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The Social Impact of Universal Basic Income
The concept of universal basic income (UBI) is gaining traction globally, with pilot programs underway in Finland, Canada, and the Netherlands. While it promises economic security, crucial questions arise about its impact on community solidarity and social bonds, as well as the risk of reinforcing individualistic values. Understanding these dynamics is essential for its successful implementation. What are the potential consequences of universal basic income?
The Doom Loop — an economic portrait of a world on the brink
The global economic order is spiralling out of control: tariffs are increasing, nationalism intensifying, co-operation flagging,...
How America weaponised the world’s economy
Dollar hegemony has long enraged governments around the world. In the 1960s the French complained of America’s “exorbitant privilege”.
Shock Values — how inflation shaped American democracy
On September 30 1979, Arthur Burns, former chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, addressed a gathering of the world’s top...
Overland literary journal
In 1972, Charles ‘Chicka’ Dixon, a wharf labourer and Indigenous rights campaigner, headed a delegation of nine First Nations activists to the People’s Republic of China. The visitors were amazed at what they saw — a country seemingly free of racism, where Indigenous people were “equal” and where the communal organisation of the economy seemed to reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional practices.
Milton Friedman by Jennifer Burns — portrait of an economic colossus
At the very moment Milton Friedman was due to receive his 1976 Nobel medal from the king of Sweden, a protester — well disguised in white...
Structural and functional analyses of a germline KRAS T50I mutation provide insights into Raf activation
Abstract A T50I substitution in the K-Ras interswitch domain causes Noonan syndrome and emerged as a third-site mutation that restored the in vivo transforming activity and constitutive MAPK pathway activation by an attenuated KrasG12D,E37G oncogene in a mouse leukemia model. Biochemical and crystallographic data suggested that K-RasT50I increases MAPK signal output through a non-GTPase mechanism, potentially by promoting asymmetric Ras:Ras interactions between T50 and E162.
Book Review: The Long Shadow of Default: Britain’s Unpaid War Debts to the United States, 1917-2020 by David James Gill
By Max Harris In 2014, during the centenary of the First World War, Her Majesty’s Treasury announced that Britain would repay its outstanding debts from that tragic conflict. The Allies had long since defeated the Kaiser, but Britain was still spending millions of pounds in interest every year on those age-old borrowings. Repaying (more accurately, refinancing) the remaining debt would not only strengthen the fisc but also, officials hoped, demonstrate London’s credibility.
Book Review: An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom, 1945-1992 by Alain Naef
By Max Harris Exchange rate management is once again in the headlines. The dollar is strong, inflation is rampant, and policymakers around the world are trying to get a grip. Emerging market economies have spent billions to curb depreciation. Advanced economies are feeling the heat as well. In September, Japan’s finance ministry intervened in foreign exchange markets to bolster the yen, Tokyo’s first support operation in decades.
5 Key Steps For Realtors Selling A Home
As a realtor, one of your most important jobs is to help your clients sell their homes. It can be a complicated and time-consuming process, but there are some key steps that you can take to make it go more smoothly. It’s important to assess the home’s value accurately. It will help you price it correctly and market it effectively. Next, you need to stage the home in a way that will appeal to potential buyers. It means decluttering, depersonalizing, and making any necessary repairs.
A Story of Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, Housing Struggles, and a Vision of a Different World Order
Unfortunately I tested positive for covid-19 this week and it’s been tough — though I am lucky to have kind people around looking out for me. So it’s a shorter round-up this week: I’ve only just got back enough energy to put this together, but it won’t have the deep dive I’d like to do in other weeks.
A Ministry of Green Works for Aotearoa New Zealand
Description Aotearoa New Zealand faces a profound housing crisis, widespread infrastructure deficits, and the surging impacts of climate change – all amid a pandemic. Housing and infrastructure deficits today are a result of poor policy and create challenges for long-term vision, statutory planning, investment, funding, financing, procurement and delivery. Housing, infrastructure, and climate change are all human-made problems - and human action can overcome these problems, too.
Building Character Through Sports In This Current World
Read More >> I've primarily devoted my life to sports. It's how I've made most of my friends. It's how I spend most of my free time. And I'm lucky that it's also how I've been able to make a living. People have questioned the intellectual merits of such a pursuit, and I understand why. For me, sports have always encouraged critical thinking. Sports have helped me better understand things like math, psychology, economics, and theology (and vice versa).
AI in the home: Smart devices do’s and don’ts | Lexology
United Kingdom
August 14 2020 First published on Compare The Cloud, July 2020 The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in our homes have been increasing exponentially in the past few years, and with a large number of the UK workforce embracing the pandemic-imposed working-from-home culture, for many of us our homes have become our office.
AI in the home: Smart devices do’s and don’ts
The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in our homes have been increasing exponentially in the past few years, and with a large number of the UK workforce embracing the pandemic-imposed working-from-home culture, for many of us our homes have become our office. In this article, we consider the impact of this shift from a data perspective with a particular focus on smart speakers and other devices containing “virtual assistant” technology.
Still Time for Prime Minister to Make a Fair Decision on Quarantine Fees
On Monday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the proposal to charge returning New Zealanders fees for quarantining “isn’t about charging for the sake of managing the number of people who come in.” “Charging”, she said, “is really about making sure it’s equitable.” As has been the case several times while she has been Prime Minister, Ardern was using the right yardstick for decision-making. The yardstick is what’s equitable or fair.
