Human Emergence Middle East. By Alan Tonkin Introduction In looking at the world with its widely varying values systems it is interesting to see how the word "democracy" means different things to different people. An example of this is when leaders from the Western developed world speak of democracy they generally mean constitutional democracy based on a universal franchise, multi-party system. These countries generally operate in the Blue/Orange/Green/Yellow spectrum of values systems.
However, in developing economies constitutional arrangements can vary with the values spread being across the Purple/Red/Blue/Orange/Green range. In cases such as this "democracy" means something different to the first example quoted as Purple/Red/Blue requires a modification of the type of system that is likely to be effective. In this case a firmer more directive system is likely to work best. How Democratic Systems Vary Across Values Systems Tribal System (Purple) Feudal Empires (Red) - Less Developed Countries Developing Economies.
Energy. Competition vs cooperation. Politics and economics. Behavior. Technological unemployment. Religion. Copyright and patents. Phonebloks. Activism. Health. Kendte danske firmaer ejes fra skattely. A/S SKATTELY Bermuda, Gibraltar og Guernsey er blandt de skattely, som mere end 200 danske selskaber ejes helt eller delvist fra. Det viser en omfattende kortlægning fra Ugebrevet A4.
Tallene dækker både over multinationale koncerner og kapitalfondes selskaber i Danmark, og firmaer med danske ejere, som har valgt at placere deres ejerskab i skattely. Men det handler ikke om at undgå skat, siger flere af de firmaer, Ugebrevet A4 har kontaktet. Alligevel fastslår en række skatteeksperter, at det primære motiv for flertallet af firmaerne er skattetænkning. Ifølge professor i skatteret ved Aarhus Universitet, Jan Pedersen, er de mange ejerskaber i skattely et alvorligt problem for Danmark. »Jo flere penge, der investeres eller går over skattely, jo færre penge er der at beskatte i Danmark. Skatteminister Holger K. »I det omfang at de undgår at betale skat, er det et problem.
Det kan blandt andet være for at gøre det sværere for Skat at forhindre skatteflugt fra Danmark, mener Jan Pedersen. Klimabenægtere på krigsstien. »Pas på: En tsunami af dumhed kommer bragende hen over verden på fredag,« advarede miljøbloggeren John Upton forleden på Grist.org. Fra USA over Europa til Australien mobiliserer højreorienterede organisationer nemlig for at miskreditere FN's rapport om klimaets tilstand, som offentliggøres i Stockholm i dag. FN's klimapanel, IPCC, offentliggør første del af sin nye status over verdens klima. Denne femte statusrapport bygger på hundreder af forskeres arbejde gennem seks år og sammenfatter resultater fra 9.000 videnskabelige artikler. Rapporten slår med større sikkerhed end nogensinde fast, at den truende globale klimaforandring skyldes udledningen af CO2 og andre drivhusgasser.
Men benægterne af menneskeskabt global opvarmning er på forhånd gået i offensiven. Vi skal se nærmere på organisationerne og deres bagmænd, men først lidt om deres budskaber. Fem faser af benægtelse Klimabenægtelsen kan inddeles i fem faser, mener miljøforskeren Dana Nuccitelli: Cherry-picking Tydelig tendens. Tres modelos sociales y económicos compitiendo en la edad de producción entre pares/en - FLOK Society.
Tres modelos sociales y económicos compitiendo en la edad de producción entre pares/en - FLOK Society. How Facebook May Secretly Foil Your Activist Plans. In recent years, Facebook has become an unexpectedly crucial tool for activism. The social media platform allows activists to efficiently connect and communicate with one another in order to arrange meetings, protests and boycotts. Unfortunately, activists who once found that Facebook helped make organizing easier are now encountering obstacles – and the resistance is coming from Facebook itself.
