Written Testimony of William H. Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.
Excerpt:
In particular, I believe that there are two urgent reasons why we should all be deeply concerned that our advantages in science and technology innovation are in danger of slipping [...]
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Bill Gates testimony
Posted in economy, education on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
population & environment
Posted in economy, population pressure, sustainability on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gary Peters taught geography in the California State University system. Among the ten books he has authored or co-authored is a textbook on population geography. Read his excellent overview of population and environment issues.
It may be time to see that our numbers, combined with our expanding affluence and constant need to consume more [...]
Five Short Blasts
Posted in economy, population pressure on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In appreciation of Pete Murphy’s initiative I’ve promoted the following from the comments. While I don’t know Pete and have only read the preface of his book, I can say he appears to be knowledgeable and sincere. He offers a useful page of resource links here.
I stumbled across your blog this morning. I love [...]
the stagnation of the American middle class
Posted in economic justice, economy on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Totally Spent By Robert B. Reich in The New York Times.
The underlying problem has been building for decades. America’s median hourly wage is barely higher than it was 35 years ago, adjusted for inflation. The income of a man in his 30s is now 12 percent below that of a man his age three decades [...]
the new world order
Posted in economy, globalization, world politics on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a long, provocative essay, Waving Goodbye to Hegemony, Parag Khanna, a senior research fellow in the American Strategy Program of the New America Foundation, lays out his ideas on how America can change “to deliver tangible gains to people beyond our shores, repair our reputation, maintain harmony among the Big Three [US, EU, [...]
Bill Gates on limits of capitalism
Posted in economic justice, economy on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Gates speaking to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland:
In a system of pure capitalism, as people’s wealth rises, the financial incentive to serve them rises. As their wealth falls, the financial incentive to serve them falls—until it becomes zero. We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve [...]
market fundamentalism, an obvious misconception
Posted in economy on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Sixty-Year Storm by George Soros
Fundamentalists believe that markets tend towards equilibrium and the common interest is best served by allowing participants to pursue their self-interest. This is an obvious misconception, because it was the intervention of the authorities that prevented financial markets from breaking down, not the markets themselves. Nevertheless, [...]
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