Economists, Like Royal Children, Are

Nature Is Not Simply A Technical Or Economical Resource, And Human Beings Are Not Mere Numbers. To Suggest That One Can Somehow Align All The Squabbling Institutions Of Science, Environmental Management, Government And Diplomacy In An Alliance Of Convenience To Regulate The Global Climate Seems To Me Optimistic.

Ever Since The Destruction Of Baghdad By The Mongols In 1258, The Muslim World Has Been In Slow Decline Relative To The West. With Napoleon's Invasion Of Egypt And The Creeping British Annexation Of Muslim India, That Decline Took On A Malign Aspect.

Soaring Prices For Crude Oil, Falling Production Surpluses, Wild Speculation In Commodities, A Rush Into The Precious Metals, Turmoil In The Middle East, Assertive Oil Producers: It Is 1973-74 All Over Again, And At Dictation Speed.

The Dividing Line Between Wish And Need Was Never Clear.

We Read Too Much Shakespeare At School, And View Our Parliamentary Politics As Dynastic Drama, In Which An Impatient Crown Prince Frets At His Long Subordination And Begins To Scheme For The Throne He Knows He Merits, Was Promised And Has Earned.