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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aBudget 2016: What will the chancellor do to pensions? - BBC News2016-02-29T23:12:35+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35668372
asterisk2abudget2016 HMRC pension scheme public obligation fund George Osborne Tories Conservative Party Policy Makers austerity constituency Funding babyboomers ageing population demographic bubble secular stagnation savings ratehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e8b9e9845e07/Masters in Business: Nobel-Prize Economist Paul Krugman (Audio) by Bloomberg View2016-02-07T03:07:07+00:00
https://soundcloud.com/bloombergview/masters-in-business-nobel-1
asterisk2a> austerity from 2010! vested interest plays big role! Policy Makers are on the side of credit, on bond holders. bond holders don't like inflationary period! ... Hyperinflation will come any day! // 31:00 econ needs to be reformulated in class rooms to be much broader subject! << see robert shiller interview! ie behaviour, sociology and psychology, irrational behaviour // 44:15 on keynes! was no left wing socialist, he tried to save capitalism! he had world changing analysis! sometimes there can not be enough demand, same with sometimes it is good to have waste vs nothing, pointless ways to spend money can have a positive effect. ie infrastructure investment - repaving roads = less private repair bills! public transportation = less drunk driving accidents. history shows fiscal stimulus gets always too early withdrawn from deficit hawks!]]>economic history GFC Paul Krugman Thomas Piketty inequality Gini coefficient income social mobility paulkrugman repo bankrun speculative bubbles subprime Generationengerechtigkeit Policy Makers constituency George Osborne austerity error folly credit bubble secular stagnation debt servitude Super Cycle Japan Abenomics fiscal monetary Richard Koo KennethRogoff USA UK European Union lost decade generation Robert Shiller robertshiller book miltonfriedman friedmann JohnMaynardKeynes keynes Keynesianism budget deficit GeorgeOsborne stimulus GordonBrown underinvestment recovery productivity output gap liquidity trap ZIRP NIRP QE infrastructure investment Richardkoo public productive business short-termism neoliberalism neoliberal Privatisation trickle-down economics Rich 1% oligarchy plutocracy democracy corporate welfare subsidies subsidizinghttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:665deb7f8ddc/Elektroauto: Sonderabgabe auf Sprit soll Kaufprämie finanzieren - SPIEGEL ONLINE2016-02-06T00:35:55+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/elektroauto-sonderabgabe-auf-sprit-soll-kaufpraemie-finanzieren-a-1075920.html
asterisk2acarbon tax autoindustry automotive fossil fuel renewable energy electric car carbonfootprint trading scheme carbonemission consumer choice subsidies subsidizing macroprudential policy microeconomic macroeconomic Makers COP21 climate change global warming crisis air pollution efficiency Smart Grid storage SUV status symbol zombie Abgas-Affäre oversight transparency accountability Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9226a5239431/DWP post for Amazon boss is 'disgusting', says Margaret Hodge | Business | The Guardian2016-02-04T01:02:01+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/03/dwp-post-amazon-chief-disgusting-margaret-hodge
asterisk2atax evasion avoidance DWP double standard democracy HMRC No Representation oligarchy plutocracy 1% Super Rich Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation lobbyist lobby Lobbying revolving door Amber Rudd Westminster Policy Makers folly Party Funding constituency nasty neoliberalism neoliberal trickle-down economics corporate rate welfare subsidies subsidizing Tories Conservative George Osborne David Cameron fairness Generationengerechtigkeit bank bailout austerity budget deficit Toff Privileged Establishment GFC recovery economic historyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:01839dab15ab/The lights are going out for solar energy2016-02-03T03:10:25+00:00
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/energy/2016/02/lights-are-going-out-solar-energy
asterisk2aenergy price policy renewable Amber Rudd George Osborne David Cameron short-termism trickle-down economics carbon tax fossil fuel nuclear power carbonfootprint trading scheme carbonemission COP21 competitive competitiveness industrial Steel Industry Aberdeen subsidies subsidizing corporate welfare Makers Career Politicians constituency folly error Opportunism opportunist Party Funding Oil commodity priceshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:846b025024b9/The Mexicans dying for a fizzy drink - BBC News2016-02-03T00:56:05+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35461270
asterisk2aMexico childhood obesity epidemic Sugar Tax Positioning PR spin doctor lobbyist lobby Lobbying Food Politics poverty diet-related disease chronic diseases sick population health crisis USA revolving door Policy Makers Career Politicians prevention intervention public awareness sentiment Wall Street profit maximisation shareholder value Greed crony capitalismhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:cee2677e873c/MPs launch tax inquiry after criticism of £130m Google-HMRC deal | Business | The Guardian2016-01-25T22:58:25+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/25/mps-launch-corporation-tax-inquiry-criticism-130m-google-hmrc-deal
asterisk2aGoogle Inc. corporate tax rate avoidance evasion UK HMRC double standard No Representation lobbyist lobby Lobbying economic justice trickle-down economics job creation Policy Makers Tories Conservative Party nasty neoliberalism neoliberal budget deficit Amazon Apple Microsoft Starbucks accountability oversight Greed shareholder value profit maximisation Wall Street crony capitalism Career Politicians Westminster budget2015 Manifesto general election 2015 Generationengerechtigkeit fairness GFC bank bailout campaign promises Funding constituency babyboomers globalization globalisation USA Gini coefficient plutocracy oligarchy Super Rich 1% social democracy George Osborne David Cameron Iain Duncan Smith inequalityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:496cb938b390/Cameron: Labour doesn’t believe in home ownership – video | Society | The Guardian2016-01-24T01:01:24+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2016/jan/13/cameron-labour-doesnt-believe-in-home-ownership-video
