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As large parts of the world economy lurch from the slings and arrows
of outrageous financial and fiscal crises, the inevitable question is
what is to be done.
The pamphlet
of the same name 
4, written by Lenin in 1902, called for the
formation of a revolutionary vanguardist party.
Well, it is claimed that we live in revolutionary times as these crises have turned our economic complacency on its head, as all that was formerly solid seems to have melted into air.
To read the full, original article click on this link: The knowledge economy is dead! Long live the design economy!
Author: Leslie Budd
