We are controlled by the decisions of firms everywhere. Our labour is a commodity and the value of it is based on the market value of labour for that particular industry. We are compelled to sell our labour, to be exploited by those who control the means of production, and to continue to submit to antagonistic interests and to sacrifice our ethics in order to survive. We have no control over our own trade; we can be fired if we dont do what we’re told. We are required to work a certain amount of hours and spend our lives generating profit for those who own the business. The capitalist mode of production has destroyed the family and destroyed enjoyable labour. We are agents in upholding what is contrary to our innate desires. We support the system by our every action. The only escape is to make a livelihood on our own, but the majority of people lack the means and training to support ourselves in the modern world, therefore, for the most part we are controlled by businesses. Although they do consider our needs to the extent that it maximizes profit, they also manufacture new "needs" that we buy into to make up for our alienation that the capitalist system produces. The businesses influence the media and influence political policies, so they control much more than economic decisions, but a culture as a whole. The police also act as an organization that upholds property rights and those that support the status quo. The use of force is therefore implied to maintain economic hegemony. To the extent that it influences our whole life, isnt it a dictatorship?

we have collectively chosen to do this. humans act like herd. we have been corralled by fear and false wants into believing that capitalism, with its inherent flaws, is the best way. all other economic systems have been and will continue to be roundly denounced by those in whose benefit this system currently works. it will only change when we no longer place our faith in this fallible system rife with exploitation and decide to create a truly civilized system. until that happens we will continue to spend generation after generation thankful for our wage slavery.

on the bright side at least we are not following the chinese into authoritarian capitalism. on the down side by participating in this system we endorse it.

Have you or anybody you personally know (who have worked abroad) lost your / their job or means of livelihood during the global economic slowdown in the last couple of years?

And did you have to go back to the Philippines or somewhere else because of this?
If you did or personally know of anybody who did, can you give some feedback regarding that move, better or worse, richer or poorer? sickness or health? other details, any suggestions, etc. etc.

Yes, I have known people who’ve lost their jobs here in Canada as a result of the global slowdown. Certain companies are shutting down a few of their factories and plants, causing many people to lose their jobs and to move from place to place to search for jobs that are (temporarily) not available.

I, myself, am thankful that my family wasn’t hit so hard. So far, I haven’t heard of anyone having to move to the Philippines because of the poor economy. I know someone who’s moving from one city to another for the same reason, but not to another country.

"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evil. (Albert Einstein, 1949)
Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of the smaller ones. The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society. This is true since the members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population. Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights. (Albert Einstein, 1949)

This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism.Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by a educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow-men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society." (Albert Einstein, 1949)
Reagan was a moron, sorry, but its true

He was a physicist not an economist, his understanding of economic matters were somewhat limited. In other words, outside of his field, he was no smarter than the rest of us.

Try & try until you succeed – that has been the desperate desire & hope of UN. As such, the world should not anymore rely, dwell & wear itself out trying to reach an impossible agreement because carbon emission reduction is only a theory, more so an illusion that was based on a false (or perverted) science, thereby making the treaty legally invalid in the beginning (i.e., lex celebrationis in international law).

If nations submit to an agreement, it will sacrifice the livelihood & welfare of people, driving world’s economy to collapse. Production & consumption will naturally be reduced and lay-offs go with it. Sales will fall. World’s trade via exports & imports will be down. Stock exchange will surge, leading industries to bankruptcy & insolvency. Defaults on credits & mortgages increase. Nation’s GDP & tax collection will fall & deficit will rise. Then crimes will of course be rampant. On the other hand, without an agreement, the threat of global warming & climate change continues since O3 remains unrepaired. When disaster strikes, then all are in fear. Some will flee, be displaced & be killed. Huge destruction goes along with it too. And likewise, livelihood & economy will severely be affected. As a consequence, countries’ losses will rise. In either way, both choices will kill, deemed evils against mankind’s survival and these will destroy the principles of UN, particularly ECOSOC, responsible for economic, social & cultural affairs.

God answered in 2001 but the world did not listen for years thereafter. It trusted the perversion of science & oppression of people, in contempt of God’s way of creation. It depended on the authorities’ ill advices which were: “to prepare for natural disasters” and “to adapt & mitigate,” and therefore these negligence & ignorance will be the history of world’s guilt for these had caused greater damages, successive events of calamities & tragedies yearly.

