I hope we will never say the phrases “we did not gasp what could happen” or maybe something like “everybody was just part of the system without realizing the consequences of our actions” If we do not watch out maybe our world might look like this in the near future: Video by Danny Cooke Chernobyl – the perfect […]
Month: November 2014
You be suprised what Apple Inc. greatest invention is…
Its not the iPhone, iPad or iTunes. No. Apple invented a tax-avoidance scheme known as the “Double Irish With A Dutch Sandwich,” which is now used by hundreds of other companies. Read this excellent article in the New York Times about how Apple is “avoiding” paying taxes via legal financial engineering. From the article: ” […]
Theo van Gogh – Freedom of Speech
Yesterday, 10 years ago Theo van gogh was brutally murdered in Amsterdam. The Dutch magazine HP/ De tijd published three columns of van Gogh about freedom of speech. People like van Gogh, Geert Wilders, Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali alle openly and loudly expressed their disagreement with the islam and fundamentalist radicalism using the scripture to […]
Minimum wage – maximum tax
During my university education, we were taught that all what matters is shareholder value. The recent debate in the US about minimum wage is all about shareholder value. In human capital intensive industries (employing people is expensive and exhausting) shareholder value matters more than the people delivering the work being paid enough to live. Google […]