World today (Ni Srbija ni zemlje u okruženju)

[Meho Krljic]

"You should be able to go in a store looking like whatever you look like and say 'I'd like to see this.'

A naravno da ne znamo je li u pitanju rasizam ili puko bolenje kurca prodavca da usluži potencijalno neplatežnu mušteriju - ni jedno ni drugo mu ne ide na čast. Opet, bizarno je da Opru nazivaju rasistom.

[mac]

Ja se ne slažem sa citiranom rečenicom. Zašto bi radnja uzalud trošila vreme svog prodavca i habala skupu robu? Ako nema šanse da kupac kupi robu zašto bih mu je pokazivao?

[дејан]

мац, леба ти, трговину препусти трговцима, ово што ти пишеш је једна врста економског, класног и културног фашизма, и нема везе са животом. сваки човек има право да гледа шта год хоће у продавницама сем ако супротно није прописано уставом те земље. у супротном на делу је репресија.
мени није пријатно кад нам у радњу улазе свакави, прљави, смрдљиви људи, или они у ритама, који по твојој деф. троше време продаваца и хабају робу, али сваки од њих је људско биће које има право да буде ту и да буде услужено ако не прави инцидент тј. не краде и сл.
имамо десетак људи који тако изгледају и свакодневно проведу и по пола сата у радњи, и веровао или не пар њих, тако усмрђених у ритама су редовни купци.


и молим те...јбт, ти си толико видовит да знаш дебљину џепа према капуту?! ја нисам, нити било ко кога знам.


са друге стране, слажем се да је ово предимензионирана прича и да нема везе са расизмом већ са другом врстом ниподаштавања људи, која на жалост, испаде, има поборнике и овде.

[Father Jape]

и молим те...јбт, ти си толико видовит да знаш дебљину џепа према капуту?! ја нисам, нити било ко кога знам.

Tako je. Stoga je u interesu vlasnika radnje da pruži najbolju moguću uslugu svim potencijalnim mušterijama. S druge strane, njegovo je sveto pravo da odbije da usluži bilo kog pojedinca. A da li je to mudra odluka, druga je stvar.

[mac]

Ja to ne vidim kao nekakvo nipodaštavanje, nego kao nenamensko trošenje resursa. Ako hoćeš da kupiš okej, evo robe, ali ako nećeš da kupiš ni sad, ni kasnije, niti ćeš nekom drugom da preporučiš, niti prodavac ima ikakvu korist od trošenja vremena i habanja robe, onda zašto bi trošio vreme i habao robu?

Recimo da radnja ima manekene. To je nekad postojalo, video sam u nekom starom filmu. Elem, dođe gospođa i traži da manekenka obuče haljinu da vidi kako haljina stoji na živoj osobi. To je taj dodatni trud, samo malo veći nego ovaj o kome pričamo. Da li manekenka treba da se oblači i prikazuje baš svakom, ili onima koji imaju bar nekakvu nameru da kupe nešto? Ako prodavac odluči da ne troši resurse onda sad ima problem profilisanja kupaca, ali to je tehnički problem, a etički je već rešen. Naime moji resursi su meni važniji od tuđeg... pa ne znam tačno od čega. Ako čovek bez para uđe u skupu prodavnicu i traži robu, šta očekuje da se desi?

[дејан]

S druge strane, njegovo je sveto pravo da odbije da usluži bilo kog pojedinca.

е видиш, и то може бити није тачно, продавац се обавезао (у уговору који се код нас користи, а као део описа посла) да услужи СВЕ муштерије, и претпостављам да је тако свуда, што би значило да би та жена што је отерала опру, да ради код нас у радњи, прекршила уговор који је потписала и самим тим добила отказ (што је и једино решење за такву врсту продаваца)


сад видим да је мац писао још...али углавном су бесмислице и задржаћу се на томе да мац у ствари не познаје трговину и да због тога пише те ствари.

[Father Jape]

Hm. Ako je tačno to što kažeš, ne sviđa mi se što takav zakon postoji.

A ovo što mac priča - pa ako ni sam kupac nije siguran, do poslednjeg trenutka često, da li će nešto zaista kupiti, kako će prodavac biti?

[дејан]

Hm. Ako je tačno to što kažeš, ne sviđa mi se što takav zakon postoji.

уговор, оче, не закон

[Father Jape]

Pa što bi prodavac potpisivao ugovor ako ga država zakonom ne primora?

[Meho Krljic]

Ma, dajte, ugovor na stranu, ja sam u svoje vreme kad sam radio kao prodavac imao sasvim razuman odnos prema svima, pa i onima za koje se odmah vidi da ne mogu ništa da priušte u radnji. To ne znači da jednom neće, ili, što je verovatnije, da neće svojim poznanicima pričati o tome kako je u radnji lepa roba i da je žele. Ako si prema njima nedovoljno uslužan jasno je da te neće nigde preporučiti. To je elementarna logika.

[Ghoul]

zabranjeno za pse, crnce i srbe

[Ghoul]

inače, zajebani ti švajceri: čujem da oni ne priznaju naše diplome (sa medicine) - iste one koje priznaju i austrijanci i nemci...

[lilit]

austrijanci medicinu (stomatologiju, farmaciju, veterinu) ne priznaju automatski, nostrifikacija prilicno teska.

[Ghoul]

austrijanci medicinu (stomatologiju, farmaciju, veterinu) ne priznaju automatski, nostrifikacija prilicno teska.

onda možda priznaju samo školovane medic. sestre, ili tako nešto - tako mi barem reče jedna od sestara iz kućne nege... nisam ulazio u detalje... a možda ni ona ne zna kolko zna lilit!

[lilit]

medicinske sestre su deficitarne, al opet moraju da poloze (nemacki) 5 ispita pre nego im nostrifikuju diplomu. 5-6 meseci slusaju te predmete i onda polazu.

[Ugly MF]

Jel vid oneko ovo!?!?
Djuk Nukem ili nesto Trece...?

http://www.vaseljenska.com/svet/bacena-nuklearka-na-homs-u-siriji/

[Tex Murphy]

Продавачица из Швајцарске тврди да Опра лаже:

http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/oprah-winfrey-plays-down-racism-row-1766718.story

(наслов је мало збуњујући пошто се односи на оно што смо већ чули, нови дио долази на крају текста)

[Meho Krljic]

U Vijetnamu se izgleda malo štrecaju od "fejsbuk revolucija" pa su za svaki slučaj usvojili zakon koji veli da na blogovima i socijalnim mrežama ima da se diskutuje o privatnim stvarma a ne o politici i tekućim javnim pitanjima Pa, da, nema svako para ko SAD da koristi blogove i socijalne mreže da prati i uhodi potencijalne neprijatelje naroda i države.

