• The demands quickly evolved into a condemnation of sectarianism as the foundation for the political system, as well as of the economic stagnation, unemployment and endemic corruption plaguing the country. (iemed.org)
  • yet accumulation also leads to depressions, chronic unemployment and the economic breakdown of capitalism' (Fusfeld 2002, p 50). (markedbyteachers.com)
  • The ongoing depletion of fossil fuels and other nonrenewable resources will keep squeezing the global economy, as the real (i.e., nonfinancial) costs of resource extraction eat up more and more of the world's total economic output, and this will drive drastic swings in the price of energy and commodities -- currently those are still headed down, but they'll soar again in a few years as demand destruction completes its work. (worldnewstrust.com)
  • A key takeaway from the book has been the counter-intuitive realization that perhaps one of the main reasons for the so-called "Great Stagnation" is the western world's flatlining energy usage (per capita). (issarice.com)
  • Improvements in health would translate into higher incomes, higher economic growth, and a ccelerated declines of poverty. (who.int)
  • The one-party political system was inherently incapable of managing the intensifying social and economic conflicts as the country went through its wrenching transformation from a poor agrarian economy to an industrialized and urban one. (asiasentinel.com)
  • Its political system inherently lacked the ability to adapt to the rapidly modernizing Chinese society. (asiasentinel.com)
  • However his detractors would argue that conflict of some form exists in all human interactions and thus has existed in all political and economic systems, concluding that capitalism addresses this inherently human conflict in order to avoid crisis. (markedbyteachers.com)
  • In the 1920s, the stock market experienced a speculative bubble fueled by easy credit and margin trading, which eventually burst in 1929, leading to a severe decline in stock prices. (jittery.com)
  • During the heyday of Reaganism, official Western opinion had rallied to the view that the bureaucratic administration of things was doomed to stagnation and decline because it lacked the ratio of market forces, coordinating transactions through the discipline of competition. (newleftreview.org)
  • There are certainly other possible limits on growth-including increasing economic inequality, pandemics, and war-but the three trends I focused on in the book seemed to me, at the time, the ones most likely to tip the scales toward societal decline or collapse. (postcarbon.org)
  • The Great Depression had a significant impact on economies worldwide, with trade and investment flows collapsing, leading to a synchronized global downturn. (jittery.com)
  • This wave of protests is driven by widening inequality, the rejection of corruption, a growing awareness of regional differences in wealth within countries, and the questioning of political regimes that are unable to meet their citizens' welfare and social justice expectations. (iemed.org)
  • It can lead to corruption in government institutions or businesses where family members are given preferential treatment regardless of their qualifications or abilities. (anthropologyreview.org)
  • One major way that amoral familism contributes to corruption is through "crony capitalism ," where business owners use their political connections to influence policies or gain favorable treatment at the expense of competitors or taxpayers. (anthropologyreview.org)
  • It undermines the principles of social justice, economic development, and political stability, and can lead to corruption and inequality. (anthropologyreview.org)
  • These measures aimed to stabilize financial markets, restore confidence, and stimulate economic growth. (jittery.com)
  • Whether it's climate change, pollution, biodiversity or just the recognition that our own successes have led to population growth that may bring about our downfall, people clearly have more and more concerns about sustainability, the long-term. (gresham.ac.uk)
  • In spite of all the 'concessions' that have been made to the working class, such as social welfare legislation, union organization and higher living standards Marxists contend that the 'basic defects of capitalism remain, holding back economic growth and postponing the emergence of the abundant society' (Fusfeld 2002, p 50). (markedbyteachers.com)
  • Fifty years ago the authors of the groundbreaking book The Limits to Growth showed that, in any of a series of computer-generated scenarios, world economic growth would end sometime during the 21st century. (postcarbon.org)
  • Using simple math and logic, they pointed out that growth in any material input or output cannot continue indefinitely within a finite system. (postcarbon.org)
  • In the book, I argued that modern economic growth is largely attributable to fossil fuels. (postcarbon.org)
  • However, just as debt made the upslope of world economic growth steeper than it otherwise would have been, the existence of enormous pools of debt that will at some point suddenly be revealed as unrepayable could make the end of growth more of a cliff than a gentle downslope. (postcarbon.org)
  • Declining growth rates and technological stagnation since the 70s correlate with flatlining energy use per capita. (issarice.com)
  • The Great Stagnation - as readers of Less Wrong are likely familiar with - is the term coined/popularized by economist Tyler Cowen which is now used to describe the current period since the ~70s of declining economic and technological growth experienced by most developed nations. (issarice.com)
  • Strong policy interventions led to continuous reduc tion in the annual growth rate of population from the level of 2.33 per cent in 1981 to 1.54 in 2001 and further to 1.48 (2007). (who.int)
