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Are we heading for another slump? - Michael Roberts, John Bellamy Foster and Joseph Choonara - YouTube
Michael Roberts book // lack of profit, due to lack of growth (outlook), thus lack of investment. ... less competition. +++ winner take all/globalisation/conglomerate +++ erosion of purchasing power +++ no to little wage (income) growth, if at all due to credit card, car load, mortgage, student loan, ... === less demand. === deflation pressures // less profits = more profit maximisation = lay-offs and destruction of union, bogus contracts via forced self-employment (thus saving on social security payments). = and outsourcing in next cheaper country.
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september 2016 by asterisk2a
Understanding Peter Thiel’s Politics
he “no longer believe[s] that capitalism and democracy are compatible.” (Thiel has since said that he was wrong to think America was a democracy, calling it instead a “state dominated by very unelected, technocratic agencies”). [...] Thiel let slip that he was pessimistic about the current system continuing. The failure of the present Establishment, according to Thiel, may point to Marxism, libertarianism, or something else, but “it’s going to be this increasingly volatile trajectory of figuring out what that’s going to be.” [...] political zero to one
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august 2016 by asterisk2a
Künstliche Intelligenz: Ökonomen lehnen Robotersteuer ab - DIE WELT
Mit einer Robotersteuer wollen manche die Maschinen menschlichen Arbeitnehmern gleichstellen. Ökonomen halten die Idee für einen Irrweg. Der technische Fortschritt lasse sich nicht aufhalten.
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Deutsche Bank Loves Helicopter Money: Why "Big Inflation Is Coming... But Will First Require A Crisis"
[NEED FOR CHANGE OF WIND - deflationary pressures ] Europe is another story. Germany must let their southern neighbors cheat on deficits and bank recapitalizations. “Spanish election showed if you let them cheat and growth surprises positively then extremists don’t do so well. Europe can only survive as an inflation zone. Will it be formally tolerated? Probably not. Will governments cheat anyway with ECB support?” Probably.
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
A hard truth for Leave voters: Brexit means big government
Britain has seen a renaissance in jobs since 2013, of that there is no doubt. But most of those extra jobs were among the self-employed or fell into categories that can only be described as insecure and low-paid. When companies finally took the plunge and advertised full-time jobs from 2014 onwards, around a third went to migrants. [...] It is this mostly older group of workers across the developed world, worried about their pay, pensions and conditions of employment, that want to slam the brakes on globalisation and reject the remedy proposed by big business: greater labour-market flexibility and only limited job protections. [ Globalisation as a great rebalancing of the world economy between the west and the rest (BRIC and co) ] [...] Only government can provide the cure, with a commitment to invest where the private sector cannot or will not go.
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Brexit Isn't Theresa May's Only Challenge - Bloomberg View [Editorial]
[! BLOOMBERG !] May’s approach to the British economy needn’t be radically different than the Cameron-Osborne agenda. Britain needs fiscal discipline to keep inward investment flowing, but it also needs reforms that will require both government spending and more private investment. A true one-nation agenda would also focus on improving education standards and job training, lowering barriers to entry for new businesses, and improving access to housing.
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Up to 70% of people in developed countries 'have seen incomes stagnate' | Business | The Guardian
Research by the McKinsey Global Institute found that between 65% and 70% of people in 25 advanced countries saw no increase in their earnings between 2005 and 2014. The report found there had been a dramatic increase in the number of households affected by flat or falling incomes and that today’s younger generation was at risk of ending up poorer than their parents. Only 2% of households, 10 million people, lived through the period from 1993 to 2005 – a time of strong growth and falling unemployment – without seeing their incomes rise.
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Businesses must alter 'toxic' attitude to executive pay, PwC says | Business | The Guardian
Companies have failed to address a “toxic” attitude towards executive pay and face a government crackdown if they do not act to curb boardroom excess, according to a report by consultancy group PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In polling carried out by PwC last month, two-thirds of Britons said they believed executive pay was too high, and nearly three-quarters said it made them angry if a chief executive was paid a lot while their company was doing badly.
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Technological Unemployment (2013) w Jacque Fresco
wikipedia Jacque Fresco // MORE AI, automation, robotics, augmented intelligence, self-driving cars = LESS AGGREGATE DEMAND (disposable income of the middle class, working class & working poor) [...] productivity has risen but incomes NOT! [...] & companies are making more money for shareholders & owners with less & less people (see Facebook) [...] Industry doesnt care abt people. They hire people because it hasnt been yet automated. [...] A JOBLESS RECOVERY & JOBLESS GDP GROWTH [...] routine middle class jobs eliminated fastest! [...] pace of destruction is greater than pace of creation of new jobs! [...] ie Lawyer Software searching through files via augmented intelligence //&! Humans Need Not Apply - youtu.be/7Pq-S557XQU //&! Jerry Kaplan ((re)distribute wealth more equally - youtu.be/JiiP5ROnzw8), Rifkin (Zero Marginal Cost), Paul Mason (post-capitalism) book //&! UBI a must in future - youtu.be/WMF-Z74C1QE &! youtu.be/mEV-kAjtm9U &! youtu.be/9pdU_Rkwzes
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Behind the Bond-Stock Divide Is a Big and Risky Bet on Central Banks - WSJ
The idea is that if stocks are rising, bond yields should be climbing too. Here's how to reconcile it. The answer is central banks. If rates are going to stay lower for longer; if more rounds of quantitative easing are coming; if new ways of easing are coming -- the rates should be going down and stocks moving higher. [...] It's about dividends paying more than bonds. 90% of the bond market universe is near 2% or lower. //&! http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-12/germany-about-sell-zero-coupon-10-year-bonds-first-time-ever //&! http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-13/we-just-found-out-who-has-been-buying-all-these-record-low-yielding-bonds - When your nation's bonds are trading with a record low 28bps negative yield (10Y JGBs), everything else in the world (aside from Swiss 10Y) is a relative 'value'...
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Das Ende der Gesellschaft. Von den Folgen der Vernetzung
Das Ende der Gesellschaft von den Folgen der Vernetzung aller. // // Strohfeuer - Book Tausche Seele gegen Erfolg. Sascha Lobos packender Debütroman über die Lebensgier in den Zeiten der New Economy. // margaret thatcher - there is no such thing as society. // massenmedien (soziale medien, u eigenes umfeldgeben) illusion von spektrum of normativen verhalten; ie consumerism! du bist wast du kaufst. ... < illusorisches gesellschaftsbild. // der lack blaettert ab! an der zivilisierten gesellschaft (brexit) // strenght of weak ties (kraft des netzwerks) // no self-censorship, thus more and more people see that racism and xenophobia and misogyny is an acceptable opinion and one is not alone. far-right conservatives tell that political correctness has gone too far. // nun findet keine maessigung mehr statt (dies political correctness); racism/xenophobia ist nicht mehr extrem. // nachrichten bekamen gefuehlsgetrieben (emotions) [...] gesellschaft in wallungen. gefuehlten wirklichkeit. // zeit des schnellen wandels der welt - 24/7 news cycle - coping mechanism = emotions.
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Does The Myth of Meritocracy show us how to alleviate inequality?
No debate about social mobility is complete without reference to the supposedly halcyon days of the 1950s and 1960s. The class fluidity of those decades, however, was not the result of professions becoming more meritocratic. It was caused by an unprecedented rise in the number of middle-class jobs: there was more room at the top. [...] Bloodworth writes that 21st-century society is characterised by a dwindling of professional jobs and more people slipping downwards: there is “more room at the bottom”. [...] Globalisation has created what the economist Robert H Frank calls “winner-takes-all” markets
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Making Sense of Brexit: Paul Mason on Britain's Growing Economic & Political Crisis - YouTube
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
Failure to confront Britain’s political ultras has cost us dear | Nick Cohen | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2016/jul/07/the-far-right-are-coming-brexit-has-helped-them-along-video
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
The Hidden Wealth of Nations - YouTube
This lecture will discuss how big the wealth hidden in offshore tax havens is, what are the consequences for inequality, how tax havens work and are organized, and how we can begin to approach a solution. // 8trn dollars. // some 8% or more of wealth offshore. some parts ie russia even more
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july 2016 by asterisk2a
British Steel pension scheme members urged to back benefits changes | Business | The Guardian
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june 2016 by asterisk2a
Stocks are up. But it appears to us that the U.S. economy is going down. Go figure.
velocity is at 57yr low - WOW! the money that is in circulation is in less hands! the econ expanded according to GDP, but less and less $ reach on avg each hand. - "This is serious. The velocity of money tracks how often each dollar is used to buy something in the economy. Falling velocity shows that consumers and business are pulling back… becoming more reluctant to spend and invest… downsizing… and holding onto dollars rather than spending them. This has a similar effect as reducing the supply of money bidding for goods and services. Prices drop. Deflation, in other words. The bubble has developed a leak. The hot air is gushing out." //&! bit.ly/1MOxc9A //&! research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V &! pieria.co.uk/articles/getting_things_wrong_federal_reserve_style - it is associated with stagnant NGDP [...] demand problem.