asterisk2anasty party policy folly error Makers generation rent Tories Conservative mortgage market property bubble Housing Crisis household debt consumer credit card zombie subprime cost of living standard Help to Buy Scheme Right Buy-to-Let Help-to-Save macroprudential wealth distribution management austerity neoliberalism neoliberal social affordable Privatisation budget deficit Council Public Services David Cameron George Osborne budget2015https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3df841b3ebeb/BBC iPlayer - Britain's Trillion Pound Island - Inside Cayman2016-01-23T21:13:53+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06wrt2d/britains-trillion-pound-island-inside-cayman
asterisk2aUK offshore banking tax avoidance austerity fairness Generationengerechtigkeit budget deficit Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation lobbyist lobby Lobbying Tories Conservative Party nasty HMRC revolving door No Representation democracy social bank bailout GFC crony capitalism Greed budget2015 budget2010 non-dom Super Rich 1% oligarchy plutocracy City of London poverty income distribution redistribution inequality Gini coefficient mobility Policy Makers Career Politicians Westminster Council Public Services constituency babyboomers globalization globalisation neoliberalism neoliberal evasion loopholes welfare state safety net corporate rate trickle-down economics George Osborne David Cameron GordonBrown Labour borderless accounting scandal white-collar crime IMF OECDhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a501a9e422df/The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure | NutritionFacts.org2016-01-22T20:55:02+00:00
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-evidence-that-salt-raises-blood-pressure/
asterisk2aprocessed food engineering Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation Politics public health policy fast high blood pressure Chain junk poverty convenience industry Salt prevention intervention lobbyist lobby Lobbying revolving door Career Politicians No Representation democracy social chronic diseases diet-related disease plutocracy oligarchy conglomerate Positioning Super Rich 1% nanny state Makers folly error NHS crisis care budget spending pharmaceutical pharma big sick population inequalityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:966d6a6a8a9b/Stigma of mental illness | Alastair Campbell - YouTube2016-01-20T19:24:03+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0myOGtGVJ90
asterisk2a> "Control the Message." << you can not control where the message goes. you can only control what you say and what you do << budget deficit. need to get into surplus. to pay down debt. but not telling not the disabled increased the budget deficit so massively, but the bankers bailout and the pensioners. and the corporate welfare. never was the cause adressed. what is easier? cut minority? or tax your party funders? the city and non-doms and super rich? mega properties? // what is easier to cut? cancer service, child protection service, mental health service?]]>mental health illness stigma public sentiment awareness policy image racism prejudice snap judgement perception opinion democracy debate Makers gay rights marriage discrimination transphobia Transphobic homophobic Homophobia Islamophobia Ausländerfeindlichkeit Xenophobia changing attitudes Social Media PR spin doctor manufactured consent propaganda Polarisation populism Positioning George Osborne David Cameron refugee crisis HR human resources austerity Tories nasty party Conservative dogma ideology bank bailout Funding Career Politicians No Representation constituency non-dom Super Rich 1% corporate tax ratehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:93e48734eb19/UK and Scottish governments 'must back creative industries' - BBC News2016-01-18T13:14:47+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35337837
asterisk2acorporate welfare subsidies subsidizing lobbyist lobby Lobbying policy folly error Makers Career Politicians No Representation democracy tax evasion avoidance rate austerity bank bailout London UK USA economic history self-regulation regulation oversight Workers Union Trade credit regulators deregulationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4f18220b7124/Under-40s worse off as result of state pension changes, data shows | Money | The Guardian2016-01-15T07:51:45+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jan/14/under-30s-will-be-worse-off-as-a-result-of-state-pension-changes-says-dwp
asterisk2aDWP George Osborne Iain Duncan Smith pension scheme obligation public fund constituency babyboomers Generationengerechtigkeit fairness bank bailout GFC neoliberalism neoliberal PR general election 2015 2010 campaign promises budget deficit corporate welfare tax evasion avoidance Positioning spin doctor manufactured consent generation rent Housing Crisis student loan debt servitude Bubble credit card household retirement consumer car generational contract lost Millennials zombie materialism status anxiety Celebrity of You Tories Conservative Party nasty demographic ageing population OAP UK western world secular stagnation property mortgage market Help to Buy Right Buy-to-Let wealth distribution plutocracy Gini coefficient inequality squeezed middle class working poor low income precarious work Precariat wage minimum growth social mobility globalisation globalization flat borderless Policy Makers Westminster Toff Privileged Establishmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:93dcd1b52b2c/Overseas nurses denied NHS jobs - BBC News2016-01-15T02:14:55+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35313325