[Meho Krljic]

Evo, ima dobrih ljudi

Lenovo chief shares $3.25 million of bonus with staff

The chief executive of Lenovo Group Ltd., which recently overtook Hewlett-Packard Co. to become the world's largest producer of personal computers, is sharing his annual bonus with his staff.
Angela Lee, a spokeswoman in Hong Kong for Lenovo, best known in the U.S. for acquiring IBM Corp.'s ThinkPad laptop brand and the rest of its PC business in 2005, confirmed that Yang Yuanqing, who is also Lenovo's chairman, will share $3.25 million from his bonus with some 10,000 staff in China and 19 other countries.
Lenovo maintains dual headquarters in Beijing and in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, the base of IBM's old PC operations, and Yang splits his time between the two. The company has some 30,000 staff worldwide, according to its website.
Lee said that 8,500 to 9,000 of the staff who will receive bonuses are in China, with the rest in the U.S., Japan and other countries. All will receive the same amount and all hourly manufacturing staff will receive a payment.
"As you can imagine, an extra $300 in a manufacturing environment in China does make an impact, especially to employees supporting families," Lee said.
In its annual review last year, Lenovo raised Yang's base pay to $1.2 million and awarded him a $4.2 million discretionary bonus and a $8.9 million long-term incentive award. Yang owns 7.12% of Lenovo's shares, equivalent to about $720 million in stock.
"Such a good humane boss, are you jealous?" read a message on the company's official feed on China's Sina Weibo microblogging service.
Lenovo sales overtook those of HP, which had been the top manufacturer of personal computers for at least seven years, during the April-June quarter according to tracking reports by IDC and Gartner, though its sales, like those of other producers, actually fell.
As consumer tastes have shifted toward smartphones and tablets, Lenovo has been beefing up its offerings in those product lines. Thanks to rapid sales growth, it became the world's fourth-largest producer of smartphones and tablets in the last quarter, according to IDC.
Yang has expressed interest in further growth by acquisition and the company is speculated to be considering deals with struggling smartphone producers BlackBerry Ltd. and HTC Corp.
Yang "believes that he has the responsibility as an owner of the company and the opportunity as our leader to ensure all of our employees understand the impact they have on building Lenovo," said a company memo on the bonuses quoted by Bloomberg News.

[Meho Krljic]

Novosagrađena zgrada u Londonu reflektuje svetlost na tako nezgodan način da topi automobile na parkingu u blizini 

'Walkie-Talkie' skyscraper melts Jaguar car parts

A new London skyscraper dubbed the "Walkie-Talkie" has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street.
Martin Lindsay parked his Jaguar on Eastcheap, in the City of London, on Thursday afternoon.
When he returned about two hours later, he found parts of his car - including the wing mirror and badge - had melted.
Mr Lindsay said he "could not believe" the damage. The developers have apologised and paid for repairs.
The 37-storey skyscraper at 20 Fenchurch Street, which has been nicknamed the "Walkie-Talkie" because of its shape, is currently under construction.


'Dangerous'
Mr Lindsay, director of tiling company Moderna Contracts Ltd, said: "I was walking down the road and saw a photographer taking photos and asked, 'what's happening?'
"The photographer asked me 'have you seen that car? The owner won't be happy.'
"I said: 'I am the owner. Crikey, that's awful.'"
The wing mirror, panels and Jaguar badge had all melted, Mr Lindsay said.
"You can't believe something like this would happen," he added. "They've got to do something about it.
"It could be dangerous. Imagine if the sun reflected on the wrong part of the body.
"On the windscreen, there was a note from the construction company saying 'your car's buckled, could you give us a call?'"
In a joint statement, developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf said: "We are aware of concerns regarding the light reflecting from 20 Fenchurch Street and are looking into the matter.


"As a precautionary measure, the City of London has agreed to suspend three parking bays in the area which may be affected while we investigate the situation further."
Mr Lindsay said the developers had apologised and agreed to sort out the £946 repair costs.

[Meho Krljic]

Evo, da ne bude da iz Amerike stižu samo vesti o ivici propasti i ratu, dva klinca se vozila druom, videla kako im žena sa zadnjeg sedišta iz kola ispred usnama poručuje nemo "Help me", zvali muriju, murija stigla, zaustavila prednji auto i ispostavi se (za sad nepotvrđeno, ali deluje ubedljivo) da je u pitanju žrtva kidnapovanja. Lepo.

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/texas-teens-save-alleged-kidnap-victim-mouthed-help-203006983--abc-news-topstories.html?vp=1

A just-released 911 call reveals the dramatic moment when two Dallas-area teens were able to help save a woman who had allegedly been kidnapped after they saw her mouth the words "help me" from the back of a moving vehicle.
Charles Atkins Lewis, 37, was arrested Aug. 22 after allegedly kidnapping the woman, 25, who has not been identified, at gunpoint and forcing her into his car in downtown Dallas. The two teenagers noticed the woman from their car as Lewis allegedly drove her through Kaufman County, according to the recording.
"Yes, I'm on the highway. I'm witnessing a robbery. Not a robbery, a kidnapping," Aaron Arias, 19, told a 911 dispatcher. "It's me and another guy. So we're checking out the girl in the backseat because we're like, 'OK, she's kind of attractive', and then all of a sudden the guy is turned back, looking at us.
"We looked in the backseat and the blond female in the back was saying, 'Help me,' or something, whispering it. So I'm assuming it is a kidnapping."
He and Jamal Harris, 17, drove behind the car on Highway 175 for miles, staying on the phone with the 911 operator as police raced to find them.
"Oh, my God, I'm hoping the car behind me is a police office. Nope, it's not," Arias said.
Within minutes, officers arrived, pulled over the vehicle and discovered the woman, who had allegedly been kidnapped.
Police arrested Lewis and he has been charged him with aggravated kidnapping. He remains in jail on $50,000 bond and it's unclear whether he has a lawyer.
The alleged victim was examined by paramedics and released.

[Father Jape]

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9

[Meho Krljic]

Lepo je videti da nisam jedini koji intimno misli da su Hjumen Risoursis menadžeri u velikom broju prodavci magle koji avaj umesto da se zaista bave poboljšanjem učinka i povećanjem udobnosti zaposlenih - prodaju maglu. Možda nisam u pravu, naravno, ali evo šta kaže Telegrafova Louisa Peacock:

It's official: Lucy Adams has killed off the HR profession once and for all

After the BBC human resources director was accused of presiding over "corporate fraud and cronyism" over huge pay-offs to former executives, Louisa Peacock asks whether women really want to work in HR anymore? Lucy Adams could be the 'wicked witch' that changed the face of HR forever.

