Jacob Christensen

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned – sordid details included. Reader discretion is advised.The conservative papers are feasting on the news about John Prescott’s affair – Melissa Kite in the Sunday Telegraph and Bryan Appleyard in the Sunday Times may serve as cases in point.But the Observer har joined the hunt as well.Other news from the UK? Well, if you look closely, you’ll find a story about a crisis in the NHS (can this be categorised as “news”?) and one about the non-extradition of violent criminals involving the Home Office.Perhaps two cabinet ministers are more than happy that the Deputy Prime Minister was caught with his pants down.(And no: The quotation is not from Shakespeare.)

Even if you don’t understand a word of German, then I’m sure that you will appreciate this gallery of 20th Century dictators’ homes published on Die Zeit’s homepage.

If you really want more, Amazon.co.uk has the book.

The Canadia-born economist John Kenneth Galbraith has died at the tender age of 97. These days, Galbraith will be considered an eccentric within the field for two reasons: He was what Europeans would call a Social Democrat rather than a conservative and relied on qualitative analysis rather than formal modelling in his work.

Galbraith did play some role in my education through the TV-series “The Age of Uncertainty” which followed the development of the global economy and Economics from the 18th Century onward and which was screened by Danish television back around 1980.

For Brad deLong’s take on Galbraith, read this review of Richard Parker’s biography.

Update: In fact, Brad deLong reposted his review on his blog instead of writing an obituary (that would have had basically the same content). The comments are actually worth reading as well.