THE SAILOR WENT ASHORE FOR A WHILE? THE NORWEGIAN NEWS
REPORTER, RESTLESS TRAVELLER AND WRITER CHRISTIAN BORCH RETIRED?
Old sailors who had to navigate by knowing the laws of the
winds, the power of the seas, the storms, the sun, the rain and knowledge in
living conditions of foreign countries, were acting as professional prophets.
The modern news reporter might get a close feeling of how to work as a sea
captain by navigating between events of
crucial importance for nations and people. Christian Borch is a sailor,not an
official prophet paid by the government to foresee difficult problems in the
future. But he is close the work of a prophet. He has published a new book
where the content is a result of his personal experience making a living in a
world where critical events were on his agenda for more than 30 years. He knew
what went on,but he was not in a
position to take a decision to make the world better. But he knew what should
be done. The new book, ” Banalitentens tyranni ”, ( Eng. title: The Tyranny of
the Commonplace ”), is a result of hard work for at least four to
five years. The report is not ment as light entertainment highlighting important meetings and private
and secret information about international known persons. You would not find any sex
scandals revealed by the reporter who
has observed more than we should know. No. The report is not an encouraging
reading.On the contrary, he is presenting a paper contenting a critical report
of the political, social and economic development of the world the last
decades. What is his message? Christian Borch has worked for the Norwegian
Broadcasting Corporation(NRK)from 1978 to 2015 as a news reporter. He has
written books about foreign politics. His message is easy to read: An attack on
the the economic policy introduced during political conservative governments in
Norway and other countries. The attack is hard. If you did not know the man,
the sailor, the traveller and the reporter, CB, you might think that the book
is written on behalf of and paid by the Socialist Left Party (SV) of Norway.
No. The facts presented are also facts that the writer has experienced during
his work as a reporter and a sailor. Once a sailor,always sailor, once a reporter, always a reporter.
To my surprise, he has not pardoned the politicians who
introduced the new , neo- liberal economic politic. The attack is also hard on
one special international consulting company: McKinsey. The firm is a global
company, comprising of more than 10,000 consultants and nearly 2,000 research
and information professionals.
What is wrong with the economic situation of the world? What
might be the reason for the election of England to withdraw from EU in 2016?
GREED, GREED and more GREED. Those few who are dominating
the economic development of the world
have lost an important aim: The welfare of people. All went wrong when the
liberal economics predicted that free enterprise. No officail control of the
economie should be the keystone of the economic policy of Norway and the rest
of the world. Europe is in a critical stage for the time being.
EU has failed. Solidarity means that you take care of each
other – not only asking for support all the way without any personal
contributions.
The writer has not made a list of all the persons mentioned
in his book and the literature used.I have done the work for him.
Read the book . The statements published are not made by a
member of the Norwegian Socialist Party (Sosialistisk Venstre Parti(SV), but I am sure that a free membership must be forwarded
the
restless sailor, former colleague from NRK, a splendid
writer and reporter?
An index of books referred to in his book:
Michael Lewis:” Liar’s Poker. The Money Culture ”
Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera: ” All the Devils are Here ”
Professor Patrick Bolton: ” Good Banker ”
Georges Soros/ Gregor Peter Schmitz: ” The tragedy of the
European union: Disintegration or revival?”
Stephane Hessel: ” Indignez vous”
Donald J. Savoies: ” Power: Where is it? ”
George Friedman: ” Flashpoints ”
Anthhony Giddens: ” ” The Third Way ”
Duff MacDonald: " The Firm"
INDEX – A LIST OF PERSONS REFERRED TO IN THE BOOK:
Duff MacDonald: " The Firm"
INDEX – A LIST OF PERSONS REFERRED TO IN THE BOOK:
Andenæs, Mads
Andersen, Arthur
Anundsen, Anders
Applebaum, Anne
Barclay, David
Barclay, Fredrik
Barroso, Jose Manuel
Basu, Sanjay
Beck, Ulrich
Berger, Asle
Bernander, John G.
Bernanke, Ben,
Bittner, Jochen
Bismarck, Otto von
Bjerksund, Petter
Bjerke, Rune
Blair, Tony
Bolton, Patrick
Breivik, Terje
Brown, Gordon
Bush, George W
Challaghan, James
Cameron, David
Campbell, W. Keith
Carney, Mark
Cavaco, Anibal
Cheney, Dick
Christensen, Chr.
Clinton, Bill
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel
Crouch, Colin
Delors, Jacques
Devold, Kristin Krohn
Diamond, Bob
Eckhoff, Anders
Eriksen, Øyvind
Farage, Nigel
Fischer, Joschka
Flint, Douglas
Ford, Henry
Fossland, Jørgen
Friedman, George
Gaulle, Charles de
Giddens, Anthony
Giovanni, Enrica
Gjesdal, Knut
Glad, Karl
Grillo, Beppe
Grimen, Harald
Gurria, Ange
Hågensen, Yngve
Hammer, Anders Sømme
Hansen, Odd Chr.
Hatlen, Siri
Heath, Edward
Hessel, Stephane
Hollande, Francois
Hoxha, Enver
Hussein, Saddam
Jenking, Antony
Joseph, Franz
Kenning, George
Keynes, John Maynard
Kjøll, Berit
Kohl, Helmot
Korvald, Lars
Krugman, Paul
Langangen, Jan Erik
Less, Timothy
Lewis, Michae
Lorentzen, Fredrik Vogt
MacDonald, Duff
McLean, Bethany
Magnus, Birger
Major, John
Marthinussen, Hans Fredrik
Martinsen, Wiktor
Mason, Paul
Menasse, Robert
Mercouri, Melina
Merkel, Angel
Michnik, Adam
Mikkelsen, Bente
Mitterrand, Francois
Monnet, Jean
Neyer, Jurgen
Nocera, Joe
Norvik, Harald
Oborne, Peter
Owen, David
Papandreou, Andreas
Papandreou, Giorgios
Patty, Marcie
Patty, Peppermint
Pen, Jean-Marie Le
Pinto, Ana Mario
Reagan, Ronald
Rajoy, Mariano
Reich, Robert
Reinertsen, Thorvald
Reybrouck, David van
Rogers, Bill
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rumsfield, Donald
Røeggen, Ivar Petter
Røkke, Kjell Inge
Rønnevik, Hans Kristian
Røsjø, Endre
Sachs, Goldman
Sannes, Torstein
Sarkozy, Nicolas
Savoie, Donald J.
Sawerska, Terlza
Scargill, Arthur
Schauble, Wolfgang
Schlytter, Poul
Schmidt, Helmut
Schmitz, Gregor Peter
Schuman, Robert
Sconza, Josephine
Sennett, Richard
Sieghart, Mary Ann
Simms, Brendan
Siem, Martin
Skilling, Jeff
Slagstad, Rune
Slauther, Anne-Marie
Smith, Adam
Soll, Jacob
Sorog, George
Spetalen, Øystein Stray
Stoltenberg, Jens
Stieglitz, Joseph
Stucklet, David
Sutherland, Rory
Sverdrup, Harald
Syversen, Hans Olav
Tarhouni, Ali
Taylor, Charles
Teige, Bjørn Asle
Terning, Kai Morten
Thatcher, Margaret
Tilford, Simon
Torreblancce, Jose Ignacio
Twenge, Jean M.
Tønne, Tore
Young, Hugo
Varoucahis, Yanis
Viggen, Eirik Dahl
Volcker, Paul
Walesa, Lech
Widerberg, Franz
Wilde, Oscar
Wilders, Geert
Williams, Shirley
Willoch, Kåre
Zedong, Mao
Zweig, Stefan
Åser, Svein