Well, this has been a walking advert for the HR profession, hasn't it? Allegations of lying. A lack of transparency. Mistrust. Back-stabbing. Call the HR director! Oh, wait ...
It's official: Lucy Adams has managed to kill off the HR profession once and for all. For years now the Human Resources profession has been navel-gazing about its own status: whether it should or shouldn't deserve a seat on the board of a company; whether it should or shouldn't be called HR (should it, perhaps, be called Human Capital Management, Personnel, or my personal favourite, Human Remains) - you know, all those really pressing questions that determine the success of a business.
Finally, Adams has managed to confirm our suspicions about HR all along: it is a pointless department that does little for the bottom line of a business. In the case of unnecessarily huge pay offs at the BBC, HR has actually helped to take away from the bottom line. As well as, let's not forget, failing miserably to uphold the kind of integrity, respect and transparency we could be forgiven to expect from the self-declared "people people". Nice one.
Unfortunately, in showing us quite just how pointless HR is, Adams has just dented the dreams of thousands of career-happy girls who go into HR to "prove their worth" and secure their path to the top. (Or hang on, let's mull over this again: is that, near the top, in a committee that sits just underneath the board, or at the top, actually on the board. Debate #pointlessHR).
Seven in 10 members of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the HR trade body, are female. HR has always been and is still an unashamedly female-dominated profession. So girls, it's time to pick another profession if you want to make something of your life. After the BBC human resources director was accused of presiding over "corporate fraud and cronyism" over huge pay-offs to former executives - with HR coming out badly - why would anyone, especially women, want to work in HR anymore?
I've come across plenty of HR chiefs in my time who openly admit the reason they got into HR is because they are "no good with numbers". How can anyone honestly expect to get on in business without being good at numbers? This is HR's problem - plenty in the profession have told me so over the years.
Nobody quite knows what 'HR' does anyway. I used to think it was 'hiring and firing' people - that seems like a reasonable definition, doesn't it? But most HR chiefs I've ever met tell me they simply hate that label, that's degrading, they instead prefer to 'outsource' hiring and firing. No, HR is instead obsessed with things like performance management and thought leadership. Come again?
If HR insists on using jargon and carrying on 'not being any good with numbers', is it any wonder Adams has got such a bad rap for her actions? For it's not just her as an individual that people are having a go at: it's the entire HR profession. HR directors are fast becoming the new 'estate agents' hated by everybody. So much so that the whole sorry saga has turned into somewhat of a BBC pantomime; an early Christmas special with us as the free spectators.
Adams, who's reportedly been booed in the BBC newsroom twice in recent days, has been subject to hissing before; when she presided over the thousands of job cuts at the BBC a few years ago. She's earned her new nickname of the "wicked witch"; the whole thing has become a spectacle. But it's a spectacle in which the ' wicked witch ' has changed the face of HR forever: its doubtless demise.
Having said that, an HR chief is damned if they do and damned if they don't. In Adams' case, her remit was near-on impossible. She either had to reduce the BBC headcount by persuading managers to leave, hence awarding pay offs, or she would miss her targets and be criticised by bosses. Either way she's between a rock and a hard place. The bigger problem here is why companies (public or private) can't ask or expect people to leave their jobs when the boss wants them to.
The 'compensation culture' that we live in has made it normal for staff being made redundant to expect to get an extra pay off, on the understanding they won't sue the firm for unfair dismissal. The BBC is in many respects no different: the pay offs could well have been 'deals' to avoid costly tribunals and save taxpayers' money in the long run. But we should really question why this is 'normal'; it is this unwritten understanding that makes it a huge risk for firms to take on staff in the first place.
On the other hand, this is the BBC and that's our money, making its use of pay offs entirely different to the private sector. Again, as an HR person, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. Again, why would you want to enter the HR profession?
Official figures today show the jobs market is on the up again: private sector employers have begun hiring tens of thousands of full-time workers. Perhaps it's time for all those women rising up the ranks of HR to use their job interviewing and application knowledge to good use and change careers now before it's too late. Save their own careers, before meddling with everyone else's.
As for Adams, we probably haven't seen the end of her at the BBC. It's been reported that she loves salsa and ballroom dancing : perhaps she'll be on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special? I for one will be watching.

[Josephine]

Being HR manager I should be interested in this article. But somehow I am not. Toliko o HR-u i mom odnosu prema, najpre, identifikaciji sa profesijom, a onda i prema celom konceptu HR-a (ukoliko ga, uopste, ima).

HR je jedna od onih stvari koje bi mogle da budu sustinski vazne, da su usmerene kako i prema kome treba (prema ljudima/zaposlenima, njihovom zadovoljstvu i radnoj motivaciji), a posto bi takav koncept samo ozbiljno urusio temelje robovlasnickog kapitalizma, HR je dobio drugo oblicje u odnosu na nameravano i sada je samo jos jedan (besmisleni) instrument gonjenja robova.

Napisala sam svega tri rada o konceptu HR-a. Jedan je seminarski u kojem sam kritikovala pojam "resursi", a drugi je diplomski u kojem sam istrazivala poreklo koncepta HR-a, a treci je master u kojem sam povezala drustveno odgovorno poslovanje i HR. Idealisticki, naravno. Sve se to svelo (uvek je i bilo) samo na fensi ime.

[Meho Krljic]

HR je jedna od onih stvari koje bi mogle da budu sustinski vazne, da su usmerene kako i prema kome treba (prema ljudima/zaposlenima, njihovom zadovoljstvu i radnoj motivaciji), a posto bi takav koncept samo ozbiljno urusio temelje robovlasnickog kapitalizma, HR je dobio drugo oblicje u odnosu na nameravano i sada je samo jos jedan (besmisleni) instrument gonjenja robova.

Da, to je i moj intuitivni utisak iz susreta sa raznim HR menadžerima diljem Europe i Srbije. Kao da se jedna sasvim jasno potencijalno korisna nauka o pospešivanju rada i zadovoljstva zaposlenih urušila pod teretom birokratske interpretacije celog koncepta 

[džin tonik]

Grozni su, uvijek nude posao zivota, a meni trebaju samo novci, lake droge i zene.

[-_-]

Klovn iz horora teroriše građane Northemptona

Evo ga Penivajz
Ovo mu je Fb stranica: https://www.facebook.com/spotnorthamptonsclown

I ovi novinari su preterali, cuj - terorise stajanjem

[Father Jape]

Odatle su Alan Moore i Bauhaus! 

[Meho Krljic]

Guelph family lives like it's 1986

GUELPH - If you ever need to know who was the prime minister in 1960 and you're willing to wait 10 minutes for the answer, Blair McMillan is your man.
He'll take his time carefully thumbing through a volume of his vintage encyclopaedia set, donated by a bewildered soul who probably wondered why the 26-year-old father of two couldn't just get an Internet connection.
The thing is, Blair and his girlfriend Morgan, 27, are pretending it's 1986.
And they're doing it because their kids – Trey, 5, and Denton, 2 – wouldn't look up from their parents' iPhones and iPads long enough to kick a ball around the backyard.
That's why their house has banned any technology post-1986, the year the couple was born.
No computers, no tablets, no smart phones, no fancy coffee machines, no Internet, no cable, and – from the point of view of many tech-dependent folks – no life.
"We're parenting our kids the same way we were parented for a year just to see what it's like," Blair said.
They do their banking in person instead of online. They develop rolls of film for $20 each instead of Instagramming their sons' antics.
They recently traveled across the United States using paper maps and entertaining their screaming kids with colouring books and stickers, passing car after car with TVs embedded in the headrests and content infants seated in the back.
The plan is to continue living like it's 1986 until April 2014. The only exception to their downgraded lifestyle is their car, which remains a 2010 Kia minus a GPS.


