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The Road Not Taken We all heterodox economists who have chosen the road ‘less traveled by’ know that this choice comes at a price. Fewer opportunities to secure ample research funding or positions at prestigious institutes or universities. Nevertheless, I believe that very few of us regret our choices. One doesn’t bargain with one’s conscience. No amount of money or prestige in the world can replace the feeling of looking in the mirror and liking what one...

For a ‘churchyard romantic’ like yours truly, a visit to Alter Friedhof Prenzlauer Allee is, of course, a must when in Berlin …

Touring again. Guest appearance​​ in Berlin. When there, yours truly always visits Walter-Benjamin-Platz (close to Kurfürstendamm, between Leibnizstraße and Wielandstraße). Interesting architecture and a couple of excellent restaurants and cafés. Regular blogging to be resumed next week.

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Horace Engdahls nya försvarstal En fiktiv dialog med en skotsk 1700-talsfilosof på spårvagnen genom Göteborg – det låter som en usel idé. Rentav pinsam. Men har man Horace Engdahls bildning, stil och värdighet kan man uppenbarligen förvandla ett sådant upplägg till en bladvändare. Värdigheten, förresten. Den är fortfarande sårad efter metoo-skandalen vid Svenska Akademien, där Engdahl försvarade sin vän Jean-Claude Arnaults rätt att leva ”vivörliv”. Efter...

[embedded content] Listening to the choral music on Armonico Consort’s Naked Byrd Two anthology is an unending delight. One of my favourite albums.

.[embedded content] Kjell-Åke Andersson turned Göran Tunström’s s epic masterpiece The Christmas Oratory into a stunningly beautiful and emotionally overwhelming movie. Stefan Nilsson wrote the breathtaking music. And it still breaks my heart every time I watch it … One day you shall hang this jewel around my neck. Then I am yours. Now I am nothing that is myself. I am nothing but the waiting.

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