Solution to combat global warming & climate change was offered on December 2, 2002 to UNEP, based in the Philippines, by the author Winston Kayanan. The author discovered that, in re-fertilizing the soil (particularly the 60% desertification in the world) via large-scale organic matter recycling, we can create photosynthesis (including chemosynthesis), unaffected by global warming to siphon massive CO2 and, in turn, release O2 in the same amount. This move via collective or unified action will render the traffic of trapped GHG to move & flow, simultaneously neutralizing other gases like CH4. It will cool climate & calm weather, repair earth’s O3 layer & transport water (its vapor by wind) to rebuild the glaciers back and thus solving the problem of WMO, most especially for UNEP & UNFCCC. In the process of re-fertilizing the soil, we could make it arable (from sand to loam to clay) thereby creating a man-made fertile soil, good & suitable for planting vegetation & trees. This will solve the problem of FAO, most especially for WFP with respect to food abundance & reliance against famine, malnutrition & starvation. If O2 will be continually & abundantly regenerated, it will improve earth’s environ, thereby strengthening the health & immune system of organisms (man including plants, birds, animals & marine life) to solve the problem of WHO, most especially for fighting AIDS & HIV, H1N1 and other epidemic. See! We can heal earth and make it breath naturally. And thus, we don’t need to oppress people by imposing emission commitments via killing transportation & industries because natural gases will revolve & circulate freely, i.e., CO2 emissions are taken by plants (as a food material) and O2 releases are taken by organisms (as a breath of life). This is in line with the author’s philosophy, “Be one or united with nature in order to preserve life.” So why do we have to oppose emissions when these will give benefits to the plant kingdom that would bring down excessive CO2 to 300 ppm or less? If you analyze Nostradamus’ prophesy, “In one night, trees that have long withered, will go green again,” what meaning will it best suit, carbon emission reduction or photosynthesis? By choosing photosynthesis, the world will consequently proceed to a thousand years of peace.

Kyoto Protocol had its fill of troubles, suffering misfortunes after misfortunes in a total of 15 deliberations. It has no wisdom in its words for it could & would never bear fruit. It does not please & appeal to nations because it has a false scale & false weight. This made UNEP’s earlier optimism to end up a disaster, a total failure. Wasn’t it Jesus Christ who said that a tree which does not bear fruit should be torn down? When a nation sensibly & justifiably opposes a treaty which is considered oppressive against people (as well as the economy), it makes her great - keeping democracy alive, and that should be the moral obligation of any government to the people which is ironically the moral lesson in Daniel’s vision (Philippine version, un-coded by the a

We should be preparing for the next ice age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vostok-ice-core-petit.png
http://www.iceagenow.com/Growing_Glaciers.htm

Gordon brown said this in April 2008: " it is understandable - and this is what we have got to deal with - that in Europe and America worries exist. It is worrying that the dominant response is not to welcome this new competition, but that people are in fear of their jobs and their livelihoods.We see in America, particular, protectionist sentiment growing. This raises the question as to whether in response to this more testing global economic outlook the world will relapse into the counter-productive but familiar defensive and negative protectionism. under the illusion that people can stop change, they will deny themselves what are the competitive benefits of globalization."

From an economic perspective critically assess whether or not the claim that protectionism is counterproductive is merited.

It definitly could be counterproductive

Not buying other countries products will cause a drop in trade, and the other country will stop trading with you as well

Isolationism ruins the markets you have outside of your country. This means cheap foreign workers as well as people willing to buy your products

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by cutting off from other countries the country would definitly have a decrease in exports and cash flow, therefor limiting jobs

not trading and competing brings the bar and necessity of moving forward down and limits progressivism and moving forward

Overly protecting domestic things will in turn affect foreign relations and will in turn affect the global situation.

Why can the USA sign the Declaration of Human Rights, then violate it and even fight unjust wars with it as a reason and still get away with their crimes?