The Toronto Sun spent three hours at the McMillan's Guelph home, getting a glimpse of their drastically different life.
They recently moved into the home because it was built in the 80s.
Instead of a TV, the minimally furnished living room – which looks like a floor model plan from a vintage store – has a large centred window that looks out onto the leafy neighbourhood.
A book shelf rests in one corner and a bright pink cassette player sits on top of a wooden trunk. There is a wooden box-like TV hooked up to an old-school Nintendo in the basement. One of Blair's sons was busy playing a favourite childhood video game on it — Super Mario.
"It feels weird," Blair said. "It feels like we're really going back in time."
In a country where Statistics Canada says eight out of 10 households have Internet access, it is pretty much like stepping into a time machine.
Fully committed to living like an '80s man, Blair answered his door dressed in a baseball jersey and denim cut-offs. His crowning glory? A mullet and a bushy moustache.
"Business in front, party in the back," he said with a grin.
Even his kids sport the same hairstyle.
The family started shunning technology after Blair asked his son Trey to join him in playing outside.
Unfortunately, Trey opted to continue swiping his tiny fingers on daddy's iPad and, in the process, unwittingly sentenced his family to a year of let's-pretend-it's-not-2013.
"That's kind of when it hit me because I'm like, wow, when I was a kid, I lived outside," Blair said.
Morgan, who admits she thought her boyfriend was "crazy," now devours books to pass the time and only uses a computer at work. She swears she has never cheated on the family pact.
"I remember the day before we started this, I was a wreck and I was like 'I can't believe I have to delete my Facebook!'" she said.
She has read around 15 books since beginning the challenge in spring.
Stay-at-home dad Blair can't listen to the latest in house music anymore and is briefly considering writing to his favourite bands for cassette tapes.
He also experienced a form of phantom pain for the first few days after giving up his cellphone.
"The strangest thing without having a cellphone is that I could almost feel my pocket vibrating and I wanted to check my pocket," he said.
It took weeks for him to shake the feeling that someone was constantly texting or calling him.
Now he's a "nuisance" to his friends, he said.
"It's so nice to be able to go out and nobody can get a hold of you," Blair said.
But what if he absolutely needed to speak with his kids or his wife?
"If something's going to happen, it's going to happen," Blair said with a shrug.
The couple even refused to look at photos of their newborn niece on a relative's iPhone.
Doing so would have violated their rules. They wanted to wait for the real deal: seeing their niece "live and in person."
Shamefully I found myself checking my personal iPhone and work Blackberry at least three times during our three-hour interview. Blair was kind enough not to confiscate my valuables in a box reserved for tech-carrying visitors.
He challenges people to think of what their evenings would be like without an iPhone or laptop.
"What's your Saturday going to consist of?" he asked.
During their American roadtrip, he noticed his bored kids would throw tantrums in the car but would actively find ways to entertain themselves once they got to the hotel pool. Meanwhile, other children were absorbed in their parents' tablets, he said.
"And you're kind of like 'Wow, we're in this beautiful state and nobody's enjoying it,'" he said.
However, the eccentric lifestyle has taken its toll on Blair's professional life. He said he lost a business partner because he insisted on working the old-fashioned way.
"I can fax you, that's the best I can do, but I want to meet you in person, I want to see you, I want to sit down and talk to you," he said.
He plans on sending out resumes drafted in cursive handwriting, even though many workplaces now only take online job applications.
The financial fall-out isn't so bad, Blair said.
"It's way cheaper," he said. "Everybody just gives me stuff."
Sometimes they come home to a pile of VHS tapes on the doorstep.
The change has been good for their family's spirit as well, Morgan said.
"We're just closer, there's more talking," she said.
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• In 2011, 79.4% of Canadian households had cellphones
• In 2010, 78.9% of all households at Internet access at home
• Alberta has the highest proportion of households with cellphones (81%) while Quebec has the lowest (69%)
• Over half of 21% of households without Internet access said they had no need for or interest in it.
• 81% of Ontario residents accessed the Internet from their computers and cellphones in 2010.
• Over half of Canadian Internet users (58%) used social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter in 2010, while 51% indicated they shopped for goods online.

Sources: Statistics Canada

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"Bankarstvo u senci" izgleda cveta i pored krize koju je, vele, izazvalo.
The True Size of the Shadow Banking System Revealed (Spoiler: Humongous)

The shadow banking system is vastly bigger than regulators had thought, say econophysicists who have developed a powerful new way to measure its hidden impactIn most parts of the world, the banking system is closely regulated and monitored by central banks and other government agencies. That's just as it should be, you might think.
But banks have a way round this kind of regulation. For the last decade or so, it has become common practice for banks to do business in ways that don't show up on conventional balance sheets. Before the 2008 financial crisis, for example, many investment banks financed mortgages in this way. To all intents and purposes, these transactions are invisible to regulators.
This so-called shadow banking system is huge and important. Indeed, many economists blame activities that took place in the shadow banking system for the 2008 crash.
But the size of the system is hard to measure because of its hidden and impenetrable nature. But today, Davide Fiaschi , an economist at the University of Pisa in Italy, and a couple of pals reveal a powerful and simple way of determining the size of the shadow banking system.


Their conclusions are revealing. They say that the shadow banking system is vastly bigger than anyone had imagined before. And although its size dropped dramatically after the financial crisis in 2008, it has since grown dramatically and is today significantly bigger than it was even then.
Perhaps the biggest problem with measuring the shadow banking system is that nobody quite knows how to define it. Economists say it includes activities such as hedge funds, private equity funds credit insurance providers and so on. But there is significant debate over where to draw the line.
The de facto arbiter of this question is the Financial Stability Board set up in 1999 by the Group of Seven developed nations. It estimates the size of the shadow banking system each year by adding up all the transactions that fall outside mainstream regulation, or at least as much of this as it can see.
The Board estimated the size of the shadow banking system to be just over $60 trillion in 2007, the year before the great financial crash. This figure dropped a little in 2008 but rose again to $67 trillion in 2011. That's more than the total GDP of the 25 countries from which the figures are obtained.
Now Fiaschi and co say the Financial Stability Board has severely underestimated the total. These guys have developed an entirely different way of calculating its size using the emerging discipline of econophysics.
These guys begin with empirical observation that when economists plot the distribution of companies by size, the result is a power law. In other words, there are vastly many more small companies then there are large ones and the difference is measured in powers of 10. So not 2 or 3 or 4 times as many but 100 (10^2), 1000 (10^3) or 10,000 (10^4) times as many.
These kinds of power laws are ubiquitous in the real world. They describe everything from the size distribution of cities, websites and even casualties in war.
That's not really surprising. A power law is always the result when things grow according to a process known as preferential attachment, or in common parlance, the rich-get-richer effect.
In economic terms, big businesses grow faster than smaller ones, perhaps because people are more likely to work with big established companies. Whatever the reason, it is a well observed effect.
Except in the financial sector. Fiaschi and co say that this power law accurately governs the distribution of small and medium-sized companies in the financial world. But when it comes to the largest financial companies, the law breaks down.
For example, the UK's Royal Bank Of Scotland is the 12th largest firm on the planet with assets of $2.13 trillion.
If the size of these firms followed a power law, the largest would be ten times bigger than the 10th on the list. But that isn't the case. But world's largest, Fannie Mae, has assets worth $3.2 trillion, just 50% larger than the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Why the discrepancy? Fiaschi and co hypothesise that the difference is equal to the size of the shadow banking system, which is not captured in the balance sheets of the largest financial firms.
And if that's the case, it's straightforward to calculate its size. The value of the shadow banking system is simply the difference between the value of the largest financial firms and their projected size according to the power law.
By this measure, the shadow banking system is significantly bigger than previously thought. Fiaschi and co estimate that in 2007, the year before the financial crisis, it was worth around $90 trillion. This fell to about $70 trillion in 2008 but has since risen sharply to be worth around $100 trillion in 2012.

