1 of “The Death of Shoreditch” was more of a satirical look at the Shoreditch scene, part 2 is about a much more imminent and critical threat, bigger than djs playing Sinitta and Essex kiddies wearing Hackett and happy slapping Hoxton heroes.
We’re scared here at Worship Street Irregulars. We’re now in the shadow [...] -
business, london, nightlife, society
Suit Bars – the edge of humanity
12.06.07 | Permalink | 7 CommentsI have a confession to make; I wear a suit 5 days a week. Yeah I know, but we can’t all end up doing what we want to be when we were five. My careers advisor told me they already had enough space cadets. Despite this, I’ve made a fairly strong informal application to join [...]
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business, society
Who gives a fuck about altruistic values in an economic downturn?
So over the last couple of years, the good times have been rolling with big city bonuses, spiraling asset values and cheap money for everyone to borrow. Globalisation has started racheting up a notch and technology hasn’t exactly been kicking back and chilling with a dooby watching Dude Where’s My Car either.
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business
Cash is dead! Long Live Cash!
Maestro have recently been running a campaign heralding in a new era where ‘cash is dead’. Anyone who has had the deep misfortune of travelling on the tube recently may have seen this ad campaign which tracks the history of ‘cash’ or cash equivalents throughout time, arriving at today where maestro is ‘the new cash’.
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