Archaeologist Jack Carlson, writing in Foreign Policy magazine, argues that the wholesale copying of architectural culture may have its roots in something much bigger than shameless commercial borrowing: "The ancient parallels for these copycat projects suggest that they are not mere follies, but monumental assertions of China's global primacy".
But when Mr Miliband pushed foreign policy up the election agenda on Friday, he didn't talk about the errors of Iraq or the follies of David Cameron's Syrian plans.
Oh, wait a minute … Broadway Baby from Follies.
A combination of government initiatives, technology, social pressure and reaction against the follies of the past has improved parenting dramatically.The amount of time parents devote to child care has increased significantly (see chart 4).
Yet now concerns about health care, which helped propel Labour to office at the last election, threaten to embarrass it at the forthcoming one.In this section The trouble with Liberals Labour's coup Plagued by race After foot and mouth May Day follies Not the council's business Post militant What's up, Doc? ReprintsIn the case of GPs, the government may be more spinned against than sinning.
Using the banana plantations around Gisenyi as cover, they launch attacks on government troops and on local officials, often attacking in 100-strong gangs, shouting, throwing stones, beating drums and blowing whistles.In this section Albright's perilous debut Freedom's follies Preserving values Too familiar No parley Phew, the ozone layer may be saved ReprintsThe army strikes back.
Among other follies, they trade too much, do not diversify their portfolios enough and are loth to discard underperforming stocks.
Mr Kiriyenko, until his dismissal, was trying to get it to do so.In this section Collapse in Russia Digital follies Punish and be damned Muzzled in Malaysia Salesman Schröder As bad as it gets?
But the result is a surfeit of rather flat news stories and the book only really comes to life with the last two sections, perhaps because the follies of dotcom valuations and subprime loans seem so fresh in the memory.
Nevertheless, they contained some surprises which may indicate wider trends.In this section On the job Pay dirt Ban the Brits Budgetary follies Renegades' County Richard Riordan's conjuring trick ReprintsContrary to the fears of many social-policy wonks, life after welfare generally seems to involve a job.
At a time when many Europeans fret about being ignored in the world, this would be an historic mistake.How Western are they?The common excuse for these follies is the claim that Turkey is not really Western and is becoming ever less so.
