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:

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