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Tag Archives: economics
Wednesday 03 April 2013 – Four actions to reduce the forest footprint of commodities
An interesting article pertaining to the perception of ‘sustainable logging’, what this truly signifies in the ‘real’ world, how it is translated in business activity and what is it exactly we need to do as a collective consciousness to move … Continue reading
Posted in Nature & Environment
Tagged economics, forest, nature, palm oil, policy, Simon MIlledge, SS, trade, www.iied.org
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Saturday 16 March 2013 – Overdose – the next crisis
An interesting and short documentary examining the current financial systems and the way in which they operate at a global scale… SS.
Posted in Current trends
Tagged banks, bubble, economics, finance, financial crisis, mortgages, SS
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Wednesday 23 January 2012 – Conscious Capitalism
This article outlines the importance of moving forward within a socioeconomic context in to an entirely new paradigm… The article reviews a book by the name of Conscious Capitalism. Reshaping our socioeconomic practices will require a combination of commitment to the … Continue reading
Tuesday 23 October 2012 – Collaboration vs Competition
A fairly comprehensive article outlining and touching upon the various differences between a competitive society and a collaborative society. The core area addressed is whether or not a competitive attitude or a collaborative attitude would better serve a human’s needs … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged collaboration, competition, economics, society, SS, www.zeitnews.org, Zeitgeist movement
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Wednesday 03 October 2012 – A new paradigm for measuring human welfare?
Although the GDP of a nation by definition should not be an indicator of a nation’s overall state of welfare of individual wellbeing, in this day and age it unfortunately often is. Originator Simon Kuznets had no intention for GDP … Continue reading
Monday 01 October 2012 – Change is necessary
There is no greater opportunity than now to change our social values and gear our global attitudes towards one of reverence, inclusiveness, equity and the recognition of the intrinsic value of all living beings. As humans we posses an undying … Continue reading
Posted in Current trends
Tagged Business as usual, change, Deep reflection, economics, environment, Peter Joseph, social issues, sociocultural norms, SS, Zeitgeist movement
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Wednesday 22 August 2012 – Business as usual… NO MORE!
There has been despair, loss and extreme economic turmoil the past 3 years (in fact and realistically if we can observe the entire economic system as a whole that affects all, the amount of inequity that is intrinsically embedded within … Continue reading
Posted in Current trends
Tagged article, Business as usual, economics, Martin Murphy, SS, www.elephantjournal.com
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Monday 14 May 2012 – Nuclear: Yay OR Nay?
Why do we ‘pluck at straws’? Are we really that fearful of change? Can we not embrace the very real and confronting facts that the way of life that once was needs to be historical fact rather than a current … Continue reading
Posted in Current trends
Tagged article, Christian Parenti, economics, energy crisis, geopolitical, Nuclear, sociocultural, SS, www.alternet.org
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Tuesday 11 October 2011 – Why do we do it to ourselves?
This gentleman is hilarious in his application and translation of current social issues, particularly those related to economical and cultural frameworks. More to come from Lee Camp. SS