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april 2016 by asterisk2a
The Growth Trap
[ growing for growth sake! vs growing in a world/area that is not conducive to grow ] When Twitter went public in 2013, its stock soared and its value jumped to $25 billion. Its founders and early investors got rich. But since then, the company has been considered a failure, despite the fact that it boasts 320 million active users, because it's not growing fast enough. Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity," talks to Steve Paikin about why he sees the push for more growth as dangerous. // true capitalists (shareholder, crony, greedy) w/o self-regulation or governance extract all the value there is to extract and then leave, dispersing it to the few who already have [...] WE MUST REWRITE THE RULES OF THE GROWTH GAME ITSELF! [...] you want to optimise the economy based on velocity of money (circulation of money), not share price and value extraction [...]
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april 2016 by asterisk2a
Cash-strapped Plymouth OAP's plea for a job
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april 2016 by asterisk2a
A!104 – Panama Freaks
58:26 - spin doctor and positioning, PR. // es ist ja bekannt das intendanten des fernsehen mal einen anruf bekommen und es richtig stellen sollen, so wie inter BPK: illegal eingewanderte fluechtlinge. was ein oxymoron. ein fluechtling zu sein ist keine illegale sache! // + 10.000 kids missing! // 1:45:54 - Panama Papers. Journalists have for years papers. And don't use them to shine light on the organised system in the western world of tax evasion/avoidance! Wie fatal.
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april 2016 by asterisk2a
Capitalism and Mental Health: How the Market Makes Us Sick
POVERTY TRAP! // we were never as miserable as a nation as ever before.
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april 2016 by asterisk2a
Slavoj Zizek | How To Rebel | Full Film
demands are said to be totally impossible. but we are told it will be possible to upload our memory into a computer. build new hearts from a single cell in a printer. // UAE/Dubai/Qatar 2020; migrant labours taken their passports etc.
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april 2016 by asterisk2a
A tax inspector calls
That's why the unsnappily-titled Joint International Tax Shelter Information and Collaboration network (JITSIC) is gathered in Paris, under the umbrella of the (cumbersomely-monickered) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
This so-called 'rich countries club' has been given the task of pursuing the erosion of countries tax bases by multi-national corporations. That much has been agreed by the G7 developed nations group, and the wider G20.
And in researching this, the OECD has come up with some fairly startling findings about the extent to which multi-nationals game the system. [...] As I noted before, they reckon that between $100bn and $240bn of corporate tax goes unpaid because of these accounting practices
Panama  Papers  HMRC  tax  amnesty  tax  avoidance  tax  evasion  IMF  OECD  multinational  conglomerate  offshore  banking  budget  deficit  shareholder  capitalism  crony  capitalism  capitalism  in  crisis  capitalism  austerity  squeezed  middle  class  working  poor  G8  G20 
april 2016 by asterisk2a
PMQs: Jeremy Corbyn David Cameron on tax figures
gov claims - closed loopholes 2010 12bn and this parliament 2015 16bn, ... and putting back 1bn into HMRC after raiding it in 2010. // PMQs: Kuenssberg, Paterson and Benn on Cameron v Corbyn - bbc.in/1Yui4OZ &! 'Panama Papers' dominate PMQs clashes - bbc.in/1YtK7OF //&!
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april 2016 by asterisk2a
Marxism 101: How Capitalism is Killing Itself with Dr. Richard Wolff
yanis is a self-proclaimed liberal marxist. //
Marxism  Richard  Wolff  Yanis  Varoufakis  crony  capitalism  shareholder  capitalism  tax  avoidance  tax  evasion  plutocracy  oligarchy  Super  Rich  1%  austerity  capitalism  capitalism  in  crisis  economic  history  revolving  door  No  Representation  Career  Politicians  democracy  neoliberal  neoliberalism  materialism  consumerism  status  anxiety  poverty  poverty  trap  social  mobility  income  mobility  Gini  coefficient  lobby  bank  bailout  Selbstdarstellung  Selfie  philosophy  sociology  Alain  de  Botton  philanthropy  squeezed  middle  class  working  poor  meritocracy  meritocratic  American  Dream  post-racial  America  Scholars  Academia  Academics  Economists  Economist  white-collar  crime  corporate  scandal  accounting  scandal  Fraud  Consumer  Protection  profit  maximisation  profit  maximization  shareholder  value  Wall  Street  Main  Street  GFC  recovery  inequality 
april 2016 by asterisk2a
Government accused of redefining fuel poverty to bring down figures
[ fuel poor if your spend more than 10% of your income on gas and electricity. choice between eating and having a warm home. ] Commons committee says 2.4 million people to be classed as fuel poor rather than 3.2 million under Energy Bill amendments //&! 800,000 people ‘lifted’ out of fuel poverty – by redefining it. David Cameron ‘putting interest of energy firms above ordinary people’ - ind.pn/1Rmjc5j //&! BBC Panorama - bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0756g0x - min 6: estimated 12m people skip meals to pay energy bills. gov had simple definition (10%). Tories missed 2016 target, thus changed definition (LIHC), estimates now 20% of population in fuel poverty, 1 in 5. since fuel poverty was introduced as target (to eradicate), it has been rising steadily! Most pensioners are excluded under new definition. est. 9000 deaths from living in cold home. & 1/2 the members of the Fuel Povery Committee have strong links to energy industry //&! bit.ly/1LIr4z2
fuel  poverty  child  poverty  Tories  Conservative  Party  nasty  Westminster  David  Cameron  George  Osborne  recovery  austerity  Toff  Privileged  Establishment  Whitehall  No  Representation  energy  price  energy  policy  Precariat  precarious  work  Contractor  part-time  Zero  Hour  Contract  poverty  public  health  squeezed  middle  class  working  poor  low  pay  minimum  wage  tax  credit  low  income  poverty  in  old  age  energy  industry  lobby  No  Representation 
march 2016 by asterisk2a
Renten: Frauen bekommen nicht mal halb so viel Rente wie Männer - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Die Gehaltslücke zwischen Männern und Frauen wird im Alter zur riesigen Kluft: Im Schnitt erhält eine Rentnerin in Deutschland 57 Prozent weniger Geld als ein Rentner. Eine Studie zeigt die Gründe. [...] Die WSI-Forscher nennen eine Reihe von Faktoren, die für die Rentenkluft verantwortlich sind: niedrige Erwerbsbeteiligung: Frauen sind und waren weit häufiger gar nicht berufstätig als Männer. hohe Teilzeitquote: Frauen arbeiten häufig nicht Vollzeit. niedrige Entgelte: Aktuell verdienen Frauen im Schnitt 21 Prozent weniger als Männer. Früher, als die jetzigen Rentnerinnen im Berufsleben standen, war die Lücke noch größer. häufige und längere Erwerbsunterbrechungen, etwa durch Kinderbetreuung. häufige Beschäftigung in Minijobs ohne Rentenversicherung
gender  gap  retirement  child  care  elderly  care  adult  social  care  savings  rate  gender  pay  gap  poverty  in  old  age  poverty  social  safety  net  pension  pension  scheme  pension  obligation  pension  fund  public  pension  gender  inequality 
march 2016 by asterisk2a
Kommunalwahl in Hessen: Nichtwähler machen AfD stark - SPIEGEL ONLINE
[ symptom ] // Die Rechten sind auf dem Vormarsch. Ihr Erfolg ist auch eine Antwort der Gesellschaft auf eine Krankheit des Kapitalismus, die von den etablierten Parteien ignoriert wird. Und die hat mit den Flüchtlingen nichts zu tun. - bit.ly/1QBo7Ad //&! Banned TED Talk: Nick Hanauer "Rich people don't create jobs" - youtu.be/CKCvf8E7V1g - nobody can afford to buy new stuff. circle of life. customers and businesses. consumer needs to have disposable income //&! Nick Hanauer: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming - youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8
AfD  No  Representation  democracy  plutocracy  oligarchy  Super  Rich  1%  fairness  Rechtsruck  Rechtsextremismus  UKIP  Europe  Germany  UK  populism  Polarisation  fearmongering  Fear  voter  turnout  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft  Sozialpolitik  Integrationspolitik  refugee  crisis  Agenda  2010  squeezed  middle  class  hartz-iv  working  poor  minimum  wage  ALG2  Aufstocker  Minijob  Leiharbeit  Zeitarbeit  Wall  Street  shareholder  value  profit  maximisation  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  lobbyist  lobby  Lobbying  revolving  door  NPD  Angela  Merkel  Gini  coefficient  Altersarmut  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  social  mobility  income  mobility  kalte  Progression  Schuldenbremse  Fiscal  Pact  Wolfgang  Schäuble  GFC  recovery  job  security  insecurity  symptom  crony  capitalism  capitalism  exploitation  wage  stagnation  far-right  right-wing  trickle-down  economics  free  market  neoliberalism  neoliberal  neoconservatism  neoconservatives 
march 2016 by asterisk2a
State pension changes: Charity finds 70,000 people won't qualify for pension under new rules | Home News | News | The Independent
Changes to the system coming into effect on 6 April mean that people will need 10 qualifying years to get any new state pension. This is a change from the existing regime which allows people to receive at least some state pension even with only a few years of NICs. [...] Age UK said it supports the aim of a simpler, fairer state pension, acknowledging it should benefit many people with low lifetime earnings due to low pay and caring responsibilities. But the charity is concerned that there are many approaching retirement, particularly women, who do not have a full NI record. [...] "People who haven't built up enough National Insurance can apply for Pension Credit, which works by topping up their other income and provides additional security in retirement.”