Article 3:
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 5:
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 7:
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Article 18:
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Article 22:
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
Article 25:
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

Because there is a peice of paper, and then there is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

It is very ironical for people to ignore our life history of biological existence in the way God created the world. The author Winston Kayanan from the Philippines presented a greenery solution of land rehabilitation of the 60% desertified soils worldwide by engendering large-scale organic matter cycling to obtain massive photosynthesis (the taking of CO2 as food material & production of O2 to repair the environment). This will dramatically rejuvenate earth against global warming & climate change towards O3 layer recovery, normal weather & climate, food abundance, fuel reserve deposits, among others. But instead, most governments continued to subscribe on UNEP’s carbon emission reduction by which they swore when it will only oppress people from livelihood & suppress economy from growth. It has no living spirit, i.e., without curing capabilities because it cannot breath to filter the air. It cannot catalyze, synthesize, ionize or even neutralize compounds. Others say that we can explore current warming (as free energy) for economic development & recovery when it can flame earth more fiercely than fire to destroy plants & forests, to cause heat stroke & other illnesses, to create epidemic and so on. And UNEP found protection in their lifeless invention from NGOs like 350.org, Oxfam, and many others. As it became a pitfall for everyone to bend down, it is the beginning, cause & effect of the greatest deception in the history of mankind that was rooted on false sciences and hence it is fraudulent & invalid. Since nothing came about on the author’s action to divert the attention of the world to another path (his technology with the same purpose as mentioned above), people have remained blind for they could not still see that, if the depleted O3 layer & melted glaciers are not repaired, the horrors of climate change will continue wreaking havoc & chaos.

For having acquired God’s revelation of the 4-beast vision in Daniel 7, the author continued his pursuit in the global campaign to save people & earth, given with confidence after abandoning his offered solution many times. As a consequence, people could not also perceive that the author had established a true religious knowledge with God as answer to our ailing environment. Dubbed as the 3rd interpretation in the world, he was able to decipher & translate more than 20 codes to reality in just 2 minutes on June 28, 2004 (within 5 days), overshadowing the empirical studies of the Catholic Church as the 1st interpreter (or even USA 1999 version as 2nd) unless, of course, it comes true or has happened. Critics in the yahoo Q & A entirely showed negative responses – generally stupidity came on in their minds and, for such reaction, God specifically mentioned them in Daniel 12:10.

The author further claims that it is very clear in the scriptures (Daniel 12:8) when it said, “These words are secret & sealed until the appointed time of the end,” which means it will be revealed at present times rather than the past. Since there are two existing versions: one, before Christ made by the Catholic Church (the period of King Antiochus) and the other, after Christ made by USA (war in Europe), then the meaning of the 4-beast was not revealed, i.e., untimely interpreted. The fact that the dream of Daniel was preserved & retained in the Bible thru thousands of years, the dream remains to be a mystery, i.e., still open for things to happen. No one was officially recorded or confirmed holder (as author &/or witness) to tell & account its meaning thru or beyond world experience and therefore, the event did not occur at present times (still considered to be a myth according to one replier in May 2009). Reading the two conflicting interpretations of the Church and USA, these are purely guesswork being fabricated, presented in concoctions of historical events. Another replier in the yahoo Q & A did his best to research & to answer the author but sorry, it is not the era of King Antiochus (despite voted as best answer) because, contrary to scriptures, the son of man (who is Jesus Christ) did not exist in that period – the puzzle in which the church could not conclusively explain. In other words, the author found the theological studies of the Catholic Church & USA (1999 version) likewise invalid, together with the scientific studies of UN (protecting Kyoto Protocol).

Well no, because gods aren’t real, they’re fictional.

Climate change has already destroyed the lives of people and for that, authorities recommend to mitigate & adapt. If the treaty succeeds, livelihood will naturally be threatened too year after year since the projection is up to 2020 or to 2050 but there is no guaranty or assurance of environment recovery. The delusion of reducing GHG emissions wanders on the inductive theory of controlling pollution from transportation & industries but does not stay reasonably close to nature upon which the O2 regeneration & replenishment of the author’s antithesis deductively found its postulates vogue, empirically derived, defined & supported. This is simply because no GHG reduction can stop the ultraviolet sun rays without repairing the O3 layer. It cannot stop the heavy precipitation & the rising sea levels without bringing water vapor to the Antarctic & Arctic to rebuild the glaciers & ice caps. It cannot make natural gases of nature (N2, O2, water vapor) work without restoring the desertified soils to fertility. In contrast, the long-ignored Philippine technology attacks directly the problem by curing than preventing. It will employ massive organic matter cycling. One cognizable feature is its richness in chlorophyll production with abundant carbohydrates and hence, it has a higher level of O2 production (via photosynthesis & chemosynthesis).