[Meho Krljic]

Retko razmišljamo o ovome - mada ja priznajem da o tome počesto razmišljam jer se situacija često pojavljuje u superherojskim stripovima:

Osmogodišnji klinac u Sarajevu umire od leukemije. Ima mesec dana, po procenama lekara. Njegov najveći heroj je Zlatan Ibrahimović. Razni mediji, između ostalog švedski su preneli priču o njemu i izjavu njegive majke da bi dete jedino još volelo da svog heroja vidi jednom uživo pre nego što ode. Neki mediji su javili da je Zlatan već i odleteo u Sarajevo da to obavi.

Ali nije. Zlatan kaže da bi. Rado. Ali takođe veli da ovakve zahteve dobija po nekoliko puta nedeljno i da je za njega nemoguće da na sve njih odgovori adekvatno.

Zajeban univerzum.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/ll-see-zlatan-bind-over-dying-kid-wish-094403658.html

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Ja Zlatana u potpunosti razumem i ne mislim da je to nehumano. Zamisli npr. kad bi Bred Pit morao da ispunjava želju svakoj obožavateljki na samrti.

[Meho Krljic]

Svi znamo da demokratija nije za nas istočnoevropljane, ali eto, moramo da se pokazujemo pred svetom kao da verujemo u taj demokracki proces inače neće da kupuju naftu od nas itd.:
Oops: Azerbaijan released election results before voting had even started

zerbaijan's big presidential election, held on Wednesday, was anticipated to be neither free nor fair. President Ilham Aliyev, who took over from his father 10 years ago, has stepped up intimidation of activists and journalists. Rights groups are complaining about free speech restrictions and one-sided state media coverage. The BBC's headline for its story on the election reads "The Pre-Determined President." So expectations were pretty low.

Even still, one expects a certain ritual in these sorts of authoritarian elections, a fealty to at least the appearance of democracy, if not democracy itself. So it was a bit awkward when Azerbaijan's election authorities released vote results – a full day before voting had even started.

The vote counts – spoiler alert: Aliyev was shown as winning by a landslide – were pushed out on an official smartphone app run by the Central Election Commission. It showed Aliyev as "winning" with 72.76 percent of the vote. That's on track with his official vote counts in previous elections: he won ("won"?) 76.84 percent of the vote in 2003 and 87 percent in 2008.

In second place was opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli with 7.4 percent of the vote. Hasanli had recently appealed to the Central Election Commission for paid airtime on state TV, arguing that Aliyev gets heavy airtime and the opposition does not. He was denied.

The data were quickly recalled. The official story is that the app's developer had mistakenly sent out the 2008 election results as part of a test. But that's a bit flimsy, given that the released totals show the candidates from this week, not from 2008.

You might call this a sort of Kinsley gaffe on a national scale. (A Kinsley gaffe, named for journalist Michael Kinsley, is when a politician gets in trouble for saying something that's widely known as true but that he isn't supposed to say.) There's supposed to be a certain ritual to an election like Azerbaijan's: demonstrations are put down, reporters are harassed, opposition candidates are whittled down, supporters are ushered to the polls and then Aliyev's sweeping victory is announced. They got the order wrong here.

As of this writing, Azerbaijan's election authorities say they've counted 80 percent of the ballots, with Aliyev winning just under 85 percent of the vote so far. He's been officially reelected.

Naravno, treba imati na umu da je život u Azerbejdžanu dosta dobar i da građani u principu nisu nešto većinski raspoloženi da krvlju brane demokracke principe. Evo jedan komentar na ovaj tekst koji je ilustrativan:

I am one of those who voted for Jamil Hasanli, not because I really wanted him to become a president, but because he is the only one who has so far got guts to say the things he said during his campaign - a big respect to him! But criticising the government itself is not sufficient to become a president. You need a team with whom you will replace the whole government at instant, something Hasanli would have to do should he be elected, as none in the current government would identify with his views. This means a REVOLUTION with all the subsequent consequences. I am not sure if I want to spend my life in such a period. Azerbaijan have had enough turbulences throughout its history. I am therefore for GRADUAL improvements and the role of a continuous and critical opposition is vital in this process.

A separate note to my US "well-wishers": I do not believe in your sincere intentions and hence virtually in anything you say, because you are spreading chaos wherever you come. Just give me an example of a single country where you have contributed to a positive development ever since you intervened. You are a superpower and have your OWN interests, which can be summarised in one word: CONTROL. You are used to using others in your own BIG interests. I do not think your real intentions coincide with interests of my people. So please, stay away and let us search for our way – on our own! Will will eventually get there – without REVOLUTIONS!

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Približno trideset miliona ljudi u svetu se mogu kvalifikovati kao roblje.

Thirty million people are slaves, half in India: survey

By Timothy Large
LONDON, Oct 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 30 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labour, victims of debt bondage or even born into servitude, a global index on modern slavery showed on Thursday.
Almost half are in India, where slavery ranges from bonded labour in quarries and kilns to commercial sex exploitation, although the scourge exists in all 162 countries surveyed by Walk Free, an Australian-based rights group.
Its estimate of 29.8 million slaves worldwide is higher than other attempts to quantify modern slavery. The International Labour Organisation estimates that almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour.
"Today some people are still being born into hereditary slavery, a staggering but harsh reality, particularly in parts of West Africa and South Asia," the report said.
"Other victims are captured or kidnapped before being sold or kept for exploitation, whether through 'marriage', unpaid labour on fishing boats, or as domestic workers. Others are tricked and lured into situations they cannot escape, with false promises of a good job or an education."
The Global Slavery Index 2013 defines slavery as the possession or control of people to deny freedom and exploit them for profit or sex, usually through violence, coercion or deception. The definition includes indentured servitude, forced marriage and the abduction of children to serve in wars.
According to the index, 10 countries alone account for three quarters of the world's slaves.
After India, China has the most with 2.9 million, followed by Pakistan (2.1 million), Nigeria (701,000), Ethiopia (651,000), Russia (516,000), Thailand (473,000), Democratic Republic of Congo (462,000), Myanmar (384,000) and Bangladesh (343,000).
The index also ranks nations by prevalence of slavery per head of population. By this measure, Mauritania is worst, with almost 4 percent of its 3.8 million people enslaved. Estimates by other organisations put the level at up to 20 percent.
Chattel slavery is common in Mauritania, meaning that slave status is passed down through generations. "Owners" buy, sell, rent out or give away their slaves as gifts.
After Mauritania, slavery is most prevalent by population in Haiti, where a system of child labour known as "restavek" encourages poor families to send their children to wealthier acquaintances, where many end up exploited and abused.
Pakistan, India, Nepal, Moldova, Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia and Gabon have the next highest prevalence rates.
At the other end of the scale, Iceland has the lowest estimated prevalence with fewer than 100 slaves.
Next best are Ireland, Britain, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Finland and Denmark, although researchers said slave numbers in such wealthy countries were higher than previously thought.
"They've been allocating resources against this crime according to the tiny handful of cases that they've been aware of," said Kevin Bales, lead researcher and a professor at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at Hull University.
"Our estimates are telling them that the numbers of people in slavery - whether it's in Great Britain or Finland or wherever - in these richer countries actually tends to be about six to 10 times higher than they think it is."
Walk Free CEO Nick Grono said the annual index would serve as an important baseline for governments and activists in the anti-slavery fight.
"This kind of data hasn't been out there before," he said. "It's a multi-year effort, and next year we'll have a much better picture of where slavery is and what changes there are. If you can't measure it, you can't devise policy to address it."
Countries with highest absolute numbers of slaves
Country Estimated slaves
India 13.9 million
China 2.9 million
Pakistan 2.1 million
Nigeria 701,000
Ethiopia 651,000
Russia 516,000
Thailand 473,000
D.R. Congo 462,000
Myanmar 384,000
Bangladesh 343,000
Ranking by prevalence of modern slavery per head of population
Rank Country Estimated slaves Population
1 Mauritania 151,000 3.8 million
2 Haiti 209,000 10.2 million
3 Pakistan 2.1 million 179.2 million
4 India 13.9 million 1.2 billion
5 Nepal 259,000 27.5 million
6 Moldova 33,000 3.6 million
7 Benin 80,000 10.1 million
8 Ivory Coast 157,000 19.8 million
9 Gambia 14,000 1.8 million
10 Gabon 14,000 1.6 million
Source: Global Slavery Index 2013, Walk Free

