Comments on: Oh, look – another faux Labour ‘economist’

By: Mark Mallia

Mark Mallia — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 05:28:58 +0000

What do you specialise in Daphne?

B.A. (Hons) Wannabe Journalist Blogger

Let’s see you post this…

By: U mhux hekk nibqgħu

U mhux hekk nibqgħu — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:22:11 +0000

In reply to Hibernating From Malta. There are at least two FEMA BAs: Tourism, and Social Work, or whatever it's called.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:15:53 +0000

In reply to gianni.

“…economists can never make it in politics since they do not have the daily contact with people such as the doctors and lawyers have.”

Rubbish. A little less kazin and a little more boardroom would do Maltese politics a world of good.

By: gianni

gianni — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:48:34 +0000

In Malta the number of real economists is small. I think that an economist and a politician are two completely different things and economists can never make it in politics since they do not have the daily contact with people such as the doctors and lawyers have.

In fact out of the 67 MPs there is not one economist.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:18:48 +0000

In reply to Clifford. He posts his degrees in large CAPS too, so that his acheivements will be duly noticed and appreciated by all and sundry, including those affected by some form of visual impairment.

By: No problem

No problem — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:46:41 +0000

L-anqas jitkellem m ghandu hila. Meta ninzertah fuq it TV naqliblu bil giri.

By: Hibernating From Malta

Hibernating From Malta — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:20:34 +0000

How can you have such a degree? I’m preety sure it doesn’t exist! You can’t choose an Art with a FEMA course!

[Daphne – It’s B.Com, apparently. But even this is a recent development.Back in the ‘olden days’, a bachelor’s degrees in economics was a BSc, and a bachelor’s in public policy was, as I recall, a BA. You could also have a BA in law or a BA in accountancy.]

By: Pecksniff

Pecksniff — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:14:25 +0000

Here in Malta it has become the fashion to call anybody who has worked at a bank in a managerial, supervisory, or even clerical position a “banker” rather than a “bank clerk” or “bank manager”.

Real bankers in Malta can be counted on the fingers of one hand while bank employees are now approaching 3000+.

Incidentally, calling yourself a banker is a favourite with those who joined the Maltesebanks from id-Dirghajn jew Pijunieri in the golden days of the early 70s.

Even a professional qualification does not make you a banker. This is earned by your prowess in the field.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:36:02 +0000

Daphne, have you ever seen the comments by Emm Bezzina on timesofmalta.com’s board? He carries a load of degrees after his name. Probably he thinks that doing so makes more gullible people take him seriously.

[Daphne – Not really. I assume even gullible people know that listing your degrees after your name on an internet comment is a sign of something other than brilliance.]

By: Intellect

Intellect — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:07:44 +0000

This idiot is also calling himself an economist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Farrugia