asterisk2a> A Department of Health spokesman said: "The MAC is currently reviewing the shortage occupation list. Staffing is a priority and there are already more than 8,500 more nurses on our wards since 2010 and 50,000 more nurses in training. "We want more home-grown staff in the NHS and our recent changes to student funding will create up to 10,000 more nursing, midwifery and allied health professional training places by 2020."]]>immigration migration UK UKIP NHS staff morale locum shortage Tories Conservative Party nasty public sentiment Policy Makers Theresa May George Osborne David Cameron CQC Privatisation Jeremy Hunt neoliberalism neoliberal budget deficit austerity FOI Freedom of Information Act transparency accountability con artisthttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:80474afc4ec4/Climate Scientist James Hansen Warns World is on Wrong Track to Prevent Runaway Global Warming - YouTube2016-01-12T01:07:42+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQDxXFp8_vA
asterisk2aCOP21 climate change crisis global warming carbon tax carbonfootprint trading scheme carbonemission fossil fuel energy price policy shared economic interest damage Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation crony capitalism zombie consumer democracy Career Politicians No Representation Generationengerechtigkeit mass extinction babyboomers fairness Super Rich 1% plutocracy Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying vested groups revolving door Public sentiment renewable self-regulation subsidies subsidizing corporate welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c1557f5891aa/Labour expecting £6m loss in funding through trade union bill | Politics | The Guardian2016-01-11T02:03:51+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/10/labour-expecting-6m-loss-in-funding-through-trade-union-bill
asterisk2aTrade Union Workers nasty party George Osborne David Cameron Tories Labour Career Politicians No Representation democracy House of Lords social Westminster Toff Privileged Establishment Funding UK neoliberalism neoliberal austerity Privatisation Policy Makers budget2015 Holyroodhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ec3441bd69de/Linking junior doctors and terror is cheap politics | Barbara Ellen | Opinion | The Guardian2016-01-10T03:32:04+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/10/junior-doctors-strike-nhs-jeremy-hunt
asterisk2aTories nasty party PR spin doctor Positioning Jeremy Hunt David Cameron George Osborne Iain Duncan Smith Amber Rudd NHS energy policy general election 2015 campaign promises Manifesto constituency corporate state austerity media Toff Privileged Establishment diet-related disease chronic diseases cancer demographic bubble premature ageing population A&E intervention prevention Makers Privatisation interest groups vested Career Politicians No Representation social democracy GFC bank bailout Generationengerechtigkeit fairness Polarisation UKIP immigration migration propaganda populism fearmongering Fearhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:062e1716ad81/Weekly alcohol limit cut to 14 units in UK for men | Society | The Guardian2016-01-10T03:11:38+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/08/mens-recommended-maximum-weekly-alcohol-units-cut-14
asterisk2ainterest groups vested Alcohol abuse alcoholism substance chronic diseases diet-related disease cancer obesity overweight epidemic metabolic syndrome diabetes sick population health crisis care budget spending public safety policy Makers prevention intervention addiction food A&E UK Lad culture binge drinking eating well being mental happiness index zombie consumer Mindfulness Standard American Diet Dietary Fiber cholesterol Western pattern sedentary lifestyle medicine heart deprivation Perspektivlosigkeit Precariat poverty self-medication stress Escapeism Entertainment coping mechanism sociology psychology society Wertegesellschaft loneliness Gesellschaft Wegwerfgesellschaft tobacco smokinghttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:29cb889ea1c8/Mexico 20% tax on soda is working : worldnews2016-01-10T02:08:46+00:00
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/4080r2/mexico_20_tax_on_soda_is_working/
asterisk2aBig Sugar Tax food industry processed engineering Soda abuse junk Politics poverty lobbyist lobby Lobbying revolving door Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation Standard American Diet Western pattern UK USA Mexico public health policy care budget spending crisis sick population obesity epidemic childhood diabetes metabolic syndrome cancer diet-related disease chronic diseases overweight low-grade inflammation heart awareness sentiment perception opinion image debate WHO Jamie Oliver Makers substancehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d2d161e560dc/Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke on Newsnight - YouTube2016-01-09T03:47:02+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_33Yn7EYDGk
asterisk2aBen Bernanke benbernanke Fed GFC book neoliberalism neoliberal bank bailout lehmanbrothers self-regulation regulation regulators Oversight monetary policy fiscal austerity ideology short-termism Opportunism opportunist IMF George Osborne economic history ZIRP NIRP QE badbank badbanks Privatisation financial crisis macroprudential macroeconomic speculative bubbles Makershttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1970b79c62b9/Thomas Piketty on Capitalism, Corbyn and why Zuckerberg is getting it wrong - BBC Newsnight - YouTube2016-01-08T20:27:02+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6frECZhxJA
