BBC Podcast on Immortality and Evil

What looks to be an interesting podcast on immortality and evil from the BBC.

• TA 11 July 12: Immortality - Evil (BBC Podcast: Thinking Allowed)

  Wed, 11 Jul 12
  Duration:
  29 mins
  Immortality; Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which human beings have resisted the idea of mortality, with philosopher, John Gray and cultural historian Marina Warner. Also Barry Smith, Director of the institute of Philosophy in London explores contrasting analyses of 'evil' within modern thought.
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Guardian article on financial crisis

Guardian article giving an overview of the financial crisis and the systemic problems that keep it going. These myths being the anglo/ Saxon myth that big finance is good, the German myth that austerity will fix everything and the third myth that nothing is really wrong with the system.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics-blog/2012/aug/05/economic-crisis-myths-sustain