A diversified action of reconstruction & rejuvenation in the environment begins simultaneously in land, air & water, ferreting out the hidden curing capabilities & therapeutic wonders of what nature can do & help in return. It orients people to the reality of nature which will release & reduce their tension & fear for the Philippine technology will play an important part in restructuring ecology. It can similarly perform the function of plants & trees, utilizing N2 & CO2 thru absorption (particularly the displaced CO2, representing the excess 50 ppm of the 350 ppm as food material). It can physically capture pure carbon and can physiologically absorb CO2 in quadrillion metric tons per hectare a day and, in turn, O2 will be released equivalent to the amount of CO2 absorbed. It can eliminate wastes (like urban, agricultural & animal, among others), rehabilitate wastelands to fertility (to be planted thereafter) and cure the environment. Revitalizing soil, agriculture & forestry could then help earth to recover & make living better. The world could now gauge & decide that, if agriculture & forestry have not been abandoned & neglected respectively, global warming & climate change will not be experienced.

Based on the foregoing, UN & its scientists committed an elementary fallacy in our basic sciences before reaching their conclusions. UNEP, the master creator of carbon emission reduction theory which laid its foundations & guided the course of its development, is the weakest link in the entire UN organization. They were not concentrating on curing the environment but rather suppressing life. Instead of UNEP being blamed from negligence & imprudence due to non-disclosure of land desertification as root of warming, they directed the blame on transportation & industries. For 12 long years, the treaty never acquired 100% consent from its members when economy was always the primary reason & defense. As the treaty was stalled, the world suffered the effects of warming & climate change. Although there is a plan to revise the treaty, yet the concept remains preserved. Isn’t it proper for UN to know what is right when the author has proven them wrong? Why push & lead the world to the wrong path made by fools over the right road towards the order of nature? Now UN has become dictatorial & authoritative, contrary to its charter (as God’s commandments since UN was established) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. God will not allow anyone to take a stand inconsistent with that of His entrusted laws & the order of nature, particularly the well-settled scientific laws. However, most repliers of the author are unaware of these false sciences. They believed that the treaty is politically motivated, giving some thoughts of economic competition to worse, sabotage. Without proof of such, the false science will make the treaty unenforceable. Following the international law (i.e., lex celebrationis), this is a good reason & ground to invalidate the carbon emission reduction in the making of the treaty.

It’s the same thing.

Never look at one solution or you will miss all the others. Combos are the best.

A better way would be not to wreak stuff in the first place.

The instructions for the first 1/3 of the paper is this: "A. You will go to standard online references such as the United Nations Economic and Social
Development site (http://www.un.org/esa/) and the Central Intelligence Agency’s World
Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/) to gather background
information on the economy and social structure of this country. (approx. 1/3 of the paper) "

My research paper is titled "Climate Change’s Impacts on the Bangladeshi People". The first part of my paper isn’t quite 1/3 of the paper, I’d be happy with just one page. I don’t know what else to add with the above requirememnts for this first part to make it longer. Here’s what I have so far:
"Bangladesh is situated in Southern Asia between Burma and India. It is a relatively young country who gained independence from West Pakistan in 1971 and its people are still struggling to build the country. It borders the Bay of Bengal and is on deltas of many large rivers. It is tropical with a normal 30-70% of the country flooded each year during the monsoon season. The population is greatly at risk from natural disasters as the country is densely populated with a estimated 156 million people in 144,000 sq km. Comparatively, the country is a little smaller than Iowa. This high population density increases the people’s vulnerability to climate change because the opportunity for migration within Bangladesh is limited. Since much of the population lives in poverty, the average life expectancy is 60 years. They face droughts, cyclones, waterborne diseases, deforestation, coastal erosion, back water effect, malaria, rabies and avian influenza. Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to the affects of global climate change because it is mostly flat and low-lying and has low economic development. Its economy depends on agriculture and natural resources that are greatly put at risk by natural disasters. 45% of the population is estimated to be below the poverty line and that percentage will only increase as flooding and severe weather continue to threaten the country’s major industries. The farming community produces tea, sugar, rice, potatoes, tobacco, spices and fruit. Many farming family’s livelihoods are at risk and many are all ready suffering."

