Marcus Ampe
Some personal thoughts and reactions by Marcus Ampe. - Enkele persoonlijke gedachten en reacties van Marcus Ampe.
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Category Archives: Economy
Uncertainty, shame and no time for vacillation
What happens when we look back at earlier advanced civilizations? Is there a pattern of complexity, collapse and correction that we might recognize in today’s current events? Historically every advanced civilization has faced a downfall. Usually the downfall is routed … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis, Economy, History
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Athens, Classical Greece, Delian League, Dexia, Ethics, European Union, Eurozone, Fear, Food Stamp, Greece, Greek, Guilt, Italy, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Maastricht treaties, Roman Empire, Ruth Benedict, Shame, Syriza, Vasos Panagiotopoulos
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Has Endgame begun for Greece
The population of Greece is better to think very carefully for whom they want to vote next month. More than half of Greeks voted for anti-bailout parties in elections two weeks ago. Greece, which adopted the euro on 1 January … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis, Economy, News and Politics
Tagged Economy of Greece, Eurocrisis, european banking system, European Commission, European Council, European Union, Eurozone, excessive deficit procedure, George Papandreou, Greece, Greek, Joerg Asmussen, Karel De Gucht, Stability and Growth Pact, Syriza
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Shopping at Pixmania
People with not much money are eager to look for places where they can find the goods cheaper than somewhere else. Knowing that customers look for the cheapest merchandise, some firms make handy use to lure the bargain prize lookers … Continue reading
To Work Longer or Die Younger
After the official opening on 18 – 19 January 2012 in Copenhagen (Denmark), the 7th of March the events and measures were launched for the 2012: European Year for Active Ageing … and Solidarity between Generations in the buildings of … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Poverty, Welfare and Health
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, Active Ageing, Baby boomer, Belgium, Brussels, Canada, consumption, Employement, Employment, European Commission, European Foundation Centre (EFC), European Union, Golden Sixties, Great Britain, Handicapped Law, Industrial Revolution, Law Cooreman De Cleck, Netherlands, Old age, Pension, Pension and Saving-fund, Pension Plan, Quality of Life, Retirement, Saving, Social Circumstances, Social Security, Stress, Unemployment, Willem Drees
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Apartheid or Apartness #6 Anno 2012
Previously we mentioned, in Apartheid or Apartness #5 Spiral of violence and destruction or of reconciliation and peace, that South-Africa had to choose a spiral and WCC programmes tried with initiatives as The Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) to strengthen existing … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, History, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged African National Congress, Apartheid, Black Empowerment, Corruption, Decade to Overcome Violence, Democracy, Diepsloot, Eugene de Kock, Film, housing, Johannesburg, Julius Malema, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, South Africa under apartheid, Unemployment
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Banktransfer to one bank bad idea
Who would not get frustrated by dishonest practices, lacklustre customer service, and a willingness to gamble with taxpayer money? Many people took their money away form their big bank and brought all their money to one small bank. There are … Continue reading
Ability for a community to come back from a crisis
When we look at world history we can see that the world encountered many crisis, one more bad than the other, one being on an economical part, another on the human side, another concerning the environment. Some crisis brought the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Welfare and Health
Tagged AIG, American International Group, Belgium, Credit default swap, Crises, Deutsche Bank, Dexia, Ethics, European Union, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Iceland, Moral Standards, Poverty, Profits, Recession, Sense of Standards, Social Competencies, Talent, tax burden, taxation, Unemployment, United States, Values
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Ecological economics in the stomach #4 Water
Water Last week we saw many countries claiming to have the 7 billionth human on this planet. More than half of the world’s population will live in urban areas, and the populations of many of the world’s cities will likely … Continue reading
Ecological economics in the stomach #3 Food and Populace
Continuation of: Ecological economics in the stomach #2 Resources Progression over years Humanity has progressed over hundreds of thousands of years, but until about the seventeenth century, progress was a rare event. There were novelties, but a person would not expect … Continue reading
Ecological economics in the stomach #2 Resources
Demand for resources Whilst demand for food, feed and fibre may increase by 70% by 2050, 60% of the world’s major ecosystems that help produce these resources have already been degraded or are used unsustainably. If we carry on using … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Environment and Ecology, Food, Welfare and Health
Tagged Attitude, consumer, consumption, Earth, Ecology Society Economy, economic growth, Efficiency, Employement, Environment, Environmental impact, European Union, Natural environment, Quality of Life, resources, sustainability, Sustainable development, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Ecological economics in the stomach #1 Alarmbell
Halt in growth Europe has enjoyed many decades of growth in wealth and well-being, based on intensive use of resources. But today it faces the dual challenge of stimulating the growth needed to provide jobs and well-being to its citizens, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Environment and Ecology, Food, Welfare and Health
Tagged Carbon footprint, Commission, consumption, Ecodesign, ecological footprint, Environment, European Commission, European Union, Global Footprint, Joseph Stiglitz, Member state of the European Union, Member States, Sustainable development, Well-being
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Sense or nonsense of “Human Fragility”
I was pleased to been invited to the colloquium “Sense or nonsense of “Human Fragility” in contemporary European society” at the European Parliament in Brussels. The European and International Federations of the Catholic Medical Associations (F.E.A.M.C. FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES ASSOCIATIONS … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Economy, Environment and Ecology, Welfare and Health
Tagged Being a Christian, Believe, Christadelphian, Ethics, European Financial Stability Facility, European Parliament, European Union, Fragility, God, Healthcare, Kingdom of God, Market-economy, Mathematics, Profit, Social protection, Social Welfare, Values, Vulnerability
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Bleak forecasts for children in the UK
New figures released on Wednesday the 11 th of October show that the number of people, including children, living in poverty in the UK is increasing. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says an extra 600,000 children will be living in … Continue reading
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