pension  pension  scheme  pension  obligation  pension  fund  public  pension  UK  babyboomers  budget  deficit  secular  stagnation  low  pay  low  income  working  poor  Precariat  precarious  work  Zero  Hour  Contract  Contractor  part-time  self-employment  welfare  state  social  safety  net  poverty  in  old  age  NIC  Altersarmut  elderly  care  adult  social  care  retirement  401k  ISA  savings  rate  squeezed  middle  class 
march 2016 by asterisk2a
Workers need to put 15% of income into pension, report says | Money | The Guardian
Saving more than three times the present average is necessary to have enough cash in retirement, review for Labour party finds [...] In the House of Commons, Iain Duncan Smith refused to say whether there would be an upper limit on the state pension age in heated exchanges over the government’s review. The work and pensions secretary said the government had launched the review to ensure pensions remained affordable for future generations, but he failed to answer the shadow work and pensions secretary, Owen Smith, when pushed over concerns that workers would have to wait until they were 80 to retire.
retirement  pension  scheme  pension  fund  pension  public  pension  pension  obligation  demographic  bubble  401k  working  poor  minimum  wage  low  pay  low  income  Precariat  DWP  Iain  Duncan  Smith  poverty  in  old  age 
march 2016 by asterisk2a
UK consumes far less than a decade ago – 'peak stuff' or something else? | Business | The Guardian
From crops to energy and metals, average material consumption fell from 15 tonnes in 2001 to just over 10 tonnes in 2013 [...] UK households have also abandoned buying many resource-intensive goods common in the recent past – such as metal-heavy video recorders and hi-fi systems, vinyl records, CDs and books – as they shift to digital consumption. [...] The figures will spark fresh speculation that Britain and other developed economies have hit ‘peak stuff’, although some critics pour scorn on the quality of the ONS’s environmental accounts. In January, Ikea said the appetite of western consumers for home furnishings had reached its peak and consumption of many familiar goods was at its limit. Household spending on physical goods, including furnishings, clothing, cars and gadgets, decreased between 2002/03 and 2014, [...] Households now spend more on services than physical goods, he said. [...] [ saturation in some markets but we are not living in peak stuff ]
peak  stuff  secular  stagnation  demographic  bubble  zombie  consumer  materialism  status  anxiety  consumerist  consumer  choice  consumerism  sustainability  sustainable  resource  depletion  finite  resources  consumer  debt  marginal  propensity  to  consume  disposable  income  discretionary  spending  household  debt  car  loan  credit  card  debt  student  loan  debt  student  loan  student  debt  StudentLoans  savings  rate  retirement  poverty  in  old  age  poverty  squeezed  middle  class  wage  stagnation  job  creation  low  pay  low  income  Zero  Hour  Contract  Contractor  self-employment  working  poor  precarious  work  Precariat  capitalism  western  world  COP21  carbon  tax  carbonfootprint  carbonemission  sharing  economy  Service  Sector  Jobs  recycling 
february 2016 by asterisk2a
Surfer 'not pretty enough to sponsor' - BBC News
Despite being the best female surfer in Brazil, Silvana Lima was refused sponsorship deals because she wasn't considered sufficiently good-looking.
business  of  sport  Women  in  objectification  Sexual  objectification  gender  policing  gender  politics  gender  pay  gap  HR  human  resources  hiring  Entertainment  sexism  everyday  sexism  sexismus 
february 2016 by asterisk2a
Can Silicon Valley Bridge Its Diversity Gap? by SciFri
Silicon  Valley  HR  human  resources  diversity  Women  in  Tech  gender  bias  minority  black  minority  ethnic  minority 
february 2016 by asterisk2a
Medien in der Vertrauenskrise: Was zu tun ist - mit Anja Reschke | ZAPP | NDR - YouTube
[ symptom ... of our time. = by-product (Luegenpresse)! ] // [ einflussnahme ] [ befangenheit ] // TV = brot, wasser & spiele. // vollmuendiger buerger wird beformundet. kann man ihn nicht zumassen.
Lügenpresse  corporate  media  Rechtsruck  Rechtsextremismus  far-right  PEGIDA  oligarchy  plutocracy  Super  Rich  1%  News  Corp.  News  Corporation  newscorp  business  model  pageviews  trustagent  trust  distrust  journalismus  investigative  journalism  journalism  Social  refugee  crisis  Xenophobia  Fremdenfeindlichkeit  Ausländerfeindlichkeit  LEGIDA  Saxony  Neo-Nazi  Neonazi  Nazi  Hooligan  populism  Polarisation  propaganda  AfD  NPD  hartz-iv  Perspektivlosigkeit  deprivation  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  Career  Politicians  No  Representation  neoliberalism  neoliberal  neoconservatism  neoconservatives  lobbyist  lobby  Lobbying  revolving  door  PR  Positioning  spin  doctor  Food  Politics  medical-industrial  complex  Surveillance-Industrial  prison–industrial  complex  military–industrial  complex  democracy  democracy  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft  squeezed  middle  class  Sozialer  Abstieg  fearmongering  Fear  poverty  in  old  age  poverty  trap  Agenda  2010  austerity  Fiscal  Pact  Schuldenbremse  GFC  bank  bailout  status  anxiety  zombie  consumer  consumerist  consumerism  Protection  corruption  bribery  Schwarzkasse  mate 
february 2016 by asterisk2a
Pegida On Rise As Germany Divided Over Refugees - YouTube
[ symptom ] [ niemand had was ueber 'alle muessen anpacken' gesagt ] [ Holocaust for 3rd gen germans is not shame, its rather a "wird sind besser in allem" "wir koennen das wo andere vor uns ethish moralish humanitaer politisch civil und auch als vollmundiger buerger versagt haben." ]
refugee  crisis  Germany  far-right  Angela  Merkel  AfD  NPD  Hooligan  Neo-Nazi  Neonazi  Nazi  PEGIDA  public  sentiment  public  awareness  Sozialpolitik  Integrationspolitik  Agenda  2010  Perspektivlosigkeit  deprivation  Social  Media  Middle  East  Lügenpresse  corporate  hartz-iv  ALG2  Aufstocker  Zeitarbeit  Leiharbeit  neoliberalism  neoliberal  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft  neoconservatism  neoconservatives  history  minimum  wage  mindestlohn  squeezed  class  Sozialer  Abstieg  poverty  child  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  plutocracy  oligarchy  Super  Rich  1%  Burka  Hijab  Schengen  Agreement  European  Union  Rechtsextremismus  Rechtsruck  UKIP  humanitarian  crisis  Human  Trafficking  decency  USA  UK  compassion  empathy  Perspective  underinvestment  Schuldenbremse  Fiscal  Pact  austerity  economic  history  Wolfgang  Schäuble  European  youth  unemployment  unemployment 
february 2016 by asterisk2a
Pando: VCs- don’t compare me to your wife, just don’t
Venture  Capital  gender  bias  gender-based  discrimination  gender  policing  gender  politics  gender  pay  gap  gender  gap  Women  in  Tech  gender  inequality  discrimination  HR  human  resources  bias  subconscious  snap  judgement  prejudice  cognitive  bias  confirmation  bias  selection  bias  gender  role  gender  norms  gender  non-conforming 
february 2016 by asterisk2a
GPs battle fatalism in neighbourhood with Britain's worst life expectancy | Society | The Guardian
Doctors at new health centre in part of Glasgow known for the wrong reasons say ultimatums to give up smoking, drinking or fatty food just don’t work [...] And while they may live longer than before they do so in poor health, with complex, chronic illnesses. Clinicians call it premature multi-morbidity: patients who may be life-long smokers living with obesity, lung disease or ailing hearts. “Our patients have multiple chronic diseases about 15 to 20 years earlier than in affluent areas. They are living longer in poorer health,” Crawford says. [...] There is a strong sense that smoking is a rare pleasure in a difficult world; beating addiction is harder with great routine stress in daily life. [ self-medication and coping mechanisms ] [...] But they come to you because I don’t make judgments, and they don’t lie to me about how much they’re drinking,” [...] “I suppose you’re trying each time to enable them to finally make that change [...] [ keeping them alive ]
