Amerika, zemlja velika

[Desmond Bojčinski]

29 minutes ago, Weenie Pooh said:

treba da budu uteha svim Afrikancima,

 

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Brat Si podario penicilin za cent, kud ćeš više? Na stranu infrastruktura u zamenu za kopanje, to je ono, kolonijalno. Ne baš u rangu sečemo ruke ali taj rad, đinđuve tipa putevi kanalizacije bolnice škole za koltan, tante za kukuriku.

[Weenie Pooh]

Nešto računam da su bar u centralnoj i zapadnoj Africi više problema imali sa konvertibilnim frankom nego sa kineskim đinđuvama, ali dobro sad, da ne trolujemo temu Amerikancima i svima koji se tako osećaju.

 

[gone fishing]

svrha globalizacije je bila kupovina saveznika u hladnom ratu, kinezi i ostali su kasnije uskočili u taj voz, u amreičkoj administraciji su sada skrajnuti lobisti iste, što pokazuju zadnjih 16 godina, čak i da naredni predsednik okrene ploču i ponovo počne da kupuje saveznike širom sveta trebaće min 6 godina da to da efekta, a tada kina više neće da postoji

 

 

[zorglub]

1 hour ago, gone fishing said:

čak i da naredni predsednik okrene ploču i ponovo počne da kupuje saveznike širom sveta trebaće min 6 godina da to da efekta, a tada kina više neće da postoji

 

Dobar 

[Shan Jan]

14 hours ago, Radoye said:

Ima rezona, ali taj rezon padne u vodu kad se vidi racunica prema kojoj farmaceutske firme zaradu iz USA krkaju na share buyback da tako maksimizuju isplatu dividendi akcionarima i bonuse za rukovodioce dok se ulaganje u razvoj novih skupih lekova meri jednocifrenim procentima.

Sve, ali sve, USA firme koje su na berzi rade ovo. Pucanje u nogu ali koga zabole, CEO ce dobiti bonus za jos jedan dobar kvartal a kad firma propadne skocice svojim zlatnim padobranom i sacekati sledecu zrtvu. Na kraju nije on kriv, kriv je sistem gde se ovo shareholderima isplati. Trebalo bi uvesti da kad kupis bilo koje akcije da mozes da ih prodas tek posle godinu dana il tako nesto. Daily trade ne doprinosi nicemu, samo steti. Mora se vratiti fokus na dugorocnu odrzivost.

  

9 hours ago, Weenie Pooh said:

Kontradikcija do moga. Kao da kineski benefiti treba da budu uteha svim Afrikancima, Istočnoevropljanima, Južnoamerikancima, pa i Zapadnjacima u industrijskim krajevima, koji su u tom procesu najebali na sto načina. Kao da je svrha globalizacije bila razvoj Kine, a ne čerupanje svih mogućih resursa i produbljenje nejednakosti u ostatku sveta.

Globalizacija je pomogla mnogim ljudima u mnogim zemljama, ne bih rekao da su samo Kinezi zaradili od toga  Evo razvoj ITa kod nas je direktna posledica globalizacije. Daj boze da je ima jos vise. Ono sto je problem je ogromna snaga nekih kompanija koje mogu da ucenjuju drzave. Ali suludo velike kompanije nisu nuzno neophodne da bi globalizacija funkcionisala.

Edited September 18 by Shan Jan

[Mel]

5 hours ago, Shan Jan said:

Ono sto je problem je ogromna snaga nekih kompanija koje mogu da ucenjuju drzave.

 

Jos od East India company..

[barba]

32 minutes ago, Mel said:

 

Jos od East India company..

 

 

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Knjiga The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company Viliema Dalripmla iz 2019. Knjiga te godine bila u " favorits" Baraka Obame. 

 

 

"Istočnoindijska kompanija ostaje najzlokobniji znak u istoriji mogućih zloupotreba korporativne moći i podmuklih načina gde se interesi akcionara pogrešno predstavljaju kao interesi države.

 

Na kraju krajeva, kao što je pokazala nedavna američka avantura u Iraku, naš svet još uvek malo liči na postimperijalni i, po svoj prilici, to nikada neće postati.

 

 

Imperija se transformiše u oblike globalne moći koja se, da bi ostvarila svoje ciljeve, više oslanja na sponzorske iznose i komercijalno lobiranje, transnacionalne finansijske sisteme i globalna tržišta, korporativni uticaj i prikupljanje prediktivnih podataka u okviru novog nadzornog kapitalizma, nego na otvorenu vojnu ekspanziju, okupaciju ili direktnu ekonomsku dominaciju, iako ponekad kombinuje prvo sa drugim.

