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In this conversation Jeff Weniger, Head of Equity Strategy and Samuel Rines, Macro Strategists, Model Portfolios at WisdomTree Asset Management, join us to discuss various topics including the performance of the equity and bond markets, inflation, the labor market, and the real estate market. We explore the potential impact of rising yields on equities, the relationship between bonds and stocks, and the role of the US dollar as a hedge. We get into the challenges of navigating the current economic landscape and the reluctance of individuals and businesses to make changes in their financial strategies. Jeff and Sam unpack the impact of job mobility and housing on asset allocation. Jeff Weniger discusses the challenges of job relocation and the limitations it imposes on housing choices. He also highlights the rigidity of mortgage rates and the potential financial burden it creates for homeowners. Sam Rines adds that the lack of labor market dynamism and the preference for home remodeling contribute to the stagnation of the housing market. Then we shift to the changing dynamics of the US economy, with a focus on the transition from goods to services. Sam Rines emphasizes the normalization of the services sector and the potential lasting effect on the labor market. Our focus turns to a discussion about asset allocation and the push for domestic equity ownership in various countries. We explore the seismic shift in investment trends, with a focus on the changing dynamics of global markets. We dive into the history of investing in the early 2000s in emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC), and how the focus has now shifted to investing in Japan, Korea and other markets where policy driving home bias is flourishing. We look at the role of China in the commodities market, particularly its insatiable appetite for base metals and gold. If anything, our entire conversation highlights the importance of diversifying portfolios and considering alternative asset classes like managed futures and commodities. They also touch on the impact of US-China relations and the potential risks and opportunities in the market.TakeawaysThe equity market has performed well despite the backup in yields, indicating resilience in the face of potential headwinds.Bonds may provide a diversifying effect in a 60-40 portfolio, and there is an indication that bonds and equities may move in opposite directions this year.There is a misconception about inflation, with people often misunderstanding the difference between the rate of inflation growth and inflation levels.The labor market has been confounding, with indicators sometimes differing from what is happening on the ground.There is friction and inertia when it comes to individuals and businesses making changes to their financial strategies, such as moving cash to higher-yielding investments.The real estate market is slow-moving, and the effects of macro factors, such as the actions of the Fed, take time to materialize.The current economic landscape presents challenges, but there is a sense of managed control and a slower pace of change compared to previous cycles. Job mobility and housing choices can significantly impact asset allocation decisions.Rigid mortgage rates can create financial burdens for homeowners, limiting their job mobility.The lack of labor market dynamism and the preference for home remodeling contribute to the stagnation of the housing market.The transition from goods to services in the US economy is normalizing, potentially impacting the labor market.There is concern about a push for domestic equity ownership in various countries, which may affect asset allocation strategies, and US equity performance.Japan and Korea, and other countries (Canada) are at the centre of this push that is further bullish for them, and less so for the US where country allocations are concerned.China's insatiable appetite for commodities, particularly base metals and gold, has significant implications for the market.Diversification and considering alternative asset classes like managed futures and commodities are crucial for portfolio management.US-China relations continue to be a significant factor impacting the market, with potential risks and opportunities.Chapters00:00 Discussion about CTAs, market thresholds, portfolio diversification, and bond-equity relationship.09:10 Labor market indicators are confounding due to COVID's impact on surveys - may not align with actual conditions. Sub-questions reveal differing responses.15:38 Recent market issues addressed with intervention, BTFD easing bank assets.17:10 Surprise at bank walk concept, advises money markets over savings accounts.23:37 Macro moves slowly, taking 18 months to 2 years for major shifts. Real estate in the US takes longer to impact than expected.29:48 Post-financial crisis house underwater issue slowed recovery, COVID impact on job mobility and quits.34:29 Higher mortgage rates, bond market volatility, and housing market concerns persist.42:38 Encouraging stock purchases through pension plans globally, with a focus on Japan and UK.46:32 Concerns raised about potential totalitarian push for domestic equities by institutions with significant capital. Nationalistic push may impact relative performance of US equities.53:44 Text suggests possibility of rising prices, impact on retail, potential for gold strength, and higher inflation and bear market probabilities. Cautions against putting all money in equities and bonds.56:26 Gold's relationship to interest rates and the influence of a strong dollar on its value.01:01:11 Under-the-radar aggregate companies outperformed in 2021.01:08:23 Optimistic about US economy, pessimistic about US-China relations.01:11:48 Many people don't plan for social security, but they should.Copyright © AdvisorAnalyst