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Laže stoka. Moderni robovlasnički poredak je u žestokom usponu.

[Meho Krljic]

Pa gde piše da je broj robova u opadanju (što je tema ovog članka)?  Naprotiv, piše da su tek počeli ovako sistematski da obrađuju podatke i da se nadaju da će u narednim godinama moći da govore o trendu (uspona ili pada) a što bi pospešilo mere protiv itd. itd.

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Daj, Meho, budi ozbiljan. Napisao sam halfliner i ti bi polemisao. Obrati se autoru za koga sam napisao da laže.

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piše ''in these richer countries actually tends to be about six to 10 times higher than they think it is''

ne znam šta je sporno... sem izgleda činjenice (???) da SAD nikad u istoriji nisu imale toliko robova koliko ima Indija danas, a Kina sa 2,9 je blizu SAD-a koje su polovinom 19. vijeka imale oko 4 miliona robova

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Štednja ne radi

Razgovor sa profesorom Mark Blythom, autorom knjige: Štednja, istorija jedne opasne ideje, vodio Romain Leick

Profesore Blyth, može li Nemačka, kao vodeća zemlja Evropske unije, drugim zemljama članicama da pokaže put iz krize i izgradi Evropu sa snažnim međunarodnim kredibilitetom?
Nada nikada ne umire. Međutim, problem se sastoji iz dva dela: može li i želi li Nemačka to da učini? Time se postavlja pitanje o ekonomskoj održivosti i političkoj odlučnosti. Nemačka je u Evropi neka vrsta regionalnog hegemona, zajmodavac u poslednjoj instanci. Ona igra ulogu koja na globalnom nivou pripada SAD.
Da li se Nemačka ponovo suočava sa starom dilemom: velika, ali ne dovoljno?
,,Prevelika za Evropu, a premala za svet", znao je podrugljivo da kaže Henry Kissinger. Danas je važnije pitanje da li je Nemačka dorasla izazovima sa kojima se Evropa suočava. Nemačka ne samo što je preopterećena evrokrizom, već vuče i pogrešne poteze za njeno rešavanje.
Objasnite?
U Nemačkoj živi 16 odsto stanovnika Evropske unije, a ona stvara 20% njenog BDP-a. Za velike banke se kaže da su prevelike da bi propale – too big to fail. Za evrozonu se može reći da je prevelika da bi je spasili programima pomoći – too big to bail. Nemačka to ni ne pokušava, što je dobro. Ali time ne može da izbegne odgovornost.
Šta bi trebalo da uradi?
Kratkoročno bi trebalo da stavi tačku na pogrešnu politiku štednje.
Zbog čega je ova politika pogrešna?
Dugovi država na periferiji rastu onom brzinom kojom se njihove ekonomije skupljaju. Oni su, uprkos svim merama štednje, daleko viši nego neposredno po izbijanju svetske finansijske krize. Empirijski dokazi pokazuju da štednja ne radi, ona prouzrokuje suprotno od onoga čemu teži.
Smisao politike štednje je u tome da se kroz smanjivanje zaduženosti povrati poverenje investitora i tržišta.
Štednja je ekonomska zombi ideja, koja je bezbroj puta opovrgnuta, ali nam nikako ne polazi za rukom da je jednom za svagda sahranimo. Stvarnost govori za sebe: zaduženost Portugalije porasla je sa 69% BDP-a u 2006. na 124% 2012. Dugovi Irske su ekspodirali sa 25% na 118% BDP-a, a oni Grčke, problematičnog deteta EU i simbola evrokize, uprkos svim merama štednje i otpisu dugova, sa 107% na 157% BDP-a. Dalje insistiranje na ovom kursu je najblaže rečeno nerazumno.
Kakva se ekonomska i finansijsko-politička logika krije iza pojma štednje?
Štednja je oblik željene deflacije kako bi ekonomija kroz smanjivanje zarada, cena i javnih rashoda postala konkurentnija. Politika štednje koja je evrozoni trebalo da donese stabilnost, učinila je upravo suprotno. Ona je izuzetno štetno sredstvo zbog toga što terapija počiva na pogrešnoj dijagnozi.
Zašto? Političari koji zagovaraju štednju ne bore se protiv vetrenjača.
U dužničkoj krizi smo pomešali uzroke i posledice. Problemi su počeli sa bankama i sa bankama će se i završiti. Njih nije izazvala rastrošna politika država. Političari i mediji štednju opravdavaju nužnošću plaćanja danas za rasipništvo u prošlosti. Ovo objašnjenje nije samo pogrešno, već je pre svega potpuno izvrtanje činjenica. U stvari, dužnička kriza je zamaskirana bankarska kriza.
To ne menja ništa na ozbiljnosti situacije. Štednja je takođe cena koju bismo morali da platimo za spasavanje banaka.
Da, to je cena kojom plaćamo spasavanje banaka. Ali samo neki od nas su bili pozvani na žurku, a sada se očekuje da svi platimo račun. Ono što me najviše iritira u raspravi o državnim dugovima jeste njihovo pretvaranje u greh i iskupljenje. Štednja postaje usud, neizbežna patnja pred uskrsnuće čestitosti. To je čista ideologija, pogrešna svest čija je svrha zabašurivanje.
Možda je nezadovoljstvo opravdano, ali države su već zadužene, tako da je štednja ionako nužna.
Ovo je tačka u kojoj štednja prerasta u političku krizu preraspodele. Posledice i tereti koji nastaju usled smanjenja državnih rashoda su veoma nejednako raspodeljeni. Spreman sam da stegnem kaiš, ako svi nosimo iste pantalone. Do nastanka srednje klase je došlo samo zbog državnih transfera kroz preraspodelu dohotka. Ona nije nastala sama od sebe, već svoje postojanje duguje političkim odlukama, koje su istovremeno bile i polise osiguranja opstanka demokratije kao državne forme. Štednja omogućava bogatima da ne plaćaju premije za ovo osiguranje, što za posledicu ima dalju polarizaciju i podele u društvu u kome se donjim slojevima stanovništva uskraćuje socijalna mobilnost. Onda ostaje samo nasilan protest. Na desnom i levom političkom spektru primetan je porast agresivnosti.
Čini se da je štednja makar na intuitivnom nivou veoma razuman potez. Ako ste već zaduženi, ne možete da delite novac šakom i kapom.
Protiv zaduženosti se ne možemo boriti novim zaduživanjem, to je svima jasno. Ali to nije dovoljno, barem iz dva razloga. Politika štednje uvećava moć poverilaca. Poverilaca ima manje od dužnika i oni uvek imaju novac, dok donja polovina stanovništva zavisi od socijalnih transfera.
Štednja je klasna borba odozgo?
Štednja deluje kao klasnospecifični porez koji je usmeren protiv većine birača. Zato demokratije lakše žive sa umerenom inflacijom nego sa deflacijom. Ono što je politički održivo uvek odnese prevagu nad onim što se predstavlja kao ekonomska nužnost.