  • The health of the people emphasized strengthening health systems to properly deliver priority health interventions. (who.int)
  • By collaborating on the fight against Al Qaeda, the Arab regimes - which, in many cases, had updated their authoritarianism in the wake of the Cold War through processes of controlled political liberalization - were able to circumvent the pressures of the United States and its 'Great Middle East' project, through which the Bush Administration sought to export democratic values as a tool for combatting terrorism. (iemed.org)
  • But in most instances, these non-capitalist economies developed authoritarian political regimes, new forms of economic and social inequality, and new aspects of exploitation. (markedbyteachers.com)
  • The myriad social and economic conflicts would soon implode, and the fate of the Soviet Union awaited the party state. (asiasentinel.com)
  • The coming depression may reveal that the national economic statistics of the period of bubble economics were fictions, not wholly unlike those operative in the old Soviet system. (newleftreview.org)
  • Understanding these similarities and differences is crucial for policymakers and economists to learn from history and mitigate the risks of future economic crises. (jittery.com)
  • The Great Depression and the Panic of 1873 were both significant economic crises that had profound impacts on their respective time periods. (jittery.com)
  • In both cases, these crises were triggered by a collapse in the financial sector, leading to a sharp contraction in economic activity. (jittery.com)
  • The Great Depression and the economic crisis of 2008 are two significant events in the history of modern economics that had profound impacts on global economies. (jittery.com)
  • Since the Earth is a finite system, the effort to perpetually grow human economies (which, by their very nature, extract resources and produce wastes) is doomed to eventual failure, leading to significant declines in resources, industrial output, food production, and population. (postcarbon.org)
  • This stagnation masks many places where rapid technological and economic change is leading to the evaporation of forms of work that underpinned communities and identities in rich countries - from the 'rust belt' of the US to the post-industrial former heartlands of UK industry. (iied.org)
  • The main obstacles to reform would seem to be the inertia of the political system itself, and the power of partisans, lobbyists, and donors who benefit from the existing campaign finance system, from patronage, and from "crony capitalism," rather than any cogent political theory. (democracyjournal.org)
  • This task- using Corbyn both as a vehicle for all our ambitions, and as a sociopolitical battering ram to clear the way for John McDonnells reform package- is now unachievable, due to the structure and culture of the labour party, as well as their role in the UK's constrictive national political scene. (libcom.org)
  • In contrast, the 2008 crisis led to increased scrutiny of financial institutions and regulatory reforms, such as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the United States. (jittery.com)
  • La Raja's argument fits into a more comprehensive challenge to many of the assumptions and unexamined verities of those who aspire to reform the American political process, whether from the left, center, or even the Tea Party right. (democracyjournal.org)
  • These books and articles vary greatly in tone and depth, ranging from Cain's cool-eyed analysis of paradoxes in dozens of aspects of political reform at the state and federal level, to Grumet's nostalgia for the era when handshake agreements were made in adjoining chairs in the Senate barbershop. (democracyjournal.org)
  • Some might suggest that the path of gradual economic and political reform for post-Putin Russia, working toward a European social-democratic model and pluralistic political regime, remains very apposite and appropriate. (russiancouncil.ru)
  • To an increasingly influential group of scholars and journalists, though, the higher contribution limits were a welcome development: Letting political parties raise more money should not be seen as driven solely by "the petty motives of the party hacks," as one political scientist, Ray La Raja of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, put it, but as a positive social good . (democracyjournal.org)
  • He argued that conflict between classes created by an unequal distribution of wealth, and would ultimately lead to an unsustainable social situation prompting the demise of the world capitalist system. (markedbyteachers.com)
  • Z3220293 has shared the increased wealth, income, and economic benefits that have been spread widely throughout all social classes. (markedbyteachers.com)
  • This value system prioritized family harmony over individual autonomy or personal ambition. (anthropologyreview.org)
  • Out of conflict comes change, and in this respect according to Marx, capitalism must give way to another society in which conflict is replaced by ethical, social, and economic harmony. (markedbyteachers.com)
  • In fact, any politics more radical than the Green Party is barely existent in britain, while the most recent wave of political radicalisation- the rise of Corbyn and the collapse of Blairite control of the Labour party has instead become the sink for such energies, forcing genuine radicalism into playing a tertiary role behind the main players on the field. (libcom.org)
  • The collapse of major financial institutions and the interconnectedness of global financial markets led to a contagion effect, spreading the crisis across borders. (jittery.com)
  • We'd be particularly interested in approaches that integrate with the existing AI ethics landscape, discussing, for example, fairness and transparency in current ML systems alongside risks from misaligned superintelligence. (vincentweisser.com)
