I thought that it would be interesting to share a list of my top ten blogs last week, ranked by numbers of hits (with the most popular first):

1. How the world reported the OECD skills survey | OECD Insights Blog
2. Hillary Clinton, Welcome to the White House – NationalJournal.com
3. Chancellor of the Exchequer, in China (with images, tweets) · hmtreasury · Storify
4. Obesity experts appalled by EU move to approve health claim for fructose | Society | The Guardian
5. Betrayal of elderly on social care costs – Telegraph
6. Why Only Republicans Can Save Us From the Tea Party | Ten Miles Square | The Washington Monthly
7. Government shutdown: what’s really going on – and who’s to blame? | World news | theguardian.com
8. Opinion: George Osborne’s e-trade visit to China aims to repair damage of Cameron’s meeting with Dalai Lama |ex The Observer – John Gelmini
9. Opinion – Betrayal of elderly on social care costs ex Telegraph – John Gelmini
10. ‘Dutch sandwich’ grows as Google shifts €8.8bn to Bermuda – FT.com

Personality, I struggle to find common threads but here are a few themes that came to mind:

• Lame-duck leaders
• Fear of being left behind internationally
• Spread of political extremism
• Ineffectiveness of the EU’s bureaucracy
• Healthcare’s growing crisis
• Polarized society, with the seriously wealthy and large corporations increasingly powerful and avoiding paying tax

Let me turn this to an open question:

What do you think are the most important threads emerging from last week’s news?

Any thoughts?

Related articles

• Chancellor of the Exchequer, in China (with images, tweets) – hmtreasury – Storify (dralfoldman.com)
• Opinion: George Osborne’s e-trade visit to China aims to repair damage of Cameron’s meeting with Dalai Lama |ex The Observer – John Gelmini (dralfoldman.com)
• A Hard Look at UK’s Ageing Population, Welfare and David Cameron’s Priorities – John Gelmini (dralfoldman.com)
• The 2008 financial crash, Google’s tax evasion and the elimination of the traditional middle class – John Gelmini (dralfoldman.com)
• Why Only Republicans Can Save Us From the Tea Party | Ten Miles Square | The Washington Monthly (dralfoldman.com)
• Is UK unemployment in reality the worst in Europe? – John A Gelmini (dralfoldman.com)
• How should the UK Government improve the population’s skills in response to OECD skills survey? -John Gelmini (dralfoldman.com)
• Dr Alf’s Reflections – ‘Dutch sandwich’ grows as Google shifts €8.8bn to Bermuda ex FT.com – (dralfoldman.com)