Tag Archives: ezra pound

The rocket-fuel for recovery is love

Posted on April 15, 2020 by henry tapper

  In the pursuit of happiness (a principal theme of this blog), I am sometimes having to focus on “distress”. Now is such a time. There is a fine line between alleviating distress and profiting from it. We all know … Continue reading →

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A day to remember #Armistice100

Posted on November 11, 2018 by henry tapper

It is 100 years since the Great War ended. It is a Sunday and my church will start the morning service 15 minutes only so we can stand in silence together and remember. There is nothing good to remember about … Continue reading →

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When does “creative disruption” become “scaremongering”?

Posted on December 21, 2017 by henry tapper

It’s an important question to anyone who is involved with the BSPS. Today is the penultimate of Time to Choose, over the past week, the main job has been to encourage those who have not made an active choice, to … Continue reading →

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From frustration to disruption – how SMEs prosper!

Posted on June 13, 2016 by henry tapper

Over the weekend I got a passionate note from a regular correspondent. Here it is – with the target of his frustration omitted! The concept of a TPA being paid twice is very common. The main culprit is Cxxxxx They have … Continue reading →

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How the banks try to f*ck us – and how we deal with them

Posted on March 10, 2013 by henry tapper

It’s Sunday morning and I am reading a poem written around 1936 by Ezra Pound. It is about Usury , in this context the bad practice of the Medici Bank which Pound claimed screwed up the great artistic achievements of medieval … Continue reading →

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Seafaring

Posted on August 23, 2011 by henry tapper

My mood ‘mid the mere-flood,
Over the whale’s acre, would wander wide Continue reading →

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Well you’ve got to laugh..Cameron, Fogarty, Mourinho, me..

Posted on April 28, 2011 by henry tapper

Two matters have made me chuckle this morning.

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The DB Phoenix

Posted on March 26, 2011 by henry tapper

Things are pretty grim in DB land just now.  The 3% hike in personal contributions to public sector pensions is likely to accelerate the trend for individuals to opt-out of DB leaving these schemes derelict. The anticipated abolition of contracting out from … Continue reading →

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The State can take longevity risk.

Posted on February 22, 2011 by henry tapper

There is no evidence that the private sector has found the secret to insuring the cost of people living longer. It has merely found ways of insuring itself against the risks of ruin.
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I am weary of being weary of politics

Posted on April 6, 2010 by henry tapper

Here error is all in the not done- all in the diffidence that faltered… Continue reading →

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