With little explanation, Facebook has been disabling pages related to activism. In some cases, administrators who set up the pages are no longer able to add updates. In others, the pages are being deleted entirely. Understandably, activists are frustrated when a network of 10,000 like-minded individuals is suddenly erased, leaving no way to reconnect with the group. Realistically, that’s the downside of relying on a hundred billion dollar company. For example, this year’s March Against Monsanto events have been popular with people across the globe, but not Facebook. Medicinal-sælger: Vi "hjernevaskede" lægerne til at give vores drugs til børn - Krimi - Netavisen 180Grader.dk. Udgivet for 637 dage siden i Krimi Tilføjet 25/07 04:10 til Boblere af Klaus K Kilde: youtube.com Medicinal korruption: - En tidligere sælger hos medicinalgiganten GlaxoSmithKline har i kølvandet på en aktuel amerikansk regeringsundersøgelse afsløret chokerende insider-oplysninger om metoderne og moralen i medicinalbranchen.
Oplysningerne er et wake-up call til hele sundhedssektoren og til alle, der bruger medicin - også i Danmark. Den 48-årige insider Blair Hamrick fra Florida arbejdede i flere år som sælger i GlaxoSmithKline - et af verdens største medicinalselskaber. I Glaxo deltog han sammen med sine kolleger i storstilet bestikkelse af læger - svindel med videnskabelige data i den medicinske litteratur - off-label salg af medicin (dvs. salg af medicin til behandling af andre sygdomme end dem medicinen virker imod) - samt ulovligt salg af anti-psykotisk medicin til børn & teenagere. ”De store medicinalselskaber er globale, og de arbejder sådan overalt. ”Dette er ulovligt.
In historic vote, New Zealand bans software patents. A major new patent bill, passed in a 117-4 vote by New Zealand's Parliament after five years of debate, has banned software patents. The relevant clause of the patent bill actually states that a computer program is "not an invention. " Some have suggested that was a way to get around the wording of the TRIPS intellectual property treaty, which requires patents to be "available for any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology.
" Processes will still be patentable if the computer program is merely a way of implementing a patentable process. But patent claims that cover computer programs "as such" will not be allowed. It seems there will be some leeway for computer programs directly tied to improved hardware. The bill includes the example of a better washing machine. "These are the heavyweights of the new economy in software development," said Curran. It's an open question whether other countries will take up New Zealand's example. Steal This Article. Girl Stealing Grapes, Henriëtte Willebeek le Mair (1915) “Stealing is stealing.
I don’t care if it’s on the Internet or you’re breaking into a warehouse somewhere—it’s theft.” —United States Senator Patrick Leahy If a rich person has something you need, you should take it. The rich people who run these big corporations like to act as if we live in an age of austerity. TNI Vol. 20: Off-Brand is out this week.
The truth is the human race has never been better off. Those at the top take all the credit in the best of times and blame everyone beneath them the rest of the time. But the concentration of wealth in the hands of a tiny minority is not the result of some higher law and a can-do attitude. Having money means defining right and wrong. Change comes about when those in power feel scared: when they feel that conceding to the public interest is the only way to maintain their status. It’s easy to steal back your money from the rich. You could, of course, get caught. Consider working less.
Watch I Am online - download IAm. Sociolog: Dårlige penge fosser ud af bankerne hver dag. Ole Bjerg Født i 1974. Ekspert i penge, sociolog, ph.d. og lektor ved Institut for Ledelse, Politik og Filosofi på Copenhagen Business School. Bor på Nørrebro i København, er gift med Kathrine Vitus og far til Sylvester og Balthazar. Folk fatter ikke, hvordan penge og banker fungerer. Sociologen Ole Bjergs budskab er lige så kontant, som det er kontroversielt: Danskerne har helt grundlæggende misforstået, hvad der sker, når de låner penge i banken. Før de kan forstå, hvad der virkelig sker, må de berede sig på lidt af et chok. Banken skaber penge»Folk tror typisk, at en bank låner penge ud, som den selv har – enten fordi den har tjent dem, eller fordi andre har sat penge ind i banken. Det kan umiddelbart lyde fuldstændig surrealistisk, og mange – selv økonomer – tænker aldrig over det. Det mener Ole Bjerg, som i sidste uge udkom med bogen 'Gode penge – et kontant svar på gældskrisen'.
Men når manden bruger pengene på kontoen, bliver banken da nødt til at have penge op af lommen?