Da li to znači da demokratija nema dovoljno kondicije da izdrži dugoročni kurs štednje?
Na kraju nema pobednika, postoje samo gubitnici, jer štednja, a to je drugi razlog za njen neuspeh, ne može da funkcioniše kada svi istovremeno štede. Ono što je možda za pojedinca dobro, ne mora da bude slučaj kada je reč o skupu svih delova. Štednja je možda dobra za Grčku, ali ukoliko sve zemlje evrozone krenu istim putem, svi će potonuti u recesiju. To je paradoksalni efekat politike štednje, koga je opisao još John Maynard Keynes. Štednja ne stvara poželjne uslove za rast, ako svi istovremeno štede. Politika štednje, koju Evropa spovodi, neupešna je zbog sopstvene logičke nekonzistentnosti. Evrokrizu nisu umirili diktati štednje nemačke vlade, već izjava predsednika ECB-a, Mario Draghija, da je spreman da učini sve za spas evra.
Labava monetarna politika u Nemačkoj izaziva strah od inflacije.
Istorijska trauma vezana za hiperinflaciju vodi ka pogrešnom zaključku. Hiperinflacija je bila posledica Prvog svetskog rata i politički poželjna kao sredstvo za smanjivanje državne zaduženosti. Ona je vrlo lako zaustavljena izdavanjem rentenmarke 1923. Lekcije iz istorije, koje se mogu izvući iz deflatorne politike kancelara Heinricha Brüninga, daleko su značajnije.
Zašto Nemačka smatra da je štednja lek za sve boljke?
Postoje različite mogućnosti za izlazak iz finansijske krize. Na primer, države mogu da devalviraju svoju valutu. Evrozona je mogla da odabere taj put, ali to ne može da učini neka od država članica. Ovde bi trebalo napomenuti da, iz političkih razloga, nijedna članica evrozone ne sme bakrotirati i napustiti monetarnu uniju, jer su posledice eventualnog raspada evrozone nepredvidive. Imploziju evropskog bankarskog sistema niko ne bi mogao da apsorbuje. Ali ako su svi ovi putevi zatvoreni, šta onda preostaje?
Onda je kancelarka u pravu kada kaže da njena evropska politika nema alternativu.
Ona to može da čini samo zato što nije odmah vidljiv pogrešan zaključak na kome se ova politika zasniva. Verujem da kada je o gospođi Merkel reč tu postoje i kulturološki razlozi. Ona poput mnogih drugih građana Nemačke pogrešno tumači istoriju.
Mislite na iskustva sa državnim bankrotom i opštim siromaštvom posle dva svetska rata?
Nemačka je dugo bila jedna relativno siromašna zemlja. Ljudi su morali da štede i oskudevali su u mnogo čemu. Iskusili su dva bankrota u 20. veku i zarekli su se – nikad više bankrot, nikad više rat! To je oblikovalo njihovu svest i pogled na život. Štednja više nije bila ekonomska nužnost, već moralna vrlina.
Štednja kao političko-ekonomski koncept nije nemački pronalazak. Odakle izvire moralni i intelektualni autoritet ove ideje?
Istorijski posmatrano ona počinje sa engleskim i škotskim prosvetiteljima 17. i 18. veka, koji su i sami bili deca reformacije. Njene glasonoše su John Locke, David Hume i Adam Smith. Ova tri mislioca se nalaze na izvorištu liberalne dileme: pojedinac, a pre svega nova ambiciozna buržoazija, trgovci i preduzetnici, želeli su da budu zaštićeni od države i njenih poreznika, dok je istovremeno ovom pojedincu ta ista država potrebna kako bi osigurala njegovo pravo svojine. On ne može da živi sa državom, niti bez nje, zato želi da je ona što manja. Tvrdo jezgro američke republikanske partije rado bi je svelo samo na policiju, pravosuđe i vojsku.
Škotski tvrdičluk je nešto poput štedljivosti švapske domaćice.
Adam Smith, veliki mislilac ekonomskog liberalizma, video je u štedljivosti ključnog pokretača kapitalističkog rasta i uvećanja bogatstva. On je smatrao da štedne rezerve omogućavaju investicije, a da je potrošnja nešto drugorazredno: prvo štedite, a onda kupujte! Danas bi rekli da je davao prednost politici ponude nad politikom tražnje. Smith je uveo moralne argumente koji i danas dominiraju raspravama o štednji. Reči Angele Merkel su eho njegovih reči.
Nemačka sa štednjom nije imala loša iskustva. Dugogodišnje uzdržavanje od povećanja zarada značajno je unapredilo konkurentnost i izvoznu industriju.
To je ekonomska doktrina pietizma, prema kojoj moral nije na strani rasipnika. Nemačka nema grižu savesti zbog toga što ostvaruje viškove u trgovinskoj razmeni sa inostranstvom, dok istovremeno kritikuje druge zemlje sa budžetskim deficitima. Kao da jedno drugo ne uslovljava! Neprestano ponavljanje preporuke za podizanje konkurentnosti ima u sebi nečeg naivnog: da su sve zemlje konkurentne kao Nemačka, nemački model bi se istog trenutka urušio. Dogma politike štednje je fosil ranog ekonomskog liberalizma. Patološki strah od prekomerne državne zaduženosti zakopan je duboko u ovim arheološkim naslagama.
Dugovi neće nestati, oni se moraju otplatiti ili oprostiti. Šta Evropa treba da uradi?
Pored stroge regulacije bankarskog sektora vidim još dva moguća rešenja: dugi period niskih kamatnih stopa nižih od stope inflacije i viši porezi za bogate. Prag treba da odredimo tako da ovim porezima bude pogođeno samo 10 odsto stanovništva.
A to smatrate politički izvodivim?
Finansijska represija i povećanje poreza na najviše dohotke će dugoročno posmatrano postati sastavni deo programa svih partija, ne samo onih na levici. Kratkoročno će se i dalje pokušavati sa štednjom, ali to neće uroditi plodom. Na kraju će svi morati da dignu ruke od štednje ili će ih birači najuriti sa funkcija.
Kao dete živeli ste u nemaštini. Da li je to razlog za vaše strastveno protivljenje politici štednje?
Kao dete samohranog roditelja u Škotskoj, odrastao sam u velikom siromaštvu. Bio sam dete socijalne države, na šta sam veoma ponosan. Britanski socijalni sistem mi je omogućio da studiram i da postanem profesor na koledžu ivy lige. Rado otplaćujem ono što mi je država dala. Država blagostanja košta. Ono što me najviše tišti je to što trajna politika štednje cementira nezaposlenost mladih i paralizuje socijalnu mobilnost. Ukoliko ovakvo stanje potraje morali bismo da se doboko zamislimo i zabrinemo za budućnost demokratije. Evropska država blagostanja ne sme da se odrekne svoje dece.
Mark Blyth je profesor međunarodne političke ekonomije na univerzitetu Brown. Fokus njegovog istaživanja su istorija ideja i njihov uticaj na politiku. Njegova poslednja knjiga je ,,Austerity. The History of a Dangerous Idea" / ,,Štednja, istorija jedne opasne ideje" (Oxford University Press).