asterisk2a deleveraging > debt servitude > lower consumption rate > cratering UK economy as ~70% of UK economy is based on consumption. // blaming others (ISIS) for radicalization. but who put them in this place to be radicalized, in the first place? inequality, youth unemployment. // COP21, western world do not face their historical obligation! // world wealth and income database - www.wid.world]]>philanthropy Thomas Piketty Mark Zuckerberg Bill Gates social mobility income Gini coefficient meritocracy meritocratic Alain de Botton UK George Osborne property bubble tax code progressive taxation Help to Buy Scheme Rent rent-seeking rentier generation GFC bank bailout austerity fairness Generationengerechtigkeit Tories Conservative Party David Cameron budget2015 inequality youth unemployment radicalization islamic radicalism radicalisation Islamophobia ISIS disenfranchise disenfranchised Perspective Perspektivlosigkeit COP21 debt servitude Super Cycle household private credit card car loan consumer debtoverhang 2015 2016 fiscal policy Makers vested interest groups monetary ZIRP NIRP QE distortion Rich 1% plutocracy democracy No Representation Career Politicians constituency babyboomers general election campaign promises Manifestohttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9936224f2381/Weather records: December was 'wettest month for UK' - BBC News2016-01-06T00:58:29+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35230696
asterisk2aclimate change UK El Nino extreme weather global warming economic damage COP21 energy policy Makers public awareness sentiment perception debate flash floods flooding EPA soil erosion coastal budget deficit flood defence austerity Tories nasty party Conservative Amber Rudd renewable George Osborne David Cameron constituency election campaign promises Generationengerechtigkeit 2015https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3e461cbfbd0c/Storm Frank: What have we done to make the flooding worse? - BBC News2016-01-04T16:50:52+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35199963
asterisk2aflash floods flooding UK extreme weather 2015 Policy Makers Public Career Politicians No Representation COP21 environmental disaster ecological soil erosion economic damage sentiment perception awareness carbon tax carbonfootprint trading scheme carbonemission opinion debate exploitation austerity Tories short-termism Conservative Party nasty David Cameron George Osborne Amber Rudd energy EPAhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1584b5cd87cb/A knighthood for Lynton Crosby: government under fire for political honours | UK news | The Guardian2015-12-31T16:06:10+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/30/knighthood-lynton-crosby-government-under-fire-political-honours
asterisk2a> !!! >> [which involves distracting the public from a politically difficult issue by creating shocking news]. << !!! << Hardly worthy of honouring in this way if at all,” said McDonnell. He said Crosby’s knighthood would make the public think the titles perpetuate “an old boy’s club”. [...] His uncompromising tactics have appalled some of his opponents, with former Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable once referring to him as “an Australian rottweiler”. [...] “getting a reward for services to the Tory party rather than services to the country”. [& got] close links to the tobacco industry.]]>Career Politicians Monarchy House of Lords UK Establishment Toff Privileged meritocracy meritocratic Gini coefficient inequality social mobility income austerity Tories Conservative Party nasty general election 2015 campaign promises PR spin doctor manufactured consent David Cameron George Osborne DWP immigration Iain Duncan Smith Jeremy Hunt NHS political theory folly economy error short-termism Opportunism opportunist lobbyist lobby Lobbying revolving door Policy Makershttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:843576f82758/UK floods: Storm Frank threatens more misery - BBC News2015-12-29T12:21:26+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35192138
asterisk2aUK flash floods flooding extreme weather climate change El Nino global warming ocean economic damage Tories nasty party Policy Makers energy carbon tax carbonfootprint trading scheme carbonemission recycling zombie consumer materialism status anxiety Livestock farming food industry Meat budget deficit austerity David Cameron George Osborne Amber Rudd Conservative environmental disaster pollution 2015 prevention COP21https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f0d4211fedad/Blood pressure drugs rethink urged - BBC News2015-12-24T13:10:30+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35169864
asterisk2ahigh blood pressure heart disease atherosclerosis stroke aneurysm thrombosis pharmaceutical industry pharma big prevention intervention Standard American Diet Dietary Fiber cholesterol Western pattern diet-related chronic diseases low-grade inflammation coronary artery Cardiovascular vascular NHS health care budget spending sick population crisis lobbyist lobby Lobbying policy folly error public safety sentiment awareness perception nanny state Nudge theory Makers revolving door Wall Street profit maximisation shareholder value capitalism crony interest groups vestedhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4db8fe7057e1/Progress on social mobility 'too slow' - BBC News2015-12-23T01:59:00+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35120792
asterisk2aeducation policy Gini coefficient inequality social mobility UK income Public squeezed middle class Precariat working poor poverty child trap Super Rich 1% austerity fairness Generationengerechtigkeit neoliberalism neoliberal trickle-down economics Tories Conservative Party nasty Makers error folly corporate tax rate credit free budget2015 George Osborne David Cameron evasion avoidance budget deficit welfare subsidies subsidizing underinvestment Services health post code lottery Council warfare consumer debt household recovery job creation Service Sector Jobs GFC productivity output gaphttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b0bdb752a6a0/Australia's Tasmania may raise smoking age to 25 - BBC News2015-12-23T01:42:43+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-35149259
