Archive for January, 2013
”There is absolutely no economic crisis in corporate America.”
FOUR GANGS RUN USA. The four business gangs that run the US Military-industrial complex. Wall Street-Washington complex. Oil-transport-military complex. Health-Care-Industry. Jeffrey Sachs in his book, The Price of Civilisation, maintains that corporate wealth translates into political power. This is something I have lived all my life in my small country Iceland. This happens […]
January 16, 2013
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HALF OF WORLD’S FOOD IS THROWN AWAY
Figures from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers show that as much as two billion tonnes of food never makes it on to a plate. The food transport and commercial system shifts food globally and large quantities become damaged. Supermarkets and transporters throw away and much is thrown away in restaurants and homes. Here are links […]
January 10, 2013
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DESIGNERS ARE PARTNERSHIP BROKERS
Anne-Marie Slaughter writes about how the conditions are changing and we are designing our own profession. This might be a different condition to before. She discusses changes that have come with the digital world and then says: “many old titles and jobs no longer make sense” “A similar phenomenon is happening with traditional professions. Technologies […]
January 4, 2013
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