sick  population  health  crisis  deprivation  Perspective  Perspektivlosigkeit  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  food  poverty  Alcohol  substance  abuse  drug  abuse  self-medication  food  abuse  coping  mechanism  diet-related  disease  chronic  diseases  premature  ageing 
february 2016 by asterisk2a
Insatiability, and the 15-hour week - YouTube
// book wealth of nations //&! Prof Lord Robert Skidelsky - How Much is Enough? The Economics of the Good Life - youtu.be/yeWz5Cg_BD4 //&! Guaranteed Employment & Basic Income - youtu.be/2W1ShSG1X6k //&! Why the precariat requires a basic income (Prof. Guy Standing) (ENG) - youtu.be/4WaA8zqjBSk //&! The Precariat: The new dangerous class - Sydney Ideas - youtu.be/-jJt-5i_dls
book  Robert  Skidelsky  income  distribution  GDP  nominal  GDP  targeting  macroeconomic  policy  happiness  index  microeconomic  policy  4-day  work  week  6-hour  work  day  economic  history  well  being  public  health  policy  public  health  leisure  time  work  life  balance  burnout  western  society  western  world  secular  stagnation  life  hacker  life  lesson  inequality  Gini  coefficient  wealth  distribution  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  social  democracy  No  Representation  democracy  welfare  state  social  safety  net  minimum  wage  Universal  Basic  Thomas  Piketty  precarious  work  Precariat  working  poor  poverty  in  old  age  poverty  UK  USA  Europe  transferring-wealth  wealth-distribution  trickle-down  economics  neoliberalism  neoliberal  Super  Rich  1%  plutocracy  oligarchy  Greed  zombie  consumer  consumerism  consumerist  status  anxiety  Selbstdarstellung  Selbstfürsorge  sociology  philosophy  Aristotle  low  income  tax  free  income  income  redistribution  income  inequality 
january 2016 by asterisk2a
Women in Tech
[ via pando - bit.ly/1KotzjQ ] They surveyed some 200 senior women in the tech world about discrimination. The details from the survey are, in a word, disgusting...
Ellen  Pao  gender-based  discrimination  gender-based  harassment  gender  policing  gender  politics  gender  pay  gap  gender  bias  confirmation  bias  selection  bias  bias  snap  judgement  HR  human  resources  people  management  team  management  everyday  sexism  sexism  sexismus  gender  gap  gender  inequality  gender  equality  gender  conforming  gender  role  Patriarchy  boys  club  straight  white  male  male  privilege  white  male  privilege  Women  in  Tech  discrimination  ethnic  discrimination  social  discrimination  racial  discrimination  gender  discrimination  minority  Silicon  Valley 
january 2016 by asterisk2a
Female F1 driver would not be taken seriously, claims Bernie Ecclestone | Sport | The Guardian
F1 chief executive suggests sport may never see another female racer
Women  in  Sport  womens  Patriarchy  glass  ceiling  gender  inequality  business  of  straight  white  male  male  privilege  white  male  privilege 
january 2016 by asterisk2a
FA’s Sue Campbell: women’s football in England is a bit like a patchwork quilt | Football | The Guardian
New head of female game wants to create a coherent strategy across the country and ensure Richard Scudamore and the Premier League are also onside
FIFA  soccer  World  Cup  business  of  sport  gender  inequality  Women  in  womens  sport  Olympics  IOC 
january 2016 by asterisk2a
Malnutrition causing thousands of hospital admissions - BBC News
"We often see parents who are going without food so that they can feed their children, and these parents often struggle to afford enough nutritious food for their children too." He said the Trust did not believe anyone should have to go hungry in the UK, and was working with the public, charities and politicians to "find solutions to the underlying causes of food poverty". [...] "Eating and drinking well is critical when it comes to staying healthy and independent, yet this can become more difficult as we get older. [...] She said people were making choices about whether to pay a bill or feed the family. [...] quite often by the time they come through our doors and need to be admitted, the damage is already done.
food  poverty  UK  childhood  obesity  childhood  development  childhood  child  poverty  Gini  coefficient  income  mobility  social  mobility  education  policy  post  code  lottery  welfare  state  social  safety  net  prevention  NHS  intervention  public  health  public  health  policy  austerity  budget2015  nasty  party  Tories  vulnerable  Disabled  Conservative  No  Representation  dogma  ideology  trickle-down  economics  neoliberalism  neoliberal  Bank  Big  Society  elderly  care  chronic  diseases  chronic  low-grade  inflammation  Services  Services  OAP  loneliness  child  tax  credit  tax  credit  working  tax  credit  working  poor  low  pay  Precariat  Wertegesellschaft  Gesellschaft  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  poverty  trap  David  Cameron  George  Osborne 
november 2015 by asterisk2a
Patients told to 'Skype your doctor' in bid to relieve Christmas pressure on NHS - Press and Journal
diet, sick population, lifestyle, and going sick into work ( presenteeism ), and not washing hands regularly and door handles / light switches at home. //&! NHS report shows ‘worrying’ gap in life expectancy across north-east. The call comes in the wake of the latest annual report from NHS Grampian’s director of public health – which reveals “persistent health inequalities” between the most and least deprived areas. - bit.ly/1MyjrWj
flu  winter  flu  influenca  Influenza  sick  population  public  health  policy  public  health  prevention  intervention  GP  austerity  NHS  NHS  Scotland  chronic  low-grade  inflammation  immune  system  inflammation  anti-inflammatory  diet  antioxidant  Standard  American  western  diet  pattern  diet  Whole-Food  Plant-Based  diet  western  lifestyle  hygiene  presenteeism  health  inequality  tobacco  alcohol  abuse  substance  abuse  drug  abuse  poverty  child  poverty  food  poverty  poverty  trap  poverty  in  old  age  health  care  budget  health  care  spending  health  crisis  health  care  mental  health  mental  illness 
november 2015 by asterisk2a
Top CEOs Have $4.9 Billion Saved Up for Retirement. Nearly 1/3 of Workers Have Nothing - Executives aren’t just benefiting from lavish retirement packages: Some are actively making it harder for their own employees to save. : TrueReddit
CEO  pay  retirement  pension  scheme  pension  pension  obligation  pension  fund  public  pension  babyboomers  Millennials  generationy  generational  contract  fairness  Generationengerechtigkeit  budget  deficit  Sovereign  Wealth  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft  Altersarmut  poverty  in  old  age 
october 2015 by asterisk2a
Food banks have become a lifeline for many, but where is the way out? | Patrick Butler | Society | The Guardian
Back in September 2012, however, when Bestwood and Bulwell food bank opened, Webster did not expect to be hugely busy, confidently believing it could be “run out of a cupboard”. What happened next was terrifying: the initial trickle of referrals turned into a flood, triggered by what Webster calls “downright poverty”. After a year, volunteers were “on their knees” (though they are on their feet again now, he adds), battered not only by the sheer weight of demand, but by the shocking specificity of the deprivation and injustice they encountered: the food bank client who was sanctioned by the jobcentre (had her benefits stopped) for not attending a job search interview even though she told them she was in hospital having chemotherapy; a woman client who asked if the food bank gave out tampons; she had no money and had been forced to use newspaper instead. It troubles him that so much of their work is, on the face of it, due to avoidable failures in state provision, ...