Right now I’m just worried about content, not grammar or citations yet. I’d appreciate it if someone could give me a few ideas on how to lengthen this first part. Thanks in advance!

Hi I’m from Bangladesh. I wish I could have contributed in your research paper on "Climate Change’s Impacts on the Bangladeshi People".

All I can recall is that there were clearly ‘felt’ seasons in the past, like Winter (Dec-Feb), Summer (Mar-May), Monsoon (June-Sep) and Autumn (Oct-Nov). In these days of post-climate times the seasons seem to have overlapped a bit. We can see raining during winter times and also floods occurring at ‘odd-times’ or at regular basis, instead of some decade long spacings (frequency) of the past.

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In recent times climate change is resulting in gradual sea level rise, repetitive disasters such as cyclone, flood, land slide, river erosion are also increasing. Now Bangladesh has floods two times a year. A data shows that- ‘over the next 40 years, 17 percent of the land will be lost to the sea resulting 20 million climate refugees because of climate change’. With a very high density of river systems, large parts of Bangladesh remain submerged during five months of monsoon so that millions of people living in river basins lack basic facilities since development have been concentrated around paved roads. Issues like this need local solution by the local people. So inspired by the lifestyle of the Bede community we realized that the rivers do not have to be barriers to development rather they can be communication channels where services will be taken to the people by boats. So an attempt was made to transform the waterways into path ways for education, information and technology and in the process adopt and mitigate climate changes. We believe that it is possible to deal with this climate change, and at the same time, to lift people out of poverty. Thus in the macro level we hope to initiate sustainable water way development which will be adaptive to the present climate crisis.

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Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha realized that the rivers do not have to be barriers to information, they can be communication channels. Shidhulai is working to improve quality of life in flood prone areas by taking services to the people by boats.

Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a non-profit organization, is working to improve quality of life in northern Bangladesh watersheds by taking services to the people by boats. These services include children’s education, libraries, training on sustainable agriculture, healthcare, adaptation strategies for climate change, waste management, computer education and Internet access.

Through the work of Shidhulai 88,000 families of hundreds of riverside villages are benefiting from improved education, sustainable agricultural practices, increased income, clean solar-powered lighting and communication with the outside world.

The voted for Dubya twice and they are likely not going to vote for Obama. However, irresponsible Republican economic practices are the reason these people’s homes are being repossesed and is the reason that their jobs are being outsourced.

So, if they vote for a continuation of these practices and they deepen their own sufferring, aren’t they just getting what’s coming to them? Or, are they somehow victims?
Republican economic policies that contributed to the mortgage crisis and the phenomena of outsourcing:

1) Destroying labor unions: if the US was 100% union, and working people had a real place at the bargaining table with the masters of corporate industry, do you think these people would vote to downsize themselves? No, they would more likely try to find a compromise to allow the company to stay competitive without annihilating the economies of local communities.

2) Unnecesary war, for adventure and (for a choice few) profit: borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars from China and the EU and Saudi arabia in order to finance this war has succeeded in driving down the value of the dollar making most commodities more expensive (including gasoline and housing). I don’t think anyone was ready for the massive devaluation of the dollar and that’s why I think our economy is gasping right now.

No, they do not deserve to lose their homes and livelihoods.
But the economic policies of the Republicans is not at fault. People are losing their homes because they got into mortgages (from two French words meaning death pledge) that they could not afford.
As far as jobs being outsourced, that has been happening for years. It is part of the global economy, something that Obama is very much in favor. Voting for him will probably ship more jobs oversees, not fewer. The Democrats may try and force companies to keep jobs here, but that is counter-productive. The American economy is service and information based, and people need to change with the economy. It may not be "fair" and "easy", but it is part of real life.