No. 1298 October 2012

Socialist Standard October 2012

• Brief Reports

• 50 Years Ago: Betting Becomes Respectable

• Cooking the Books: The Bank Charter Act

• Action Replay: Pressure to Compete

• Material World: Power Saws – Safety and Profit

• Obituary: Cyril Brown

• Greasy Pole: Who Wants To Pick This Bone?

• Voice From the Back

• Fractional Reserve Banking Refuted

• Cartoon: Free Lunch

• The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes

• The Social Credit Fallacy

• The Guardian: Haven for Cranks

• The Banking System

• Money Bugs

• Fabrications

• A Future That Works?

• After Iraq, Iran?

• Editorial: Crunch Time for Credit Creationists

• Culture Reviews: ‘Che and Violence ‘, ‘Capturing the Smoke’

• Pathfinders: Down on the Pharma

• Cooking the Books: Loose Talk About Thin Air

• Letters

• Book Reviews: ‘Hate’, ‘Remaking Scarcity’, ‘The Psychopath Test’

• Halo Halo!

• Proper Gander: Giggly Walking CCTV Cameras