Food  Bank  poverty  child  abuse  childhood  obesity  obesity  epidemic  obesity  health  crisis  sick  population  public  health  consumer  choice  mental  health  mental  illness  Depression  deprivation  DWP  housing  benefit  benefits  sanctions  JSA  ESA  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  child  poverty  poverty  trap  Iain  Duncan  Smith  nasty  party  fairness  austerity  Services  Social  Services  working  poor  Precariat  precarious  work  homeless  homelessness  UK  bailout  Generationengerechtigkeit  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  job  security  labour  market  crony  capitalism  capitalism  dogma  ideology  Tories  Conservative  George  Osborne  David  Cameron  Wall  Street  shared  economic  interest  shareholder  value  profit  maximisation  corporate  welfare  subsidies  subsidizing  tax  credit  child  tax  credit  working  tax  credit  Gini  coefficient  inequality  post  code  lottery  income  mobility  mobility  downward  mobility  safety  net  welfare  state  NHS 
october 2015 by asterisk2a
One million older people in need 'struggle alone' - BBC News
A million older people in England struggling with everyday tasks, such as washing and dressing, are being left to fend for themselves, campaigners say. // [ rationing ] other report shows only 1 in 3 applications for help do pass. << councils more stringent with their criteria who gets help who needs it most //&! More old people in hospital as community care 'starved' – Age UK Charity calls for urgent cash injection amid ‘alarming’ rise in emergency admissions as community health and social care decays - bit.ly/1LK70d6
NHS  Public  Services  Social  Services  austerity  poverty  in  old  age  Altersarmut  UK  bed  blocking  staff  shortage  Big  Society  nasty  party  Tories  Conservative  fairness  care 
october 2015 by asterisk2a
Scottish food bank taskforce holds first meeting - BBC News
The latest figures from the Trussell Trust showed that 117,689 people in Scotland picked up a three-day supply of groceries in 2014/2015, more than eight times the number of users compared with two years ago. [...] "UK government welfare cuts and benefit sanctions have continually pushed more and more people into food poverty and increased the demand and number of food banks in Scotland. "This shocking trend has to stop." [...] The group's recommendations will be used in the Scottish government's Social Justice Action Plan, which aims to help tackle poverty and create fairer opportunities. [...] "We need to find longer term solutions to food poverty. So we welcome the Scottish government convening this new group to find lasting solutions to the problem." [...] The Scottish government currently invests £1m in the Emergency Food Action Plan which supports 26 local food aid projects //&! bit.ly/1jQbQuy
Food  Bank  poverty  child  abuse  austerity  UK  2015  SNP  Scotland  public  awareness  public  perception  poverty  child  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  public  health  public  health  policy  subsidizing  subsidies  corporate  welfare  fairness  social  safety  net  welfare  state 
october 2015 by asterisk2a
Deutschland: Fast 118.000 Selbstständige sind auf Hartz IV angewiesen - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Immer mehr Unternehmer beantragen staatliche Unterstützung. Laut einem Bericht bekamen im vergangenen Jahr fast 118.000 Selbstständige Hartz IV. Besonders schlecht verdienen demnach Leute die als Ein-Personen-Unternehmen arbeiten. [...] Zugleich hat sich die Zahl der Selbstständigen ohne Beschäftigte dem Bericht zufolge seit dem Jahr 2000 von 1,84 auf 2,34 Millionen erhöht. Damit gebe es inzwischen deutlich mehr Solo-Selbstständige als Selbstständige mit Beschäftigten. Deren Zahl habe im vergangenen Jahr bei 1,85 Millionen gelegen. [ << underlying truth of the labour market Germany - precarious. No way to save something for retirement. ]
low  pay  Niedriglohnsektor  lohndumping  Niedriglohn  self-employment  ALG2  Aufstocker  hartz-iv  labour  market  job  market  job  creation  job  security  Sozialer  Abstieg  squeezed  middle  class  working  poor  precarious  work  Precariat  Germany  Selbstständigkeit  neoliberalism  neoliberal  social  safety  net  welfare  state  Agenda  2010  Altersarmut  poverty  in  old  age  poverty  recovery  GFC  corporate  welfare  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  fairness  subsidies  subsidizing 
october 2015 by asterisk2a
Angela Merkel: Abschottung ist keine Option mehr - SPIEGEL ONLINE
bit.ly/1QvB63Z &! bit.ly/1Ne9n73 - Kanzlerin Merkel vor dem Bundestag erklärt zum Zusammenhalt in der EU gemahnt. Man stehe vor "historischen" Prüfungen. //&! Stärken die Flüchtlinge den Standort Deutschland oder kommen hohe Kosten auf die Sozialkassen zu? Der Ökonom Raffelhüschen warnt vor massiven Steuererhöhungen und steigender Altersarmut. - bit.ly/1KaYeiO - Schon heute gebe es in Deutschland Hunderttausende unqualifizierte Arbeitslose. "Es kommen jetzt bis zu 1,5 Millionen Menschen dazu, von denen etwa 70 Prozent ebenfalls unqualifiziert sind", sagte Raffelhüschen der Nachrichtenagentur dpa. &! bit.ly/1NDSvcn - Geringqualifizierten droht in Deutschland heute häufiger ein Leben in Armut als noch vor zehn Jahren. Mehr als 30 Prozent derjenigen ohne Berufsausbildung und mit höchstens einem Realschulabschluss sind demnach armutsgefährdet. &! Integrationsdebatte: Lammert fordert von Flüchtlingen Anpassung an "Leitkultur" - bit.ly/1MEOmEq
refugee  crisis  GroKo  Germany  Angela  Merkel  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft  austerity  Wolfgang  Schäuble  underemployed  skills  gap  education  policy  integration  Sozialpolitik  immigration  migration  fiscal  policy  underinvestment  productive  investment  infrastructure  investment  Schuldenbremse  Pact  European  Union  economic  history  recovery  globalisation  globalization  flat  world  competitive  competitiveness  lohndumping  Sozialer  Abstieg  precarious  work  Precariat  working  poor  minimum  wage  mindestlohn  Minijob  hartz-iv  refugee  Asylbewerber  Asylum  Altersarmut  poverty  child  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  poverty  trap  Gini  coefficient  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  Wall  Street  Greed  crony  capitalism  fairness  Generationengerechtigkeit  capitalism  exploitation  Workers  Union  Trade  Union  subsidies  subsidizing  welfare  state  social  safety  net  social  mobility  income  mobility  Realschulabschluss  vocational  education  professional  education  Qualification  Software  Is  Eating  The  Robotics  automation  Service  Sector  Jobs  job  security  labour  market  job  market  Niedriglohn  Niedriglohnsektor  secular  stagnation  Niall  Ferguson  trickle-down  economics  neoliberalism  neoliberal  Makers  lobb 
october 2015 by asterisk2a
More patients in Scotland given antidepressants - BBC News
814,181 patients in 2014/15. Since 2009/10, use of antidepressants has increased by 28.5%. Two-thirds of the patients given the drugs were women, with use peaking in the 50-54 age group. The figures indicated antidepressant use was associated with deprivation. They recorded 225,969 patients in the poorest parts of Scotland receiving the drugs, compared with 110,507 in the least deprived areas. The total cost of antidepressants to the NHS in Scotland was £40.8m. The use of lower-cost drugs means this figure has fallen by one-third over the past 10 years. [...] "We are now looking at the flabbergasting statistic of more than one in seven people in Scotland being prescribed antidepressants this year. [...] "The fact that we have seen such substantial increases in prescriptions raises real concerns over whether this reflects shortages in other services, //&! bit.ly/1GJ9ouW - doubling in 10 years from 10 to 20 million daily doses for NHS Grampian [...] without other forms of treatment.
