No. 1441 September 2024 – The Socialist Party of Great Britain Skip to content 2020s >> 2024 No. 1441 September 2024 SOCIALIST STANDARD SEPTEMBER 2024 PDF Editorial – Stopping the boots Pathfinders – There will be riots Letter – Do we need vouchers? Artificial scarcity Cooking the Books 1 – Trumponomics Halo Halo / Tiny tips Material World – Taking the gold Extreme reaction How we live and how we might live The media and the mob Billionaires behaving badly Cash or cachet? A Special Branch report Cooking the Books 2 – Another reform stops working Party News Proper Gander – Hacked off Book reviews – Hester/Srnicek, Merchant, Chandler 50 Years Ago – The war in Cyprus Action Replay – Faster, higher, fraternity September 2024 events Life and Times – Being your own boss One Reply to “Life and Times – Being your own boss” This reminds me of that episode of ‘Seinfeld’ about the little shop on the corner of the high street that is believed to be cursed; this is because every small business that takes on this particular shop goes bust. Safeway didn’t go bust; it was bought by Morrisons. Perhaps you were thinking of Somerfield? We used to call Little Chef, Little Thief, because they were so expensive. Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Live Forum Topics Our 2026 local election campaign in London The Reformation and the Rise of the Nation State White House sends delegation to deliver war ultimatum to Cuba Artificial Intelligence and “Consciousness” Trump as president again? Review of the book ‘Make Capitalism History’ Capitalism´s future and Iran Russian Tensions April 2026 Socialist Standard No. 1460 Socialism or Your Money Back Blog George and the dragon Socialist Sonnet No. 232 Lose leaders Guns or Butter Today's take-away Africa’s Socialist Banner Africa: A Marxian Analysis Southern Africa - severe drought warning Kenya: Soaking the Poor Zimbabwe: Shock horror, government losing out on taxes. IMF still forcing austerity on Africans Mouvement Socialiste Mondial Les troubles en Iran (1980) L'Iran dans la ligne de mire Les principes du socialisme « Taxer les riches » ? « Un autre monde est possible » (1998) Movimento Socialista Mondiale Stranieri nel nostro mondo d'origine Violenza e guerra: sono inevitabili? Una visione a lungo termine Che cosa significa “post-scarsità”? “Il socialismo non può funzionare, i socialisti si dimenticano sempre della natura umana” Turismo cosmetico