Avainsana: economy
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Why doesn’t capitalism work? – built on slavery, selling vanity, do we want a world where everything costs
Where did capitalism start? It is often said that Watt invented the steam engine in 1769 and the first factories were built that required labor and capital. However, the steam engine was developed already in the 17th century, and capitalism did not start like this. Capitalism was born when, as a result of colonialism in…
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Donald Trump’s insane trade war
Donald Trump decided to start an absurd trade war with Mexico, Canada and China in the very first month of his presidency. He imposed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada and 10% on China. Trump plans to come against the EU as well, if the EU does not agree to buy more American products, e.g.…
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The world is not enough? – Is population growth a problem?
As of 15.11.2024 at 0:10 Finnish time, the total number of people in the world was 8,188,237,968. By the time you finish reading this text, the number will have increased by thousands. The world population is growing by 71 million per year, or a growth rate of 0.87%. There were about a million people in…
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Climate justice and global carbon tax – no free ride in climate matters
People are in a very unequal position in relation to climate change. The carbon footprint of others is ten thousand or even a hundred thousand or a million times compared to other people. For example, the emissions from Amazon’s major owner Jeff Bezos’ short space trip correspond to the annual carbon emissions of all the…
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Dangerous oligarchs and multinationals – why is Elon Musk one of the most dangerous people in the world?
When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, many entrepreneurs who were successful in the two-system phase of the 80s, those in a significant position in the party, etc., bought state-owned companies cheaply when they were privatized. In a few years, they became super-rich multi-millionaires who also had a lot of political power. Putin…
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”Unity in diversity” – the ghost of colonialism and the harmony of nations
There are thousands of indigenous peoples in the world. There are more than 6000 different languages alone. A large part of them disappear every decade. For example, Grizelda Kristina, the last native speaker of Livin, died in 2013 at the age of over 100. Some languages have only a few speakers left. Only 2 people…
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Global village, a bit fly and diversity – systems and synergy
When two things interact with each other, a system is created. The system of two components is the simplest possible system, for example the Earth and the Moon form a system where they affect each other with their attraction. Compared to this, our entire Solar System is a very complex system with millions of components.…
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Complexity and ”wicked problems” – complex sustainability problems require equally complex solutions
When a problem is simple, it has few components and its interactions are linear. In this case, it is easy to find a solution to the problem. However, environmental and sustainability issues are very rarely simple and linear. The socio-ecological system is very complex, it has numerous variables and interactions. For example, nature loss and…
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Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies – the dirty money of the Internet
A person using the nick Satoshi Nakamoto created bitcoin as a virtual deregulated international currency in 2008, a currency that can be bought and sold with euros and dollars or other real-world currency. According to Satoshi Nakamoto, the 100 millionths of bitcoin are named satoshis. The value of one bitcoin is currently around €30,000, while…
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