 

 

Četiri stotine dvadeset godina nakon osnivanja, istorija Istočnoindijske kompanije je relevantnija nego ikad.” (c) 

 

 

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[Radoye]

9 hours ago, Shan Jan said:

Sve, ali sve, USA firme koje su na berzi rade ovo. Pucanje u nogu ali koga zabole, CEO ce dobiti bonus za jos jedan dobar kvartal a kad firma propadne skocice svojim zlatnim padobranom i sacekati sledecu zrtvu. Na kraju nije on kriv, kriv je sistem gde se ovo shareholderima isplati. Trebalo bi uvesti da kad kupis bilo koje akcije da mozes da ih prodas tek posle godinu dana il tako nesto. Daily trade ne doprinosi nicemu, samo steti. Mora se vratiti fokus na dugorocnu odrzivost.

 

 

Excel ekonomija. Nekad su CEO celu karijeru ostajali u istoj firmi, bukvalno je gradili od temelja i nakon unapredjenja na rukovodeci polozaj ostajali tu do penzije. U zadnje vreme stasala je generacija koja se nigde ne zadrzava duze od godinu-dve i koja samo pumpa svoj rezime sa "vidite koliko su skocile cene akcija i profiti dok sam ja bio ovde" a to postizu tako sto bukvalno rasprodaju porodicnu srebrninu. Seku se troskovi svuda gde se moze seci pa i gde se ne moze, otpustaju se radnici a preostali teraju da rade u nehumanim uslovima i pokrivaju po 3-4 radna mesta, prodaju se nekretnine da bi se tako dobijen novac koristio na otkup deonica. Onda lepo hop u sledecu firmu gde se pocne sve isto, a ova prethodna ovako ocerupana ostavlja se da propadne.

[Shan Jan]

Veliki problem kod velikih firmi je sto je potrebno puno vremena da se pokaze koliko je kompanija postala trula. Musterije ce biti tu uprkos sve losijim i skupljim proizvodima jer im je tesko da se odvoje... dok im ne prekipi. Iskusne i skupe ljude ce zameniti oni bez znanja i iskustva ali krpice se rupe dugo dok ne pocne toliko da se sve raspada da sistem vise ne funkcionise. Umesto odgovornih menadzera koji vode racuna o ljudima ispod sebe i posteno rade posao i izvestavaju sve je vise ulizica ali i njih ce upravo ti dobri da pokrivaju dok... ne pukne.

 

A kad pukne, CEO hop na drugu firmu, shareholderi hop prodaj akcije i idemo unisti sledecu zrtvu.

[Luther]

Ma kako da ne, sve velike firme propadoše jer su ih CEO-i unakazili. onda su otišli u druge velike firme i njih upropastili. Na kraju ništa nije ostalo. Vidi se to odlično na berzi. Gomila radnika se pootpuštala zato je nezaposlenost na istorijski niskom nivou.

Itd.

 

 

 

 

[Patty Lee]

Da li je ovo najveći fuck around and found out koji smo imali u poslednje vreme?

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/us/yale-princeton-duke-asian-students-affirmative-action.html

Yale, Princeton and Duke Are Questioned Over Decline in Asian Students

The legal group that won a Supreme Court case that ended race-based college admissions suggested it might sue schools where the percentage of Asian students fell.

 

By Anemona Hartocollis

Sept. 17, 2024

 

The group that successfully sued Harvard to end affirmative action in university admissions last year is now threatening to investigate whether schools are complying with the new rules and to file lawsuits if it believes that they are not.

 

The group, Students for Fair Admissions, has focused on three universities — Princeton, Yale and Duke — where there were notable declines in Asian American enrollment this year compared with the last year, which the group said defied expectations.

On Tuesday, Students for Fair Admissions sent letters to the schools questioning whether they were complying with the rules laid out by the Supreme Court. Princeton, Duke and Yale also saw minor differences in Black and Hispanic enrollment in the first class of students admitted since the court struck down race-conscious admissions.

The group, a nonprofit that opposes race-based admissions and that represented Asian students in the lawsuit against Harvard, suggested that it was setting itself up as an enforcer of the new rules.

 

“Based on S.F.F.A.’s extensive experience, your racial numbers are not possible under true neutrality,” the letters, signed by Edward Blum, the president of Students for Fair Admissions, said. It added: “You are now on notice. Preserve all potentially relevant documents and communications.”