mental  health  elderly  care  mental  illness  NHS  NHS  Scotland  society  Gesellschaft  Zivilgesellschaft  Wegwerfgesellschaft  psychology  Psychiatry  lifestyle  medicine  active  lifestyle  sedentary  lifestyle  western  lifestyle  lifestyle  Standard  American  Diet  pattern  western  Whole-Food  Plant-Based  Diet  Vegan  Carnism  omnivore  Serotonin  Tryptophan  Personal  Budget  austerity  sick  population  health  care  health  care  health  care  spending  health  crisis  public  health  policy  public  health  well  being  happiness  index  meaningful  life  self-actualization  life  hacker  life  lesson  volunteering  volunteer  NHS  Grampian  patient  care  poverty  in  old  age  community  poverty  chronic  diseases  chronic  stress  well-being  local  hyperlocal  GP 
october 2015 by asterisk2a
6 Women Using Tech to Change the World | craigconnects
Women  in  Tech  Female  Founders  Silicon  Valley  STEM  social  change 
september 2015 by asterisk2a
Slack Releases Diversity Data, Reports Higher Percentage Of Black People In Engineering Than Company-Wide | TechCrunch
&! tcrn.ch/1JWCBnw
Slack  diversity  HR  human  resources  recruiting  recruitment  hiring  Women  in  Tech  STEM  Stewart  Butterfield  Silicon  Valley  minority  black  minority  ethnic  minority  LGBTQIASP 
september 2015 by asterisk2a
Trickle Down Economics - YouTube
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september 2015 by asterisk2a
Lebenserwartung-Studie: Menschen leben länger - jedoch für hohen Preis - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Eine aktuelle Studie zeigt, wie unterschiedlich die Lebenserwartung weltweit verteilt ist - und wie viel Zeit wir mit Krankheiten leben. [...] Laut der Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 werden die Menschen immer älter. In den 23 Jahren zwischen 1990 und 2013 ist die weltweite Lebenserwartung um 6,2 Jahre gestiegen. Gleichzeitig zeigen die Ergebnisse aber, dass die gewonnenen Jahre häufig mit einem hohen Preis bezahlt werden: Sie gehen zu Lasten der eigenen Gesundheit. [...] 1. Länger leben, länger krank: [...] Hierzulande haben Menschen, die 2013 geboren wurden, laut den Daten eine Lebenserwartung von 80,7 Jahren. Gesund sind sie davon aber lediglich 68,8 Jahre. [...] Ursache für die ungesunden zusätzlichen Lebensjahre sind oft nicht Krankheiten von Herz und Kreislauf oder Krebs, schreiben die Forscher. Stattdessen listen sie Leiden wie Diabetes, Muskel- und Skeletterkrankungen, mentale Krankheiten, Suchtprobleme, neurologische Erkrankungen sowie Hör- und Sehverlust auf.
sick  population  ageing  population  premature  ageing  big  pharma  pharmaceutical  industry  pharma  chronic  diseases  chronic  low-grade  inflammation  western  diet  Standard  American  diet  pattern  diet  sedentary  lifestyle  western  lifestyle  active  lifestyle  lifestyle  medicine  diabetes  Arthritis  osteoporosis  mental  health  mental  illness  addiction  neurology  neurobiology  neuroscience  quality  of  life  poverty  in  old  age  backpain  Cardiovascular  disease  vascular  disease  heart  disease  cancer  public  health  policy  public  health  stroke  heart  attack  health  care  budget  health  care  spending  Altersarmut  Services  Social  Services  health  crisis  premature  death  diet-related  disease 
august 2015 by asterisk2a
What is the 'gig' economy? | FT Comment - YouTube
human capital, HR - as cost center. // trading short-term competitiveness (kick ppl of the book according to demand) but trade it in aggregate with long-term social deprivation and skill gaps and underinvestment. because of dog eat dog mentality than you are incentivised to compete on price, because it is the easiest and you are able to to it with those neoliberal labour reforms in Europe. Don't compete with Amazon on price. Don't compete with China/Asia on price. Stupid.
Gig  Economy  1099  Economy  Zero  Hour  Contract  freelancing  freelance  part-time  Contractor  working  poor  precarious  work  uncertainty  squeezed  middle  class  Sozialer  Abstieg  neoliberalism  neoliberal  21stcentury  job  creation  job  market  labour  economics  labour  market  manual  labour  Service  Sector  Jobs  on-demand  convenience  western  world  Zeitarbeit  Leiharbeit  Europe  UK  USA  Germany  capitalism  human  capital  conglomerate  social  safety  net  Universal  Basic  Income  self-employment  tax  credit  poverty  trap  poverty  in  old  age  savings  rate  Policy  Makers  lobbyist  lobby  Lobbying  folly  error  short-term  thinking  short-term  view  meritocracy  meritocratic  Alain  de  Botton  work  environment  philosophy  chronic  stress  Precariat  Future  of  Mobile  Creatives  Mobile  Creative  profit  maximisation  shareholder  value  Workers  Union  Wall  Street  budget  deficit  OECD  IMF  lost  generation  lost  decade  professional  education  vocational  education  education  unintended  consequences  skills  gap  skill-biased  technological  change  Software  Is  Eating  The  Niedriglohnsektor  microeconomic  macroeconomic  deprivation  Perspective  hopelessness  voter  turnout  Career 
august 2015 by asterisk2a
Life expectancy gap between rich and poor areas fell under Labour – study | Society | The Guardian
Gini  coefficient  working  poor  precarious  work  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  child  poverty  food  poverty  poverty  trap  UK  public  health  policy  public  health  sick  population 
august 2015 by asterisk2a
Grundsicherung: Mehr Menschen auf Unterstützung angewiesen - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Altersarmut  poverty  in  old  age 
august 2015 by asterisk2a
I've been viciously attacked for daring to start a women's tech site | Media Network | The Guardian
So yes, my site has ‘feminine’ branding. Yes, we cover fashion and beauty as well as phones and drones. And that is entirely deliberate. It’s okay to be a woman who likes tech. It’s also OK to not like clothes and makeup. But many people seem to believe that to achieve equality, we all have to pretend we’re genderless, faceless ‘users’, and that doesn’t help anyone. Acceptance isn’t about ditching who you are to fit in with the crowd. It’s about the crowd recognising that you have differences and welcoming them.
gender-based  discrimination  gender-based  harassment  #GamerGate  Women  in  Tech  gender  pay  gap  gender  policing  gender  politics  gender  inequality  everyday  sexism  sexism  sexismus  misogyny  Misogynie  Patriarchy  straight  white  male  male  privilege  white  male  privilege  feminism  feminist 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Why Retirement Is a Crisis for Women - YouTube
gender  inequality  gender  pay  gap  poverty  in  old  age  pension  obligation  pension  scheme 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Why Building a Diverse Board Is Best for Startups - YouTube
&! tcrn.ch/1Meq439
diversity  minority  black  minority  ethnic  minority  STEM  Venture  Capital  Women  in  Tech  gender  inequality  gender-based  discrimination  inequality  Gini  coefficient  gender  studies  gender  stereotype  gender  bias  gender  politics  gender  pay  gap  gender  gap  gender  equality  gender  policing  gender  role  education  policy  vocational  education  social  mobility  income  mobility  skills  gap  skill-biased  technological  change 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Joseph Stiglitz: It’s Time to Get Radical on Inequality - YouTube
Nobel laureate Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, studies the forces driving inequality and what is at stake if it continues. In his view, bad economic thinking deserves part of the blame — fanciful ideas like trickle-down and the notion that economists should try to increase the size of the economic pie and let the politicians worry about distribution. On the contrary, Stiglitz sees distribution as a problem economists must confront. He warns that an economic system that doesn’t raise standards of living for most Americans is a failure. [...] monopoly rent = too big to fail/tbtf (bailout) == cost to society/economic damage == where was antitrust!? monopolies are less productive & costly eventually in the long-term. rent exploitation through lobby! [...] this is bad for everyone, rising inequality, lower inequality is an econ multiplier // &! The Great Divide with Joseph Stiglitz and Robert Reich - youtu.be/e3aJxy9tA-w &! youtu.be/U-oEjFKCp00 NEET