Days of Winks and Roses
The years before Brexit were a time of magical innocence. —Overheard in a French bar, March 2019 Jesus winked at him. Big Malcolm checked to see if anyone was watching. Two small boys were chasing pigeons round the square like cowboys at a rodeo. A group of four old men were playing boules beneath the shade trees by the church. Big Malcolm had another butcher’s at the Son of God. Who winked again. Big Malcolm sauntered round the statue. Twice. He tapped its ribcage. Hollow. Bronze. He checked its head.
How to narrow the gap between Ardern's foreign policy aspirations and domestic debate
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stands out on the international stage. In an era of poisonous xenophobia and mean-spirited rhetoric, she has called for more compassion and kindness in politics and has stressed the importance of cooperation. Ardern is operating in a challenging environment – with tensions between China and the United States being characterised by some as a new Cold War.
Beyond a Superficial Politics of Compassion – Max Harris – Medium
Four months ago, I was on an inter-city bus in New Zealand — where I’m from — and throughout the journey a young women was coughing. About two hours into the journey, the bus driver — a middle-aged Māori woman — pulled the bus over, turned to the passengers, stood up and goes, “Right, who’s coughing?” The young woman nervously put up her hand. Then, just when I thought she was going to be told off or reprimanded in some way, the driver pulled out from under her seat a medicine bag.
Racism and White Defensiveness in Aotearoa: A Pākehā Perspective
Max Harris: It’s imperative that discussions of whiteness don’t lead to paralysing navel-gazing, and instead are a catalyst to organising for social change. At a recent talk I attended, Claudia Rankine, a Jamaican-born American poet and academic, spoke about how, in many places, “white life is a standard for normal life”. Whiteness is seen as “neutral, nonpartisan, and normal,” she said, and we’re encouraged to think that “white people are The People”.
Doctrinal Weaknesses, Faulty Assumptions, and Short-Termism: Problems with the Minimum Core
Max Harris is an Examination Fellow in Law at All Souls College, Oxford. He is currently completing a DPhil in constitutional law and has worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme. The words ‘minimum core’ do not appear in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – or in the major regional human rights treaties.
Getting to the heart of Universal Basic Income
If we took all of the income the United States makes in a year and divided it by the total number of Americans, then every woman, man, and child would be making over $50,000. That’s over $200,000 for a family of four. If we wiped the slate clean and took all of the personal net wealth of the United States and divvied it up among every American with a heartbeat, each person would receive over $250,000 as a nest egg. Let’s take a second to think about those numbers.
It is time for love to become a radical force in politics
Politics is inescapably emotional. Political ideas – such as freedom or equality – are often talked about as if they’re dry concepts, sandpapered down in a seminar room or a theoretical conversation. But political ideas involve feeling. The singer Nina Simone once said that freedom is ‘just a feeling’: a feeling of ‘no fear’. Justice is a state of affairs as well as a state of relief, elation, jubilation.
Basic income can help build community in age of individualism. Here's how
What if every citizen had a guaranteed income, regardless of whether they are at work? In an age of austerity and the rolling back of social policies, this idea may sound radical – but it is gaining momentum. Advocates of a universal basic are already piloting it at a national level in Finland, and similar projects are planned by the Canadian province of Ontario and the Dutch city of Utrecht.
Would a basic income bring society together?
What if every citizen had a guaranteed income, regardless of whether they are at work? In an age of austerity and the rolling back of social policies, this idea may sound radical – but it is gaining momentum. Advocates of a universal basic income are already piloting it at a national level in Finland, and similar projects are planned by the Canadian province of Ontario and the Dutch city of Utrecht.
What's Happening to the Millions of People Displaced by Climate Change?
What's Happening to the Millions of People Displaced by Climate Change? Weather-related hazards are displacing millions of people around the world. Countries need to start dealing with this crisis. The World Humanitarian Summit, which concluded last month in Istanbul, aimed to reform the humanitarian system. But that system was created for a climate that no longer exists. In 2015, disasters and climate change impacts led to the displacement of twice as many people as conflict and violence.
What's happening to the millions of people displaced by climate change?
Weather-related hazards are displacing millions of people globally. The World Humanitarian Summit was a start, but countries need to start dealing with climate refugees. The World Humanitarian Summit, which concluded last month in Istanbul, aimed to reform the humanitarian system. But that system was created for a climate that no longer exists. In 2015, disasters and climate change impacts led to the displacement of twice as many people as conflict and violence. This is only going to increase.
Damon Albarn and Hot Chip
Two recent records by seasoned British artists traverse the interconnected themes of technology, loneliness, and love. Several new political tracts have addressed how technology is changing work and the workplace. Paul Mason says in Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future that automation, amongst other forces, will usher in a new economic era that goes beyond existing capitalism.
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58 58% Владение мячом 42 42% 9 45% Всего ударов 11 55% 3 50% Удары в створ 3 50% 6 43% Удары мимо 8 57% 1 100% Блокированные удары 0 0% 3 60% Сэйвы 2 40% 1 50% Угловые 1 50% 11 44% Фолы 14 56% 0 0% Желтые карточки 4 100% 4 57% Замены 3 43% 59 43% Всего атак 77 57% 23 46% Опасных атак 27 54%
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