 

It was one of the first shots across the bow at universities struggling to comply with the court’s order while maintaining a diverse student body, and a sign that the fight over race-conscious admissions did not end with the Supreme Court’s decision. The threatening letters also gave universities — which have been notoriously secretive about their admissions procedures — even more incentive to be opaque.

 

 

“I think the fight is now going to move away from policies to what is happening in admissions offices,” said William Jacobson, a Cornell law professor and founder of the Equal Protection Project, a conservative nonprofit that has challenged diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

OiYan Poon, a researcher of college admissions systems and the author of “Asian American Is Not a Color,” a book published in April about the affirmative action debate, said Mr. Blum had jumped the gun with his letters. Admissions numbers fluctuate, she said, and one year is too soon to draw conclusions.

 

“It’s disappointing to see the same old intimidation tactics that Blum is using here to scare universities away from doing what they can to ensure that high-quality, talented students are given a shot,” said Dr. Poon.

Among the variables shaping the current numbers is the jump in the percentage of students who chose not to check the boxes for race and ethnicity on their applications. At Princeton, for instance, that number rose to 7.7 percent this year from just 1.8 percent last year. At Duke it rose to 11 percent from 5 percent. Universities may not know whether the “unknown” number includes more white and Asian American students.

Universities have also tried to achieve more diversity by increasing the percentage of students on financial aid, to 71 percent from 66 percent at Princeton.

“We have carefully adhered to the requirements set out by the Supreme Court,” Jennifer Morrill, a spokeswoman for Princeton, said Tuesday. Yale and Duke did not provide immediate comment.

“It is deeply ironic that Mr. Blum now wants admissions numbers to move in lock step,” said Oren Sellstrom, litigation director for Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston, which has filed a complaint with the Department of Education against Harvard’s legacy admissions policy, accusing it of favoring white applicants.

 

Asian American enrollment dropped to 29 percent from 35 percent at Duke; to 24 percent from 30 percent at Yale; and to 23.8 percent from 26 percent at Princeton. At the same time, Black enrollment rose to 13 percent from 12 percent at Duke; stayed at 14 percent at Yale; and dropped to 8.9 percent from 9 percent at Princeton.

In the court case, Harvard, supported by other universities, including Yale, Princeton and Duke, argued that considering race as one of many factors in an application was the best way to achieve diversity in college classes. The Supreme Court ruled that giving preferences to students based on race violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and civil rights law.

To comply with the court’s decision, colleges did not allow their admissions officers to see the boxes where applicants checked off their race or ethnicity until after students had been admitted, the waiting lists had been closed, and the students had actually enrolled.

But in one of the most enigmatic parts of its decision, the court allowed admissions officers to consider race if it came up in the student’s personal essay as part of a narrative about something meaningful in the student’s life.

In the letters sent out Tuesday, Students for Fair Admissions hinted that the essay was going to be a big part of its investigation into admissions procedures. It noted in the first paragraph of the letters that the court had warned against using essays to circumvent the new admissions rules.

 

 

Sejm enerdži:

[ObiW]

 

 

On 17. 9. 2024. at 10:19, Peter Fan said:

Glavni dio rasprave oko prve teme je inflacija i pad zivotnog standarda, a koje su direktan rezultat Bidenove policy error (predugo trajanje stimulusa, koji je pritom finansiran zaduzivanjem). Cinjenica da je Trump takodje uveliko pridonio tome vise nema veze, jer Biden now owns it. Nakon 4 godine vladavine, pamti se ono zadnje. 

 

Tu ljudima nisu potrebni spinovi, oni to osjete na svojoj kozhi.

 

Nisu im potrebni spinovi?

A evo i zašto zvižde:

 

Edited September 18 by ObiW

[brusli]

Obicnom Jou je dosta jebenog stampanja dolara i bacanja bogatunima u prvom redu, jer u inflaciji najbolje prodju oni kod izvora.

 

[ObiW]

Jeste, bas su zbog toga zvizdali. Draža im je visoka kamatna stopa, da ne moze svaka šuša da kupi auto na kredit, nego izvolte u gradski prevoz molim lepo. 

[brusli]

Joe ovako razmislja, smanjenje kamatnih stopa vodi u vecu inflaciju, a znaju da su naebali ko zuti u zadnjoj epizodi "stampaj brale".

Za to vreme bogati jos bogatiji, aseti odose nebu pod oblake.

To sto nece moci da dobiju kredit za stvari koje poskupljuju brze nego sto im rastu primanja, je sekundarno.