asterisk2atobacco health crisis prevention sick population cancer lifestyle western Policy Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying public safety substance abuse addiction drug Nicotine taxationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e5de236da9cf/Credit rating: why George Osborne has got his name on Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Film | The Guardian2015-12-22T23:44:48+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/22/star-wars-the-force-awakens-george-osborne-credits-tax-relief-bfi-film
asterisk2alobbyist lobby Lobbying white elephant corporate welfare subsidies subsidizing Hollywood Career Politicians culture austerity crony capitalism tax evasion avoidance Wall Street Disney George Osborne nasty party Tories Conservative No Representation fairness Generationengerechtigkeit Policy Makers folly short-termism ratehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:09ef8f35e920/Interview ǀ „Man muss entscheiden – wie Luke Skywalker“ — der Freitag2015-12-21T06:20:30+00:00
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/christian-fueller/man-muss-sich-entscheiden-wie-skywalker
asterisk2aHollywood Religion Star Wars Theology Disney Politics Policy Makers science folly crony capitalism Wall Street economic growth trickle-down economics neoliberalism neoliberal model Unrechtsstaat injustice justice System No Representation Career Politicians lobbyist lobby Lobbying revolving door double standard white-collar crime tax evasion avoidance philosophyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f1667933cbc9/Adult social care outlook 'bleak', warns think tank - BBC News2015-12-12T17:19:06+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35079455
asterisk2aadult social care elderly demographic bubble ageing population OAP NHS Public Services Council austerity budget2015 George Osborne constituency general election 2015 campaign promises Manifesto health policy sick crisis premature budget spending A&E Tories nasty party Conservative CQC Toff Privileged Establishment Privatisation trickle-down economics neoliberalism neoliberal Makers vulnerable Disabled safety net welfare state Gini coefficient inequality post code lottery David Cameron Jeremy Hunthttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:86ef41426554/Arnold Schwarzenegger: Stop Eating Meat and Save the Planet - YouTube2015-12-11T00:34:19+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aOGuPZKkzs
asterisk2aCOP21 livestock farming methane carbon dioxide deforestation soil erosion antibiotics antibiotic resistance post-antibiotic era climate crisis global warming change food industry lobbyist lobby Lobbying medical profession research care prevention intervention tax carbonfootprint sustainability sustainable Meat trading scheme carbonemission public perception awareness Policy Makers Generationengerechtigkeit health COP15 fossil fuel interest groups vested Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation bottom up crony capitalism ecological disaster environmental self-regulation regulation regulatorshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:21abb0fc0f1e/Texas Fracking Zone Emits 90% More Methane Than EPA Estimated | twice as much as estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, and 5.5 times the number from a separate global database. : science2015-12-08T18:24:04+00:00
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3vxdjh/texas_fracking_zone_emits_90_more_methane_than/
asterisk2amethane fossil fuel fracking oversight self-regulation regulation regulators accountability air pollution Wall Street crony capitalism profit maximisation shareholder value EPA carbonfootprint carbon tax trading scheme carbonemission shale gas shalegas Career Politicians revolving door No Representation energy policy price Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying ecological disaster environmental waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2667c695e995/Ignoring watersheds, ignoring climate change: flooded by our ignorance | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian2015-12-08T00:05:15+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/07/hide-evidence-storm-desmond-floods-paris-talks
asterisk2aCOP21 flash floods flooding extreme weather climate crisis change recycling carbonfootprint carbon tax trading scheme carbonemission economic damage Generationengerechtigkeit constituency babyboomers Meat Industry livestock farming methane Career Politicians No Representation growth Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation crony capitalism underinvestment renewable energy policy fossil fuel Makers austerity solar wind Smart Grid zombie consumer consumerist consumerism sustainability sustainable materialism status anxiety symbol sick population health hypocrisy budget2015 George Osborne David Cameron nasty party Conservative Tories short-termism macroeconomic microeconomic taxationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:33f88238e218/Coca-Cola will Zahlungen an Forscher in Europa veröffentlichen - SPIEGEL ONLINE2015-12-05T16:22:08+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/coca-cola-will-zahlungen-an-forscher-in-europa-veroeffentlichen-a-1066182.html
asterisk2aCoca-Cola food industry lobbyist lobby Lobbying Big Sugar Policy Makers Public prevention intervention sick population diet-related disease chronic diseases health crisis Meat PR Positioning reframing framing spin doctor Politicshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b5042df7cab8/New medicines 'should prevent not just treat disease' - BBC News2015-12-05T15:26:52+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35008921
asterisk2aNHS prevention intervention diet-related disease chronic diseases low-grade inflammation cancer lifestyle western diet Standard American Dietary Fiber cholesterol pattern Whole-Food Plant-Based anti-inflammatory Big Sugar Meat Industry food Public Policy awareness perception Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying tobacco health care budget spending crisis sick population diabetes heart obesity epidemic childhood parenting parenthood parents education taxation Nudge theoryhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1899bbdfe482/Why a car-centric transportation plan is folly for L.A. "it's 10 times more efficient, in economic terms, to shorten the distance separating home from work (or home from supermarket) than to increase the speed at which it's possible to travel from one to2015-12-03T09:33:50+00:00