inequality  income  inequality  gender  inequality  Gini  coefficient  social  mobility  downward  mobility  income  mobility  working  tax  credit  child  tax  credit  tax  code  capital  gains  fairness  income  distribution  capital  gains  tax  earned  income  tax  tax  avoidance  tax  evasion  corporate  tax  rate  tax  free  income  tax  credit  welfare  state  Public  Services  Services  austerity  trickle-down  economics  economic  model  economic  history  book  Privileged  progressive  kalte  Progression  coldprogression  wealth  distribution  academia  academics  neoliberal  neoliberalism  liberal  economic  reform  precarious  work  working  poor  poverty  trap  child  poverty  well  being  education  policy  vocational  education  skills  gap  paternity  leave  maternity  leave  gender-based  discrimination  gender  equality  Women  in  Tech  STEM  added  value  value  creation  shared  economic  interest  economic  damage  microeconomic  policy  economic  growth  disposable  income  discretionary  spending  Thomas  Piketty  Joseph  Stiglitz  josephstiglitz  Gesellschaft  social  tension  social  cohesion  society  uncertainty  insecurity  Career  Politicians  savings  rate  job  creation  labour  market  labour  economics  Lohnzurückhaltung  Niedriglohn  Niedriglohnsektor  Service  Sector  Jobs  minimum  wage  living  wage  Contractor  Zero  Hour  Contract  Leiharbeit  Zeitarbeit  exploitation  Wall  Street  profit  maximisation  shareholder  value  crony  interest  interest  capitalis 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Breaking the Glass Ceiling - YouTube
- segregation happens early on - in education! // biased society, kindergarten teachers, // women do bulk of unpaid work //
glass  ceiling  gender-based  discrimination  gender  pay  gap  Women  in  Tech  STEM  gender  gap  gender  politics  gender  policing  gender  inequality  gender  role  education  policy  society  bias  Gesellschaft  gender  bias  selection  bias  pattern  matching  confirmation  bias  sexism  everyday  sexism  sexismus  Silicon  Valley  inequality  economic  damage  sociology  soziologie  family  family  planning  HR  human  resources  paternity  leave  maternity  leave  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft  microeconomic  policy 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
bethanye Blount Velocity NY 2014 Keynote: "Build a Better Unicorn..." - YouTube
>> lot has already been blogged about how hiring for STEM is somewhat broken - http://techcrunch.com/search/hiring#stq=hiring&stp=1 // because of existing stakeholder look and talk the same and have the same education background. living in their own created bubble. prejudice against everything that is not them. --- thats what I read into the satus quo description. // &! &! OSCON 2013: Laura Weidman Powers, "Diversity in the Innovation Economy" - youtu.be/7HWKXUNrL8g &! youtu.be/oAzW1EmpxLA
Software  Development  HR  human  resources  Leadership  management  people  management  Start-Up  lesson  Start-Up  advice  scaling  economies  of  scale  hiring  hiring  process  pattern  matching  pattern  recognition  gender  bias  selection  bias  confirmation  bias  bias  Privileged  privilege  male  privilege  Silicon  Valley  diversity  Women  in  Tech  STEM  gender-based  discrimination  gender  politics  gender  policing  gender  inequality  straight  white  male  white  male  privilege  ethnic  minority  minority  black  minority  asshole  culture  brogrammer  corporate  culture  jock  culture  Campus 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Episode 558: News Roundtable! Reddit, tech outages, hackers gone wild, sex scandals, luxury pot, - YouTube
>> Ellen Pao wasnt alone, there was Sam Altman and Alexis Ohanian who also aversaw 1) how to make AMAs and Co reddits a business avenue (he plan of how to make money without asking / consulting all stakeholders!) and 2) its lack of mod and community support on a lasting basis and 3) to fire Victoria, and secret santa founder and SVP of product bc they did were not on the same line with the head honchos how to make money with Reddit. Period. Ellen Pao was not the sole decision maker. The board obviously was behind her. /// &&&!!! http://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/07/reddit-s-woman-problem
Reddit  Ellen  Pao  Women  in  Tech  Silicon  Valley  Sam  Altman  Alexis  Ohanian  Venture  Capital  business  model  community  community  management  HR  human  resources  management 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Robert Noyce and the Rise of Silicon Valley (2009) - YouTube
BBC Docu about history (its past) of Silicon Valley. // &! Something Ventured - Something Ventured is a 2011 documentary film investigating the emergence of American venture capitalism in the mid-20th Century.
Silicon  Valley  history  technological  history  technological  progress  STEM  Women  in  Tech  meritocracy  meritocratic  American  Dream  USA  academia  creative  destruction  Venture  Capital 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Lionesses welcomed home with 'sexist' FA tweet - BBC News
discrediting indirectly by highlighting what they are ... mothers, daughters, partners, ... not professional soccer players who have league play one week later. /// http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/07/06/the-terrible-sexist-tweet-that-shows-how-far-womens-soccer-still-has-to-go/?postshare=341436192461552 &! theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/06/england-women-twitter-world-cup-mothers-partners-daughters
Soccer  World  Cup  Soccer  Women  in  Sport  womens  sexism  everyday  sexism  sexismus  Sexual  objectification  objectification  Misogynie  misogyny  FIFA  UEFA 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Women's World Cup: bigger, better – but still treated as the poor relation | Football | The Guardian
FIFA  UEFA  Women  in  Sport  Soccer  World  Cup 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
Sheryl Sandberg - Mobile Uploads
https://www.facebook.com/GlobalGeekettes - http://www.geekettes.io/ - http://www.geekettes.io/about-us/ "We're women from different parts of the globe, now living and working in the tech centre of Europe - Berlin. Our skills cover design, marketing, communications and development, so you're in good hands." - http://recode.net/2015/05/13/tech-women-choose-possibility/ http://cocomsp.com/2015/03/dreamcast-episode-9-jenna-pederson/
Berlin  Start-Up  Scene  Europe  Start-Up  Scene  Women  in  Tech  STEM  Silicon  Valley 
july 2015 by asterisk2a
SPIEGEL.TV - Freital (Sachsen) - Buerger gegen Asylbewerberheime
"uns stehts bis hier" // // Reaction = Symptom. General anger pours out over weakest in society, opportune moment. // &! http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/europarat-kritisiert-rassismus-und-intoleranz-in-deutschland-a-955415.html &! http://www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/themen/schutz-vor-rassismus/europaeische-kommission-gegen-rassismus-und-intoleranz/ &! http://www.dw.com/de/die-intoleranz-in-deutschland-w%C3%A4chst/a-18444170 &! http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article118084431/Deutsche-sind-intolerant-und-vertrauen-dem-Staat.html &! http://www.stern.de/news2/wachsende-intoleranz-europarat-sorgt-sich-ueber-rassismus-in-deutschland-6244622.html &! http://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/alltagsrassismus-und-intoleranz-die-deutschen-verhaeltnisse &! http://www.unric.org/de/pressemitteilungen/5081
Vorurteile  Vorurteil  Asylum  Asylbewerber  Saxony  adoptarefugee.org  antisemitism  Antisemitismus  Rechtsextremismus  Sozialer  Abstieg  uncertainty  squeezed  middle  class  Existenzangst  Germany  Deutschland  public  perception  Lügenpresse  hartz-iv  integration  Career  Politicians  No  Representation  Neonazi  Neo-Nazi  Nazi  Hooligan  Rechtsruck  fairness  Unrechtsstaat  bailout  Super  Rich  1%  short-term  thinking  short-term  view  East  kalte  Progression  tax  code  tax  evasion  tax  avoidance  crony  capitalism  corporate  state  Wall  Street  shareholder  value  profit  maximisation  globalisation  globalization  labour  market  precarious  work  Precariat  working  poor  child  poverty  food  poverty  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  Riester-Rente  pension  obligation  Zivilgesellschaft  Gesellschaft  Zivilcourage  Ausländerfeindlichkeit  Fremdenfeindlichkeit  Nationalism  political  refugee  economic  refugee  refugee  war  refugee  opportunist  Opportunism  job  security  job  market 
june 2015 by asterisk2a
Arbeitsmarkt: Prekäre Beschäftigung belastet Privatleben - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Leiharbeiter, Minijobber und Teilzeitbeschäftigte müssen nicht nur mit geringem Einkommen vorlieb nehmen. Die Berufssituation wirkt sich einer Studie zufolge auch negativ auf ihr Privatleben aus. Besonders bei Frauen. [...] Dabei betrachten die Forscher atypische Beschäftigung nicht pauschal als Teufelswerk, betonen aber den zwiespältigen Charakter: Während Arbeitnehmer befristete Stellen und Leiharbeit ganz überwiegend unfreiwillig und mangels alternativer Angebote übernähmen, sehe das bei Teilzeit- oder Minijobs auf den ersten Blick teilweise anders aus. Insbesondere Frauen entschieden sich häufig bewusst für einen solchen Job, um mehr Zeit für die Familie zu haben. Doch selbst wenn es sich "oberflächlich betrachtet" um eine freiwillige Wahl handele, steckten dahinter oftmals "strukturelle Zwänge", wie etwa fehlende Möglichkeiten der Kinderbetreuung oder die geringe Bereitschaft der Arbeitgeber, den Bedürfnissen von Familien Rechnung zu tragen.