Spiegel, štampano izdanje, 17.10.2013.
Izbor i prevod Miroslav Marković
Peščanik.net, 22.10.2013.

[mac]

Najbogatijih 1% ne mogu da postignu da potroše ono što steknu. Treba im pomoći...

[PTY]

Ričard Koen migolji iz još jedne fekalije koju je isproducirao.    (neki fenomeni su tipično vorldvajd po svom poreklu, i tu nema boga!  )

Edward Snowden is no traitor

[Meho Krljic]

Ali i ne uspeva da se izmigolji do kraja:

I am at a loss to say what should be done with Snowden. He broke the law, this is true.

Jer, naravno, pitanje treba da bude i "What should be done with our elected and non-elected public servants who keep breaking the law even now that we know they do?"

[PTY]

Ali i ne uspeva da se izmigolji do kraja:

samo ti njemu daj malo vremena... taj profi smrda ima za sobom čitavu karijeru upravo duž tih linija, ako mene pitaš.
(a znam da me ne pitaš, ali eto, neke stvari su i danas stvarno jače od mene    )

[Loni]

  Većina mladenaca naručuje svadbene torte sa cvetićima, ptičicama, lutkicama mlade i mladoženje.
Ipak jedan par iz Teksasa u kome su oboje ljubitelji isključivo horora, a mrzitelji ,,kič sladunjavosti'' nije hteo da se odrekne principa ni za svoju svadbu.

  Naručili su tortu u obliku njegove i njene glave u krvi.
  Evo kako je to izgledalo...






Eto ideje za Ghoula. 

Zamisli Ghoulovu glavu doživiš kao slatku i još kažeš ,,Mljac''. 

[Karl Rosman]

Prati li neko desavanja oko gradonacelnika Toronta? Simpatican dasa. I iskren.


http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-7-2013/rob-ford--behind-the-music?xrs=synd_facebook_110813_tds_57

http://beforelastcall.ca/blog/35-most-cracktacular-rob-ford-memes-of-the-week

[Meho Krljic]

Meni je njegov snimak na kome priča da će da tog nekog ubije potpuno sjajan. Čovek je sredovečni WASP koji se izražava kao tinejdžer koji pokušava da zvuči kao crnac.

[Karl Rosman]

Pravi covek za kombinat.

[Meho Krljic]

Švedi zatvaraju zatvore jer nemaju dovoljno zatvorenika 

Sweden closes four prisons as number of inmates plummets

Decline partly put down to strong focus on rehabilitation and more lenient sentences for some offences

Prison numbers in Sweden, which have been falling by around 1% a year since 2004, dropped by 6% between 2011 and 2012 and are expected to do the same again both this year and next year. Photograph: Paul Doyle/Alamy  Sweden has experienced such a sharp fall in the number of prison admissions in the past two years that it has decided to close down four prisons and a remand centre.
"We have seen an out-of-the-ordinary decline in the number of inmates," said Nils Öberg, the head of Sweden's prison and probation services. "Now we have the opportunity to close down a part of our infrastructure that we don't need at this point of time."
Prison numbers in Sweden, which have been falling by around 1% a year since 2004, dropped by 6% between 2011 and 2012 and are expected to do the same again both this year and next, Öberg said.
As a result, the prison service has this year closed down prisons in the towns of Åby, Håja, Båtshagen, and Kristianstad, two of which will probably be sold and two of which will be passed for temporary use to other government authorities.
Öberg said that while nobody knew for sure why prison numbers had dropped so steeply, he hoped that Sweden's liberal prison approach, with its strong focus on rehabilitating prisoners, had played a part.
"We certainly hope that the efforts we invest in rehabilitation and preventing relapse of crime has had an impact, but we don't think that this could explain the entire drop of 6%," he said.
In the opinion piece in Sweden's DN newspaper in which he announced the closures, Öberg said that Sweden needed to work even harder on rehabilitating prisoners, doing more to help them once they had returned to society.
One partial explanation for the sudden drop in admissions may be that Swedish courts have given more lenient sentences for drug offences following a ruling of the country's supreme court in 2011. According to Öberg, there were about 200 fewer people serving sentences for drug offences in Sweden last March than a year previously.
Sweden's prison services will retain the option to reopen two of the closed prisons should the number of inmates rise.
"We are not at the point of concluding that this is a long-term trend and that this is a change in paradigm," Öberg said. "What we are certain of is that the pressure on the criminal justice system has dropped markedly in recent years."
Hanns von Hofer, a criminology professor at Stockholm University, said that much of the fall in prison numbers could be attributed to a recent shift in policy towards probationary sanctions instead of short prison sentences for minor thefts, drugs offences and violent crimes.
Of the fall in prison population between 2004 and 2012, he pointed out, 36% related to theft, 25% to drugs offences and 12% to violent crimes.
According to official data, the Swedish prison population has dropped by nearly a sixth since it peaked at 5,722 in 2004. In 2012, there were 4,852 people in prison in Sweden, out of a population of 9.5 million.How the rest of the world compares with SwedenAccording to data collected by the International Centre for Prison Studies, the five countries with the highest prison population are the US, China, Russia, Brazil and India.
The US has a prison population of 2,239,751, equivalent to 716 people per 100,000. China ranks second with 1,640,000 people behind bars, or 121 people per 100,000, while Russia's inmates are 681,600, amounting to 475 individuals per 100,000.
Brazilian prisons hold 548,003 citizens, 274 people per 100,000; finally, India's prison population amounts to 385,135, with a per capita rate of just 30 inmates per 100,000 citizens.
Among the countries with the smallest prison populations are Malta, Equatorial Guinea, Luxembourg, French Guyana and Djibouti. Sweden ranked 112th for its prison population.
• This article was amended on 12/11/13 to clarify the figures  regarding theft, drug offences and violent crime.

[scallop]

Da li bismo mogli da im izvozimo osuđenike, pa da ne zatvaraju?