https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/3v6yms/why_a_carcentric_transportation_plan_is_folly_for/
asterisk2aurban planning public transportation Policy Makershttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:aa5972648e79/Grand Designs - South Yorkshire, 2013 - All 42015-12-03T08:34:49+00:00
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/on-demand/52739-002
asterisk2aurbanisation urban planning suburb architect architecture design interior happiness index well being UK Housing Crisis Progressive Policy Makers Tories Conservative Party crony capitalism culture mass multiculturalism individualism individuality Apple zombie consumer consumerist consumerism materialism status anxiety symbol social generation rent communityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:34e505753290/▶ BBC Two - Victoria Derbyshire, Jamie Oliver: 'Energy drinks need age limits'2015-12-02T08:35:09+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p039sfzh
asterisk2adiet-related disease pre-diabetic diabetes substance abuse obesity epidemic childhood tobacco Big Sugar Tax food industry processed fast junk engineering Politics poverty Desert child energy drink non-alcoholic fatty liver alcohol drug parenting development Tories lobbyist lobby Lobbying Jamie Oliver nasty party short-termism corporate rate advertisement advertising marketing Positioning reframing framing WHO Conservative Policy Makers revolving door PR spin doctor NHS health crisis sick population Meat carcinogen carcinogenic Dairy Fish Milk waste Egg complexity capitalism crony profit maximisation shareholder value Wall Street Nudge theory public care budget premature ageing spending UK prevention interventionhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:df6d83dcb71d/Wine drinkers urged to drop glass size - BBC News2015-11-25T05:13:53+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-34915774
asterisk2aAlcohol abuse alcoholism substance Lad culture binge drinking public health policy prevention intervention Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying crisis non-alcoholic fatty liver disease chronic stress low-grade inflammation addictionhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7208b595c03d/Deutsche Telekom darf das Internet schneller machen - SPIEGEL ONLINE2015-11-23T20:19:55+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/vectoring-bundesnetzagentur-erlaubt-telekom-internet-plaene-a-1064138.html
asterisk2ainfrastructure investment Net Neutrality Germany Career Politicians No Representation short-termism short-term thinking view digital economy White Elephant Policy Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying public utility Good monopoly antitrust regulators Consumer Protectionhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2be3c9511b9b/Paris attacks | World news | The Guardian2015-11-16T22:53:15+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/world/paris-attacks
asterisk2aWar on Terror ISIS Islamic State radicalism Law extremism Caliphate Middle East foreign policy affairs relations Intelligence Surveillance-Industrial Complex Drone Strike Warfare Russia USA Hegemony geopolitics military–industrial military intervention Iraq Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaida Pakistan Syrien Syria Religion democracy history UK Muslim Islamophobia Islam immigration immigrants migration Banlieue France society Gesellschaft Wertegesellschaft western radicalisation radicalization Vorratsdatenspeicherung Snoopers Charter Dataretention bulk data collection Orwellian surveillance Makers domestic Sozialpolitik integration Integrationspolitik FrancoisHollande jihadist Charlie Hebdo Career Politicians David Cameron Theresa May gwbush georgewbush bush neoliberalism neoliberal neoconservatism neoconservatives racial segregation social ghetto cohesion tension mobility income Gini coefficient disenfranchised refugee crisishttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1172b49e5f71/HMRC still failing taxpayers, say MPs - BBC News2015-11-05T08:58:45+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34717035
asterisk2atax evasion avoidance white-collar crime Gini coefficient inequality austerity George Osborne David Cameron nasty party lobbyist lobby Lobbying Super Rich plutocracy 1% oligarchy staff shortage fairness toff Privileged Establishment non-dom Career Politicians No Representation social democracy Policy Makers revolving door dogma ideology trickle-down economics neoliberalism neoliberalhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6e25892bcc4e/Simon Hamilton announces 'biggest health system shake-up' in five years - BBC News2015-11-05T08:34:15+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34715724
asterisk2aNHS Northern Ireland sick population prevention intervention health crisis public policy care budget spending chronic diseases Makershttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e27b6c8ef8db/Celebrating the hidden history of disabled people’s fight for civil rights | Frances Ryan | Society | The Guardian2015-11-05T04:52:30+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/04/disabled-people-fight-equal-rights-exhibition-manchester
asterisk2aactivism activists Disabled disability minority vulnerable history welfare state social safety net discrimination inequality public awareness opinion perception Policy Makers democracy austerity stereotype stigma prejudice judgement snap labelhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7f7f0f15732e/Marijuana legalization initiative fails in Ohio - Business Insider2015-11-05T02:35:46+00:00
http://uk.businessinsider.com/marijuana-legalization-initiative-fails-in-ohio-2015-11?r=US&IR=T