Meow! Ecommurz is a meme account that has accidentally morphed into probably one of the biggest, most popular, go-to site for confidential tipoffs on tech startups in Indonesia, and has become an essential reading for anyone following the fast-changing tech scene in the world's fourth-most populous country. Andriy is one of the Ecommurz team members & a podcaster with over 5 years of podcasting experience with several podcasts where he has interviewed 100+ guests from diverse backgrounds and industries, such as Ade Rai, Ibnu Jamil, Grace Tahir and Pandji Pragiwaksono. Documentary about the Filipino water tribe(?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff4YCxYjF3c&t=586s Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro, Indah Trending On Twitter, 02:00 — Ranking of countries with highest and lowest English proficiencies in Asia, Kenapa Orang Indonesia Tidak Mau, Tidak Bisa, Dan Malu Belajar Bahasa Inggris 12:02 Patriotic vs. Nationalistic, Indonesians Not Knowing How To Properly Use Bahasa Indonesia 23:07 — The Indonesian Education System, The Problem with Teachers/Educators in Indonesia 39:09 — Why Indonesians don't want to learn English and dislike those that do, The fault with Eastern Education and Social Attitude Towards Failure, 45:43 — Why Indonesians Should Be Learning English, SDM Rendah, Bonus Demography, 01:00:00 — English' racist, colonial, classist history, Excuses to not learn English/A new language, is English ONLY accessible for the rich? Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xU54SDbfARI
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Across much of South America and Africa violent crime and criminal organizations are a huge problem. And the fear they instill in the average populace drive people to flee. So when leaders rise to power who are willing to do something to quell that violence, people start to notice. Let's look at some such examples. Inside the growing cult of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, Latin America's political star (yahoo.com) Ecuador in shock after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated | Reuters Ecuador Presidential Candidate Is Assassinated During Rally - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Niger coup: Why some people want Russia in and France out - BBC News --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support
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https://www.youtube.com/nutrientsurvival China sees Taiwan as a part of its territory and regards any move towards independence by Taiwan as a red line that it will not tolerate. China has repeatedly stated that it reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan under its control if necessary. There are several reasons why China may consider taking Taiwan by force, including: Nationalistic sentiment: The unification of Taiwan with China is a deeply ingrained nationalistic aspiration for many Chinese people, and the Communist Party has staked its legitimacy in part on fulfilling this goal. Strategic considerations: Taiwan's strategic location in the Taiwan Strait makes it a valuable asset for China in terms of military positioning and projecting power in the region. Control of Taiwan would also give China a significant advantage in its competition with the United States and other regional powers. Economic benefits: Taiwan is a highly developed economy with advanced technology and is home to many of the world's leading semiconductor companies. China would benefit from integrating Taiwan's economy into its own and gaining access to these industries. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor manufacturing company that designs and produces integrated circuits (ICs) and other semiconductor devices. TSMC is the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, and is a major supplier for many leading global semiconductor companies. The United States has a longstanding interest in maintaining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and sees the Taiwan Strait as a critical flashpoint that could disrupt regional security. The U.S. also values Taiwan as a key democratic ally in the region and has maintained close economic, political, and security ties with Taiwan for decades. The U.S. commitment to Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979, which requires the U.S. to provide Taiwan with defensive weapons and to maintain the capacity to resist any use of force or coercion that would jeopardize Taiwan's security or social and economic system. The U.S. also supports Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organizations and promotes Taiwan's role in global health, trade, and environmental issues. The U.S. policy towards Taiwan is also shaped by its broader strategic interests in the region, particularly its efforts to counter China's growing influence and assertiveness. The U.S. sees Taiwan as a critical partner in this effort and a potential strategic counterbalance to China's rising power. Overall, the U.S. commitment to Taiwan is based on a combination of strategic, economic, and values-based considerations, and reflects its broader interests in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. And let us not forget Semiconductors! Why is this important? Semiconductors are important because they have unique electrical properties that make them suitable for use in a wide range of electronic devices, such as transistors, diodes, and integrated circuits. These devices are the building blocks of modern electronics and are used in everything from computers and smartphones to automobiles and medical equipment. Semiconductors also play a critical role in the development of renewable energy technologies, such as solar cells and LED lighting. Overall, semiconductors are essential for the functioning of many of the technologies that we rely on in our daily lives. The US government and industry are currently taking steps to produce more semiconductors domestically in order to address a global shortage of these critical components. This shortage has been caused by a combination of factors, including increased demand for electronics during the pandemic and supply chain disruptions.
