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A striking but unrepresentative example of waste and vanity in Spanish public spending.
Archive for the ‘Spain’ Category
January 16th, 2012
December 12th, 2010
High-speed trains for Tangier, not Milwaukee.
August 19th, 2010
Olives grown in hedges.
September 4th, 2009
Category: Intellectual property, Spain
Apanish village revolts against copyright parasites.
February 23rd, 2009
Category: Public management, Spain
The political geography of doling out the high-speed rail money, and a mess in Catalonia.
January 7th, 2009
A lesson from Goya’s Duel with Cudgels.
November 18th, 2008
The Spanish model for increasing organ donation: it’s the organisation, stupid
October 31st, 2008
A bizarre tale of civic miseducation from Valencia.
February 20th, 2008
I enjoy high-speed trains in France ans Spain.
February 2nd, 2008
Category: Religion and Politics, Spain
A letter to the Spanish press objecting to the partisan intervention of the Spanish Catholic bishops in the March elections.