  • The world health report 2000 focused exclusively on health systems and improving their performance. (who.int)
  • The need has never been more urgent, with the far right ready to seize hold of the centre of political gravity, for us to be organising and mobilising, not merely electorally, but as a class fighting for ourselves. (libcom.org)
  • As the country modernized its economy, China would inevitably accept market capitalism and democratize its political system, and proponents urged deploying an engagement policy to speed up this evolution. (asiasentinel.com)
  • After all, a certain unity of opposites can be traced between an unbridled late capitalism and the centrally planned rust belts of the former Comecon-and precisely in the economic sphere, where they were diametrically counterposed. (newleftreview.org)
  • He argued that the 'inherent injustices of capitalism lead ultimately to social and economic conditions, which cannot be maintained' (Fusfeld 2002, p 50). (markedbyteachers.com)
  • This exceptional duration means that incurable structural contradictions have revealed themselves and that despite this the political forces which are struggling to conserve and defend the existing structure itself are making every effort to cure them within certain limits and to overcome them. (newleftreview.org)
  • A large number of developing countries transformed their political and economic systems, some violently, to meet the demands of globalization. (asiasentinel.com)
  • The working class has not been subjected to growing misery, and labor unions have gained economic and political power in all major industrialized countries' (Fusfeld 2002, p 50). (markedbyteachers.com)
  • Health Assembly, in 1999, also resolved to put emphasis on strengthening health systems in developing countries. (who.int)
  • However, only five countries developed comprehensive health plans that are costed and consistent with broader development processes, poverty reduction strategy papers, sector-wide approaches or medium-term expenditure frameworks.5 The implementation of these policies and plans has yet to show substantial improvement in the delivery of services and the strengthening of health information systems. (who.int)
  • and countries with high levels of mortality were experiencing stagnation or even reversals. (who.int)
  • Stagnation in annual increase in donor funding: the annual percentage change in HIV resource availability from all sources (public and private) in low- and middle-income countries during 2000-2017. (who.int)
  • Others pointed out that another controversial provision in the bill-a rollback of a key Wall Street regulation, reportedly drafted by lobbyists for Citigroup-showed precisely the influence of the massive political spending that the first provision would invite even more of. (democracyjournal.org)
  • and strengthening the health system through improvements in the basic health services, including emergency services. (who.int)
  • A broken global tax system cannot keep up with the ease with which national revenue systems can be bypassed. (iied.org)
  • Meanwhile, the world-saving energy breakthroughs, global changes in consciousness, sudden total economic collapses, and other events that get predicted elsewhere year after weary year have been notable by their absence. (worldnewstrust.com)
  • Central banks and governments were piling on debt at unprecedented rates and keeping interest rates at historically low levels in order to spur more borrowing and more investment, thereby preventing an unraveling of the global industrial and financial systems. (postcarbon.org)
  • In the last thirty years, many initiatives have been undertaken at country, regional and global levels for strengthening health systems and improving the quality of health services. (who.int)
  • The purpose of this document is to propose actions that support integrated health systems and reinforce the effective implementation of already-existing global and regional orientations for improving health system performance. (who.int)
  • High dietary sodium is estimated to be the leading dietary risk for death and disability according to the Global Burden of Disease Study.1, 2 The health risk associated with dietary sodium is largely related to a direct relationship between increasing dietary sodium and increasing blood pressure. (cdc.gov)
  • Notably, increased blood pressure is a leading global risk factor for death and disability causing approximately 50% of cardiovascular disease.3 In both observational and interventional studies, 24hour urine sodium excretion is often used as the gold standard to estimate dietary sodium. (cdc.gov)
  • How does the Great Depression compare to the economic crisis of 2008? (jittery.com)
  • The Great Depression was a more severe and protracted crisis that led to significant changes in economic thinking and policy, while the 2008 crisis resulted in a shorter-lived recession and regulatory reforms without fundamentally altering economic paradigms. (jittery.com)
  • In accordance with this pattern, nearly all commentators on today's economic meltdown have assumed that this Schumpeterian tale of crisis and renovation will repeat itself in one form or another. (newleftreview.org)
  • This led to a lack of trust and cooperation, as well as an emphasis on self-interest. (anthropologyreview.org)
  • On account of the many diverse problems facing the African Region, special emphasis should be laid on achieving political and economic solutions. (who.int)
  • Rather than operating as genuinely adaptive phenomena associated with evolutionary advantage, we suggest that belief systems emerge as a by-product of evolutionary pressures. (bvsalud.org)