precarious  work  Precariat  underemployed  Zeitarbeit  Leiharbeit  Minijob  minimum  wage  living  wage  gender  inequality  Gesellschaft  Sozialer  Abstieg  squeezed  middle  class  uncertainty  Existenzangst  hartz-iv  liberal  economic  reform  labour  market  labour  economics  Universal  Basic  Income  happiness  index  social  safety  net  welfare  state  tax  credit  tax  code  tax  free  Public  Services  Services  Schuldenbremse  austerity  Fiscal  Pact  chronic  stress  poverty  child  poverty  food  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  social  mobility  mobility  vocational  education  Gini  coefficient  Germany  mental  health  mental  illness  Oxidative  stress  health  health  policy  child  care  atypical  employment  structural  unemployment  long-term  unemployment  unemployment  microeconomic  policy  burnout  sociology  class  warfare  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft 
june 2015 by asterisk2a
David Cameron speech: I'll end welfare merry-go-round - BBC News
Cameron thinks corporations will pay living wage instead of minimum wage & hire full-time only. &! "We are all in this together." &! punishment over incentives (personal), guidance&practical help; JSA claimants are put on private agency lists who get a referral bonus if they put them in work. Scheme, since introduction it seems, was neither a success nor failure. Numbers are kept under wraps. // "It comes amid a debate over plans for £12bn in welfare cuts, the details of which have not been revealed. [...] According to the Treasury, about 4.5 million families received child and working tax credits in 2013-4, nearly 70% of which were in some form of employment. [ flexible labour market conditions (liberal economic reforms) introduced massive rise in precarious employment ] // bbc.in/1Lrsjkj - "You identify a million people who you'd like to take £1,000 away from and I'll do it." [Speech was 4 grounding a message/theme for the cuts ahead] &! bbc.in/1J2i42h bbc.in/1K9KquD bbc.in/1N5iAxq
Career  Politicians  David  Cameron  living  wage  austerity  tax  credit  working  poor  precarious  work  Precariat  Toff  Privileged  Establishment  Sozialer  Abstieg  status  anxiety  squeezed  middle  class  poverty  in  old  age  child  poverty  food  poverty  poverty  Social  Services  Public  Services  Conservative  Party  Iain  Duncan  Smith  George  Osborne  opportunist  Opportunism  IMF  OECD  Gini  coefficient  fairness  budget  deficit  mobility  income  mobility  education  policy  DWP  policy  folly  policy  error  short-term  thinking  short-term  view  underemployed  self-employment  employability  long-term  unemployment  labour  market  labour  economics  Zero  Hour  Contract  contractor  1099  Economy  Zeitarbeit  Leiharbeit  outsourcing  low  income  tax  free  income  practical  skills  practical  skill  set  vocational  education  MOOC  e-learning  online  learning  competitiveness  competitive  Future  of  Disabled  disability  child  tax  credit  working  tax  credit  microeconomic  policy 
june 2015 by asterisk2a
Intel Capital’s Lisa Lambert on the firm’s new $125 million Diversity Fund | PandoDaily
The plan is to invest in what we think is representative of the global society. All the data points to more diversity in our country and across the globe. As these communites have more influence and more purchasing power, they should be involved in the development of products that are going to serve the market they represent. We think it is good business. Designing products and investing in companies that Intel can partner with that serve these communities. [...] But also, from a practical standpoint, if you look at the venture capital community as a whole, it is pretty homogenous in terms of demographic breakdown. I think a lot of them aren’t sourcing these diverse deals because they don’t have access to those networks and have those communities. [...] I think the perception that there wouldn’t be deal flow, and what we found is that that is most definitely not true. [...] It’s not the pure tech, hard tech company that you’d expect Intel to invest in, but Intel is branching out.
Venture  Capital  Silicon  Valley  Female  Founders  Women  in  Tech  diversity  minority  ecosystem 
june 2015 by asterisk2a
What an Anti-Poverty Movement Looks Like (It’s Not What You Think) | BillMoyers.com
The truth is, there isn’t a millionaire in the world that could craft a coherent welfare policy. Programs that require you to quit your job to attend job training courses to get benefits, because nobody remembered to write in an exception, or misunderstandings about the differences in generational vs. situational poverty – those exist because the wealthy tried to imagine what poverty must be like. And they guessed wrong. A strong anti-poverty movement will be led by the people who understand what poverty really is, why it happens, how we could create workable solutions. A strong movement will be made up of the people who are poverty experts because they have lived in poverty. There is no one leader in this movement; there can’t be. It has to be a broad coalition of strange bedfellows, because there are 45 million people living in poverty in America. That many people can’t look like any one thing.
poverty  child  poverty  food  poverty  poverty  in  old  age  working  poor  precarious  work  Precariat  underemployed  part-time  policy  folly  policy  error  fiscal  policy  No  Representation  Career  Politicians  Toff  Establishment  Privileged  Makers 
may 2015 by asterisk2a
Die Lüge vom Wirtschaftswunder - Marshall Plan, D Mark, die Korruption des Ludwig Erhard - YouTube
Brain drain from east to west Germany! most important in Germany's post-war economic history! human capital and intellectual property. // 2nd - 50% debt jubilee for Germany & other European countries did forgoe war reparations bc USA pressured them and promised them Germany will produce machinery and material (enabled by war time industrial parks) that will rebuild Europe. // https://youtu.be/g9PLXtIHG0E - Mythos Trümmerfrauen - Mehr Wunsch als Wirklichkeit
Troika  IMF  World  Bank  Wirtschaftswunder  Marshall  Plan  Germany  economic  history  Europe  European  Soziale  Marktwirtschaft  PIGS  bailout  propaganda  Made  in  Germany  Brand  stereotype  productivity  WW2  WWII  brain  drain  human  capital  intellectual  property  Exportweltmeister 
may 2015 by asterisk2a
Ellen Pao Says Silicon Valley Isn’t A Meritocracy. It’s Not. | TechCrunch
Pao also took issue with the “pipeline issue” excuse for not hiring diversely. “I hate the pipeline issue,” Pao said. “It allows people to say, ‘I’m doing my best, it’s out of my hands. There’s a whole slew of things that can make it more fair.'” Swisher said she felt the same way about unconscious bias: It allows people to absolve themselves of responsibility for bias. Pao said she did not think Silicon Valley, a place where it’s possible to have all white male meetings all day every day, was a meritocracy. “I think SV aspires to be a true meritocracy … but there is not an even track to success. No. With 6% women in VC, level of funding for women-led startups, it just doesn’t seem that that could possibly be the case.” // bit.ly/1HV44Hg Williams leads unconscious bias workshops that aim to educate employees on the science behind decision-making and encourage a "culture where employees are comfortable with -- & held accountable for -- calling out prejudice, both blatant and subtle.
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Ellen Pao ‘Didn’t Plan on Becoming a Symbol’ for Women in Tech (Video) | Re/code
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may 2015 by asterisk2a
Silicon Valley is Lying to You (by GQ)
We're forever thankful to Silicon Valley for giving us the iPhone, omnipotent search engines, and swipe-simple hookups. But now that America's most vaunted industry has also become its most self-satisfied, Silicon Valley is veering toward fall-of-Rome territory. Which is why it needs to blow up these seven myths about itself before it's too late // Myth #1: Silicon Valley Is the Universe's Only True Meritocracy. Myth #2: Silicon Valley Is Bringing Us Closer Together. What new human contact these start-ups actually do foster is barely human contact at all—everything is mediated through an algorithm, a button, a swipe, or a GPS beacon. Myth #3: Younger Is Smarter, Safer, and Inarguably Better. Myth #4: School Is for Suckers, Just Drop Out [ Income disparaty between high school degree and college degree will widen further during the Industrial Revolution 2.0. Not everybody can be lucky, creating a unicorn while driving Uber +3 days a week ].
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may 2015 by asterisk2a
OECD: Vermögen in Deutschland sind besonders ungleich verteilt - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Wie sind die Vermögen in den Industriestaaten verteilt? Eine neue OECD-Studie zeigt: In Deutschland klaffen Besitzverhältnisse und Einkommen auseinander. // moving again to a world where winner takes almost all. duopolies/oligopolies
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may 2015 by asterisk2a
Headline Numbers: How do you measure inequality? - BBC News
Research from the Institute for Policy Studies found that in 2014, bonuses paid to Wall Street employees had been double the total annual pay earned by all Americans who worked full-time at the federal minimum wage. I crunched the numbers and it turned out that the same was true for the UK. [...] The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had figures out on Wednesday based on the definition that people were in poverty if their income was below 60% of the median level (to find the median income, line up all the people in the country in order of income and take the middle one). It found that almost a third of the UK population had experienced poverty in at least one of the years between 2010 and 2013, which is very high by European standards. The OECD sets out a summary of what has happened to examples of all three of these measures. Across its 34 member countries, the Gini Coefficient rose gradually from 1996, fell slightly for the financial crisis and then resumed its upward path.
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may 2015 by asterisk2a
Making Computer Science More Inviting: A Look at What Works
“I don’t particularly think that the existing computer science curriculum has been effective for anybody. It needs to be situated in a real-world or meaningful context so people understand why they’re doing it. That doesn’t make it less rigorous — students learn the same things, but in a different way.” — National Center for Women & Information Technology co-founder Lucy Sanders // like applied science, building stuff, real world things as team projects over the course of the whole semester, away from the math, theories, dry textbooks, learning by doing - figuring it out by trial end error (failure),
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