Grayling Blog

Economic uncertainty?

Posted on 2.07.2010 by Unknown User

"Everywhere construction, construction," the Brussels taxi driver said yesterday, throwing his hands in the air. "Oh, er, c'est bon?" I replied, thinking to myself it must be good news, surely, it's jobs? "Non!" he replied, banging the steering wheel. And reverting to what seemed to be perfect English just as…

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Shirts for the Greeks? How business media handle the crisis.

Posted on 10.05.2010 by Ilka Schwarz

German business media have started campaigns for “Saving Greece”. One example is the Financial Times Deutschland’s T-shirt sale. Prints read “Help Greece”, “Hellas Angels” or “Carry Euros to Athens”, a pun on the German saying “Eulen nach Athen tragen”, meaning “Carry coals to Newcastle”. For each shirt sold, 5 Euros…

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