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APT Tax
Is it possible to have a tax system which is simple, efficient, progressive, and revenue neutral? And one that replaces all those taxes listed above?
Arab Media & Society
William Youmans analyzes the debate in Burlington, Vermont, over whether the local cable TV company should or should not carry Al Jazeera English. He concludes that Burlington was a special case, rather than the harbinger of a breakthrough into the US market for AJE.Prof. Gunter Dueck im Interview über das Tütensuppenniveau, die fehlende Kreativität von Computern, den verpassten Kultursprung und warum Manager ihre Zauberflöte nicht finden, Google denkt dass er ein neues Hobby hätte und unser Autor kein Mathematik kann ... Mehr
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Foreign Affairs
Terrible rulers, sullen populations, a terrorist fringe -- the Arabs' exceptionalism was becoming not just a human disaster but a moral one. Then, a frustrated Tunisian fruit vendor summoned his fellows to a new history, and millions heeded his call.
Touching is, according to Allan Pearse, an Australian communications specialist, "a powerful way to gain someone's co-operation".
Global Ideas Bank
Humanity faces an emerging mess of global challenges (often called wicked problems ) — such as, climate change, poverty, peak oil, population pressure, water shortages, declining biodiversity, and failing food supply — that are the product of patterns of thinking and behavior that no longer make sense.
Global Sensemaking - Tools for Dialogue and Deliberation on Wick
Das Verfahren Planungszelle/Bürgergutachten stellt einen besonders wirksamen Ansatz zur Überwindung der »klassischen« Probleme der Bürger(innen)beteiligung dar: geringe Resonanz, fehlende Informiertheit, Oberflächlichkeit, soziale Selektivität, Dominanz organisationsstarker Interessen, Engagement erst bei Betroffenheit und vielfach zu spät, stark polarisierte und kaum mehr überbrückbare Meinungsunterschiede. Das Verfahren wurde von dem Wuppertaler Soziologieprofessor Peter C.
Planungszelle
Presidential election in France: an analysis one week before the second round On 22nd April last the Socialist Party candidate (PS), François Hollande came out ahead in the first round of the French presidential election winning 28.63% of the vote, taking the lead over outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy, (Union for a Popular Movement, UMP), who won 27.18%.
Robert Schuman Foundation - Think tank on Europe
World Economic Forum - Home
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