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Episode 9735 - How to Break Ancestral and Nationalistic Curses Dr, Phillip Morris www.rchighlands.com Recorded 10-4-2022 on OMEGAMAN
Episode 9735 - How to Break Ancestral and Nationalistic Curses Dr, Phillip Morris www.rchighlands.com Recorded 10-4-2022 on OMEGAMAN
With the election of Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s new prime minister, Italians joined the Poles, Hungarians, the “far-right” Swedish Democrats, pro-Brexit Britons, Jair Bolsonaro's Brazilian supporters, and, of course, MAGA Americans, under the growing anti-globalism tent. But what difference will it make? Nationalistic sentiment and rhetoric are a long way from government policy. In this […] The post People Are Turning On Globalism. Now What? appeared first on The John Birch Society.
With the election of Giorgia Meloni as Italy's new prime minister, Italians joined the Poles, Hungarians, the “far-right” Swedish Democrats, pro-Brexit Britons, Jair Bolsonaro's Brazilian supporters, and, of course, MAGA Americans, under the growing anti-globalism tent. But what difference will it make? Nationalistic sentiment and rhetoric are a long way from government policy. In this episode, Paul and Art Thompson, former CEO of The John Birch Society, discuss the world's growing anti-globalist sentiment and what it will take to convert that into liberty. Learn & Take Action Read Imposing the New World Order - The New American Watch “Overview of America” Connect with your local JBS coordinator to join an active chapter
Latinoamérica se volvió la protagonista de este episodio de Derecho Remix sobre el atentado contra Kirchner y el plebiscito en Chile. Con honores despedimos al último sobreviviente de la URSS, Mijaíl Gorbachov. Por último, como si nos pagaran por hacerlo, les contamos las nuevas aventuras de La Guardia Nacional.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/antifazSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jesus was often critical of the Pharisees, but perhaps never is he as critical as he is about their focus on Jerusalem. The nationalistic focus around Jerusalem becomes a major critique of Jesus. The apostle Paul picked up on this critique when calling us to claim our citizenship in heaven. Why, Church, are so in bed with American nationalism?
Chinese social media became a lot more nationalist and uglier this year. And it could be even uglier in the future.Read the article by Protocol China Staff: https://www.protocol.com/china/china-nationalism-cancel-cultureNarrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dan Roeber and David McNeely chat about nationalistic theology!
Dan Roeber and David McNeely chat about nationalistic theology!
James Dorsey from S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies explains recent tension between Turkey and the West as President Erdogan has been putting pressure to expel ten ambassadors from the EU and the US over the detention of activist Osman Kavala. Image credit: Sasa Dzambic Photography / Shutterstock.com
James Dorsey from S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies explains recent tension between Turkey and the West as President Erdogan has been putting pressure to expel ten ambassadors from the EU and the US over the detention of activist Osman Kavala. Image credit: Sasa Dzambic Photography / Shutterstock.com
On this episode of Cinedicate, we take a look at Nazi Germany through the eyes of a child, podcaster and audio-engineer Aaron Houllion returns to talk about Jojo Rabbit. From director Taika Waititi (Thor Ragnarok), Jojo Rabbit is a satirical look at Nazi Germany through Jojo, an aspiring Hitler Youth cadet. Witnessing the rise of Germany's new leader, Adolf Hitler, Jojo is quickly swept up in the Nationalistic fervor as he becomes a fanatic for Nazism. However, his ideology is put to the test when he discovers that his mother Rose (Scarlett Johansson) his not only assisting the German Resistance, but hiding a young Jewish girl from the Gestapo.