asterisk2aUSA lobby lobbyist Lobbying corporate scandal Greed monopoly oligopol oligopoly oligarchy plutocracy Super Rich 1% American Dream Career Politicians free market No Representation Policy Makers Marijuana Legalisation decriminalisation decriminalization revolving door democracy crony capitalism Monsanto Protection Act GMO crophttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ceafdbb5c9d9/CARA DELEVINGNE'S HYPOCRISY CAUSES CANCER: World Health Organization - YouTube2015-11-04T06:07:20+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy2CSS3H0NI
asterisk2aWHO carcinogen carcinogenic Meat Industry food corporate scandal moderation Standard American Diet Western pattern dietary cholesterol public health policy Whole-Food Plant-Based Whole Plant Foods saturated fat processed fast engineering Desert junk Lügenpresse manufactured consent media state Politics waste borne illness poisoning poverty security Chain Bank Stamps prices awareness perception image opinion Positioning Speciesism Carnism omnivore Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying discourse debate spin doctor PR relations Dairy Egg Milk Fish agriculture Big Sugarhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:14fd4e9cbf65/Tech Companies, Pay Your Damn Taxes - YouTube2015-11-03T20:23:56+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vayYdTU0FiA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0g80KEH8o
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z07ciexjltI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X7fZoDs9KU
asterisk2aDirty Vegetable DirtyVegetable lobbyist shared economic interest Policy Makers Career Politicians competitive competitiveness competition advantage democracy Generationengerechtigkeit global economy flat world borderless lobby Lobbying Missionary mission vission happiness index well being crony capitalism tax evasion avoidance sustainability sustainable climate change warming food waste homeless homelessness social safety net welfare state corporate revolving door Party Funding No Representation minority public long-term view thinking Vegan fossil fuel renewable energy Smart Grid morality ethical machine ethics western society Wertegesellschaft Gesellschaft Wegwerfgesellschaft Zivilgesellschaft Big civic Good life Universal Basic Income Zivilcourage civil courage human progress common sense fairness Politics political theory contract mass extinction crisis carbon carbonfootprint trading scheme emissions carbonemissionhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:422d586fface/'I don't think Scunthorpe has a future' - BBC News2015-10-30T06:56:40+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34668504
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmSFAO13dV4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99HYjoucAz4
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https://youtu.be/FnL1Kqy9FlM?t=33m41s
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34611153
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-34597522
asterisk2acorporate welfare subsidies subsidizing scandal Public Policy Hinkley Point C renewable energy solar wind Makers Career Politicians short-term view security price economics of abundance marginal cost constituency Tories budget2015 budget deficit Conservative Party nasty underinvestment productive investment industrial competitive competitiveness STEM Research R&D general election 2015 campaign promises Toff Privileged Establishment dogma ideology neoliberalism neoliberal fossil fuel carbon tax trading scheme carbonfootprint carbonemission emissionshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:93fe0e34bf67/Jenni Murray: 'I had 75% of my stomach removed' - BBC News2015-10-22T22:37:23+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34594956
asterisk2aBariatric Surgery Weight Loss obesity epidemic childhood sick population pre-diabetic diabetes metabolic syndrome non-alcoholic fatty liver disease high blood pressure atherosclerosis heart Standard American Diet Western pattern dieting fad Whole-Food Plant-Based lifestyle medicine active sedentary Speciesism Carnism omnivore animal cruelty rights testing peer group medical profession Positioning food industry Meat Dairy Egg Milk lobbyist lobby Lobbying NHS health care budget spending crisis public policy Poultry Fish Makers short-term quick fix chronic diseases low-grade inflammation coronary artery autoimmune cancer Cardiovascular vascular anti-inflammatory research advances prevention NICEhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9228b7c358f7/Plastikmüll erreicht Arktis: 2,7 Millionen Tonnen im Meer vermutet - SPIEGEL ONLINE2015-10-22T19:21:00+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/plastikmuell-erreicht-arktis-2-7-millionen-tonnen-im-meer-vermutet-a-1059120.html
asterisk2amass extinction ecological disaster environmental plastic nation bag Great Pacific Garbage Patch pollution recycling waste management public awareness perception discourse debate visibility Policy Makers Nudge theory interest image sustainability sustainablehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9f9668810563/Hinkley Point nuclear agreement reached - BBC News2015-10-21T18:09:26+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34587650
asterisk2aHinkley Point C foreign investment China UK AIIB nuclear power energy policy renewable price George Osborne nasty party Tories dogma ideology corporate welfare subsidies subsidizing Restrisiko budget2015 solar green wind offshore David Cameron Conservative Makers lobbyist lobby Lobbying Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation Smart Grid direct relations affairs Hegemony austerity recovery sovereign debt crisis trickle-down economics underinvestment productive ZIRP NIRP QE Richard Koo secular stagnation Niall Ferguson competitiveness competitive trade agreement free Steve Hiltonhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ecc665cb8f20/Plastic bag charge in Scotland sees usage cut by 80% - BBC News2015-10-21T04:36:35+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34575364