  • From President Barack Obama's ceding of the center stage to his Chinese counterpart at the recent APEC gathering to frenzied attempts to decipher the country's political and economic directions from the party's just finished Third Plenum, the rising giant of the East often dominates Western political discourse. (asiasentinel.com)
  • Over the decades, the party has developed a process through which capable leaders are trained and tested - eventually emerging at the top to lead the country. (asiasentinel.com)
  • The Ministry of Health, in recent decades, has been recommending that health system administrators incorporate the use of indicators in the assessment and monitoring of oral health care. (bvsalud.org)
  • This can result in a lack of equal opportunities for individuals outside the family circle, leading to unfair treatment and perpetuating social inequality. (anthropologyreview.org)
  • However, it did not result in a paradigm shift in economic thinking to the same extent as the Great Depression. (jittery.com)
  • It has implications for social justice, economic development, and political stability. (anthropologyreview.org)
  • The Regional Committee for Africa adopted, in 1985, a three-phase health development scenario which emphasized district health systems. (who.int)
  • In 2009 he was a signatory of a letter to President Obama published in the New York Times just prior to the Copenhagen climate conference urging him to "lead the world by example" in the fight against climate change. (iied.org)
  • Despite the fact that the book was a bestseller and its conclusions were well supported, world political and business leaders ignored it and persevered in their efforts to expand resource extraction, agriculture, and manufacturing. (postcarbon.org)
  • The world health report 2000 defines health systems as comprising all the organizations, institutions and resources that are devoted to producing health actions whose primary purpose is to improve health. (who.int)
  • Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation and his replacement by the former Education Minister Hassan Diab at the head of a government of technocrats did not stop protests driven by the deteriorating economic and financial situation. (iemed.org)
  • The history of oral health in Brazil shows that this sector political-economic situation. (bvsalud.org)
  • One of the great hopes for advanced AI systems is that they might enhance human reason-allowing people to explore lines of argument more carefully and efficiently, and to detect important errors in their reasoning. (vincentweisser.com)
  • The Great Depression led to a fundamental rethinking of economic theories and policies, giving rise to Keynesian economics and a greater role for government intervention in the economy . (jittery.com)
  • Firstly, both the Great Depression and the Panic of 1873 were characterized by severe economic downturns and widespread financial distress. (jittery.com)
  • In a capitalist society according to Marx, the two great economic interests are those of a capitalist and worker. (markedbyteachers.com)
  • In Algeria, in February 2019, the rejection of a fifth term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika triggered a grassroots protest movement that called non-stop, week after week, for the complete overhaul of the political and military system that has controlled the country since its independence in 1962. (iemed.org)
  • In Iraq, the protest movement began in October 2019, with an agenda demanding the end of the ethno-sectarian quota-based political system known as muhasasa that was put into place in the country after the US-led invasion in 2003. (iemed.org)
  • As for the economic and strategic price to be paid by Russia (leaving the European price aside), the assessments vary widely. (russiancouncil.ru)
  • Despite the adoption of various strategies and resolutions, health systems in the African Region remain too fragile and fragmented to deliver the required volume and quality of services to those in 1 Resolution WHA51.7, Health-for-all policy for the twenty-first century. (who.int)
  • We also suggest that the study of religious belief has discouraged the adoption of an overarching framework for understanding our belief system in all its breadth. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the document Strategic orientations for WHO action in the African Region 2005-2009, one of the five orientations is strengthening health policies and systems. (who.int)
  • Indeed, many of them are accelerating, as the attempt to maintain a failed model of business as usual in the teeth of political, economic, and environmental realities piles blowback upon blowback onto the loading dock of the new year. (worldnewstrust.com)
  • It turned out that the party has not been holding back or reacting to China's modernization, but leading it. (asiasentinel.com)
  • Pessimists prefer to speak of a later date - to wit, the early or even mid-2030s, when the so-called 'Putin generation' will, for reasons obvious, depart the Russian political scene. (russiancouncil.ru)
  • Health Assembly (WHA) and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa adopted various documents and resolutions which provide guidance for strengthening health systems in the African Region. (who.int)
  • Regarding management support, referral systems had collapsed through lack of transport and communication capacities, and there was a lack of confidence among patients in the lower level of health facilities. (who.int)
  • I would like to propose that this scenario of capitalist renewal is distinctly less likely than a long-term drift towards what the classical political economists used to call 'the stationary state' of civilization. (newleftreview.org)
  • This has lead us to a final point of decision: we must decide whether or not to kill the Jeremy Corbyn in all our heads. (libcom.org)
  • The strategy has been one of monomania, of building a huge political machine for one industrial task. (libcom.org)