By Mark Bahnisch on April 5, 2009
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/jefferson_thumbo87o8686.jpg" align=left Karl Marx’ concept of ‘fictitious capital’ has enjoyed something of a revival recently – in the context of explaining the Global Financial Crisis. It’s interesting to observe [h/t Richard Metzger at Boing Boing] that Marx doesn’t appear [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on September 14, 2008
As noted here and here, I attended the Walkley Foundation’s Future of Journalism event in Brisbane yesterday. Courtesy of the lovely folks at the ABC, the sessions were all recorded and will be viewable online, so that absolves me from [...]
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The future of journalism – or its vanishing present
By Mark Bahnisch on September 23, 2008
As a supplement to my post on the Walkley Foundation Future of Journalism event I recently spoke at in Brisbane, here’s a link to the thoughts of my colleague and co-panelist Axel Bruns.
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