I just got fined 62 euros for riding my bike in Amsterdam without light. Perfectly fine by me. It is one less night out for dinner. It hurts a little. I was wondering about the coporate fines for corporate wrongdoing. Take for example Rabobank that got fined for the LIBOR scandal. This video shows that […]
Systematic Evil
Obesity – brought to you by the food industry
I am reading Michael Moss book Salt, Sugar, Fat right now. It is a fascinating read and really recommend it. One thing that strikes me is that the food industry was taken over by the tobacco industry (Philip Morris) about 20 years ago. They use the same mechanisms to hook people on unhealthy lifestyles. They use […]
Income Tax Inequality, Injustice and Systematic Evil from Monsato
The first video was recorded in 2005. The two richest people in the world – Bill Gates and Warren Buffet comment on their own tax rate. Warren Buffet at around 1:50m: “They have really taken care of the rich.” It is kind of modern sarcasm that the richest people tell us to tax them more as […]
The end of systematic evil?
I love charts and graphs. I am a huge fan of info graphics – and I became fascinated by some lately as they scare the hell out of me. 1) Chart number one: Total US government debt – the chart below ends at 2008 . We reaching the “debt ceiling” 17th of October 2013: nearly […]