India Policy Watch: Chinese CheckersInsights on burning policy issues in India- RSJWe often write about China here. And we make three points:China is a model of authoritarian state-driven capitalism. There should be no illusion anymore it will turn into a liberal democracy as its citizens gain greater economic freedom. The Party will find new market demons to slay to send out a convincing message to the people that only it can usher in a stable and prosperous society. It will continue to undermine liberal democracy and it is ready to mount an ideological and economic challenge to G7. (Edition #132) Most analysts often overestimate China’s long-term thinking or strategic acumen. Pranay has written about this in a few editions. People tend to get taken in by civilisational mumbo-jumbo and Confucianism that China spouts about their national objectives. This has given rise to a cottage industry of experts who scour through Chinese history to (over)interpret the words and actions of its current regime. We believe this is unnecessary. China makes its usual quota of strategic errors in geopolitics. There is too much made about it being a rational actor of the highest order. (Edition #136)China is a very different kind of threat to the western liberal order. It is deeply enmeshed in global trade and economy. Decoupling from it is easier said than done. It has grown at the expense of Europe in the past three decades and now Europe cannot imagine its economy without the Chinese supply base or its markets. It is open to learning from the West (it sends the most students to western universities) while it selectively blocks global information platforms at home to ‘manage’ its society. This asymmetry lets it have the best of both worlds. It has the Soviet-style disdain for liberal democracy without the shortage of resources or paranoia about the West. In short, as I have written in the past, if this were to be seen as a new cold war then China is USSR on steroids. (Edition #47) and (Edition #44)Chinese Books Are Flooding The MarketI’m no expert on China. So I like to read books on China to update my priors. Surprisingly (in a good way), the last nine months have seen a never before supply of books on China by Indian authors. These include books by China scholars and academics - India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends by Kanti Bajpai, Smokeless War: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance by Manoj Kewalramani and India's China Challenge: A Journey through China's Rise and What It Means for India by Ananth Krishnan. These apart, the past few months have seen two of our former Foreign Secretaries come out with their books on China or the broader Asian geopolitics - India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present by Shivshankar Menon and The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India by Vijay Gokhale. I ended up reading three of these books in the past couple of months. They are slim and very readable. Among them, I will pick Vijay Gokhale’s book in this edition to discuss his perspectives on how China negotiates. Gokhale’s focus is on understanding the strategy and tools China deploys in its negotiations with India and what India can learn from the 70 years of dealing with them. He takes six key negotiations between India and China to draw his conclusions. These include recognition of the PRC in 1950, the negotiations on the status of Tibet in 1954, Pokhran and India’s nuclear status, the question of Sikkim, the US-India 123 nuclear agreement in 2007 and the listing of Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the UN in 2019 after a decade-long effort. Gokhale’s credentials on the topic are second to none. He has served as our top diplomat for over three decades in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. His personal involvement in four of these negotiations offers a ringside view to us on diplomatic jabs that were exchanged over the years on these issues. Even in the two negotiations that predate him (recognition of PRC and Tibet), Gokhale is meticulous in his research of available official documents, notes, letters and press reports of the time to offer us a concurrent view of how the two sides were thinking about the issues and planning their negotiations. The book is a tremendous addition to the literature on China and I hope it spurs more former diplomats to write about their experiences. The Original SinI have picked up a few excerpts from the first diplomatic negotiation between the two over the recognition of PRC to give you a sense of how differently the two newly independent nations thought about geopolitical issues. I will run through the context briefly before doing so. India, in 1949, was a free country in the process of establishing itself as a Republic. The horrors of partition were fresh and its leadership was still finding its feet after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Yet, it was seen globally as the voice of the ‘third world’ largely on account of the Constitution it had drafted, its leadership that had international credibility and its commitment to liberal democratic principles. China, on the other hand, had emerged from its ‘century of humiliation’ with a civil war between Mao’s Communists and the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek. By 1949 the Communists had driven the Nationalists away to Taiwan and were looking for global recognition while being aware that America being on the side of the Nationalists made this a difficult task. To put it simply, Communist China would have been grateful if India recognised it early. But through a strange mix of naivety, diplomatic blunders, confused thinking and narcissism on India’s part and some astute planning by China, the tables were turned. In some ways, this set the tone for all future negotiations between them. As Gokhale writes:The Chinese also planned the negotiations with India with great care, seeing it as a template for future negotiations with other non-socialist countries, including the West. Their strategy consisted of three elements: 1) to make India recognise the People's Republic of China as the sole, legitimate government. Mao was determined not to allow Two Chinas to legally