asterisk2ananny state taxation surcharge convenience public awareness perception opinion Policy Makers Group behaviour behavioral economics finance peer pressure behavior consumer choice paradox of lobbyist lobby Lobbying sick population chronic diseases NHS private medical insurance premium health crisis care budget self-regulation regulation regulators revolving door vested interest groups Standard American Diet Nudge theory Western pattern Whole-Food Plant-Based Vegan plastic nation bag Great Pacific Garbage Patch climate change global warming ecological disaster environmental carbon tax trading scheme carbonfootprint carbonemission emissionshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:babf9bae9bd7/Part II: Is the Government fulfilling its role in the fight against cancer?2015-10-21T02:13:42+00:00
http://www.newstatesman.com/2015/10/part-ii-government-fulfilling-its-role-fight-against-cancer
asterisk2acancer prevention nanny state Standard American Diet Western pattern Whole-Food Plant-Based Carnism omnivore Vegan public health policy care budget spending crisis NHS Big Sugar food industry lobbyist lobby Lobbying pharma pharmaceutical vested interest groups sick population chronic diseases low-grade inflammation autoimmune disease immune system stress shareholder value profit maximisation Wall Street crony capitalism morality world Makers Super Rich 1% lifestyle society sedentary medicine active tobacco Meat Dairy Egg atherosclerosis Milk Poultry Fish breast prostate bowel estrogen receptor negative community managementhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:876b045023bd/Steuerdeals: Fiat und Starbucks müssen offenbar zahlen - SPIEGEL ONLINE2015-10-20T18:01:02+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/steuerdeals-fiat-und-starbucks-muessen-offenbar-zahlen-a-1058714.html
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34573656
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http://www.foodpolitics.com/
asterisk2aFood Politics corporate scandal book industry lobbyist lobby Lobbying Policy Makershttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a684e74de499/BBC Radio 5 live - In Short, Branson: Treating addicts with 'decency' saves them2015-10-20T15:32:45+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035q5r6
asterisk2a> bit.ly/1eX3wC2 - [ First it was Big Sugar in USA that put Political pressure (will withdraw funding) on WHO to withdraw new & much low added sugar intake/nutritional guidance. Now this with the UN. Who are Policy Makers anyway? Are there any characters at these institutions? - bit.ly/1kmEDHJ & bit.ly/1GnMUoH & bit.ly/1cSYi7O & bit.ly/1MBJPy3 "Food Politics" & 1.usa.gov/1jyOCJQ ] // Richard Branson "somebody seems to have got to the UN, either a country or somebody worried about their job." The report by the UN Office of Drugs and Crime report allegedly said that there has been "millions of unnecessary arrests and that criminalising people for drugs is unnecessary and harmful." "They had basically come around to the realisation that treating people with decency is how you wean people off drugs". // UN denies Branson claim - bit.ly/1XeWLBp //&! bbc.in/1GP0EDC]]>UN United Nations addiction War on Drugs Legalisation decriminalisation decriminalization alcohol abuse drug prison–industrial complex mandatory minimum sentences substance corruption Politics lobbyist lobby Lobbying Policy Makers democracy nanny state vested interest groups bribery corporate scandal Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation crony capitalism Career Politicians No Representation trust distrust trustagent of power Play character Greed white-collar crime morality ethical beliefs ethics bottom up USA public health Big Sugar food industry social contract political theory Super Rich 1% agriculture industrial macroprudential monetary fiscal welfare subsidies subsidizing tax evasion avoidance media manufactured consent Polarisation propaganda populismhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:68f4e354875b/The political power of bricks and mortar - BBC News2015-10-20T02:23:01+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34570348
asterisk2aHousing Crisis UK affordable social generation rent Generationengerechtigkeit neoliberalism neoliberal austerity Policy Makers Tories constituency property bubble Conservative Party babyboomers asset speculative bubbles Buy to Help Scheme Supply and Demand fairness Right election campaign promises general 2015 budget2015 David Cameron nasty George Osborne green belthttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:da5accbb9c49/Be bold on sugar tax, Jamie Oliver says - BBC News2015-10-19T21:12:59+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34576006
asterisk2aSugar Tax Big UK food industry public awareness perception child abuse obesity epidemic childhood sick population health crisis care budget spending NHS lobbyist lobby Lobbying engineering processed junk fast Chain Desert Whole Plant Foods Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet poverty medical profession Policy Makers Career Politicians No Representation education development parenthood parenting parents Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation Jamie Oliver metabolic syndrome pre-diabetic diabetes chronic diseases bottom up PR spin doctor Positioning Polarisation propaganda corporate media state vested interest groups populism nanny Dairy Meat Poultry Egg Fish Standard American Western pattern sedentary lifestyle active medicine Carnism omnivore revolving door Politicshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:19624b189be9/Prospect of TTIP already undermining EU food standards, say campaigners | Business | The Guardian2015-10-19T00:28:01+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/18/prospect-ttip-deal-undermining-eu-food-standards-gmos
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http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/geheimdienste-bnd-spionierte-freunde-aus-1.2693248
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