So I'm starting a new blog. Why? The week just gone has seen a near meltdown of the Western financial apparatus. It is difficult to rationalise this as a freak anomaly. Fukuyama had it that the defeat of communism by Western capitalism marked the End of History; even 9/11, despite its enormous cultural impact, did not really call into question the West's ideological commitment to free market capitalism. The Economist asks: What next? That's what I want to know too.
I work on Wall Street. I am one of the villains of the piece. But this week has pricked my political conscience. I want something better than the corrupt poisonous hubris of... well my lot. If not to put into practice then at least to believe in.
I don't know what that is yet. This is a space for me to think about that.
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This blog contains my (occasionally outraged) political and economic ramblings.
The name Systemata is an upraised finger at the insistence of the press on using the malformed 'systemic' at every opportunity. This sort of pedantry is the price one pays for a classical education. More seriously, it is expression of my belief that the problems we face and will continue to face - and also the solutions - are less about people than the systems that they create and operate in.
My political beliefs seem to meander around the political compass. At the moment I'm claiming to be a 'free market socialist'.
The name Systemata is an upraised finger at the insistence of the press on using the malformed 'systemic' at every opportunity. This sort of pedantry is the price one pays for a classical education. More seriously, it is expression of my belief that the problems we face and will continue to face - and also the solutions - are less about people than the systems that they create and operate in.
My political beliefs seem to meander around the political compass. At the moment I'm claiming to be a 'free market socialist'.
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