exist at the same time, and this was a core objective; 2) to ensure that India did not join the American-led anti-China camp. Since the Americans were backing Chiang Kai-shek, it stood to reason that India should be asked to prove that it was not an American camp-follower by making a clean break with Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist regime; and 3) to utilise India's international influence to gain diplomatic space. The Soviet Ambassador N.V. Roshchin recorded his conversation with Mao thus: 'During the past few days he (Mao Zedong) had received the report from Beijing that the governments of Burma and India expressed their readiness to recognise the government of the People's Republic of China. The position of the Chinese government on this matter is as follows: to informs the governments of Burma and India that if they are sincere in their wishes to mend diplomatic relations with the PRC, first, they must completely break all tie with Chiang Kai-shek, unconditionally any kind of support and assistance to this regime, making it into an official declaration. Under the condition that the governments of these countries accept the aforementioned proposals of the Chinese government, the Indian and Burmese government may send their representatives to Beijing for negotiations.’This, then, was the Chinese strategy, and the tactics were determined accordingly.It is interesting to note how despite having the weaker hand, it appears from above like the Communist China is offering a privilege to others. There are multiple things at play here. China’s clarity on what’s non-negotiable (there cannot be two Chinas), its ability to play on the guilt or ego of the other party for its interests (India has to show it is not a camp follower of America) and its chutzpah in setting the terms of its own recognition; including asking India to send its representatives to Beijing and not the other way around. Now contrast this with how Gokhale describes the Indian approach.The lapses on India's part - the absence of wider political consultations within the Indian leadership, the overlooking of its national interest in its anxiety over the timing, and the erroneous assumption that the act of officially recognising the People's Republic of China was tantamount to the automatic establishment of formal diplomatic relations - led the Government of India to see the act of recognition as its only objective. In the process, India unilaterally gave up some crucial negotiating cards.First, India severed ties with the Nationalistic government in Taiwan.….the cutting off of ties with Nationalist government in Taiwan was inevitable, but it should have been part of the give-and-take during the negotiations. Instead, India squandered a bargaining point as a concession to Communist China even before the negotiations commenced. Likewise, India made efforts to reassure the Chinese side that it would not harm them by aligning with the Americans. This mean that India gave up any leverage that was to be gained by allowing the Chinese side to believe that it had the option of leaning to the side of the Americans in case China did not accommodate its interests in the process of diplomatic recognition. Thus, India lost another tactical advantage that might have allowed it to extract assurances from the Chinese communists.Thirdly, and most significantly , India did not lay out substantial 'asks' for the Chinese side to fulfil as a counter-response to their demands, even though they were aware of Chinese preconditions. The Government of India felt that making recognition dependent upon fulfillment of conditions by the new Chinese regime may be seen as hard or humiliating.…..India's approach to the whole idea of recognition was a mixture of emotionalism and conjecture. There was no strategy. The timing became the central point of the exercise. This too was determined by international calendar rather than by India's national interests. The Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Conference was to be held in Colombo in mid-January 1950. Nehru decided that India should recognise the People's Republic of China before the other members of the Commonwealth. It was accordingly decided to do so on 30 December 1949. Getting It Wrong Again?I believe Nehru gets a bad rap in today’s India. He had his flaws. But he was a great man by every definition of the term. I don’t think we will see someone like him in our polity anytime again. And I defend him stoutly on most issues including his economic thinking. I’m no statist and I have no time for central planning but I’m not sure I’d have been a free marketer at the time of independence. So, I give him a wide berth there too. But on foreign policy, I think Nehru has no excuses. He had strange notions of India being some kind of a vishwaguru, he personalised diplomatic decisions without considering the diverse set of views from his experts, he put himself at the centre of negotiations which undercut the negotiating options of his diplomats and he had a vague, narcissistic self-image of a global statesman that eclipsed India’s interests often. The above extract on the recognition of PRC and India’s handling of the Tibet issue soon after was a result of this approach to diplomacy. When I read these lines again, I wonder how much, if, at all, things have changed since then. Gokhale ends his book with a chapter on ‘Lessons for India’ where he outlines his experience of how China negotiates and what the Indian side should look out for. There are reams of practical advice here. The Chinese attention to details at the pre-negotiation stage: everything from the setting of the agenda, laying the benchmarks for the other side to meet prior to the negotiations and to push for unilateral gestures as a show of goodwill. Then the tricks and tactics used during the negotiations. The insistence on agreeing on principles that will act as the framework, the incremental nibbling technique (the salami-slicing equivalent of diplomacy), the playing on the guilt of another party, the random usage of old Chinese proverbs, the sense of their relative position in the hierarchy of global powers and their ability to manipulate the other side are all discussed at length with specific instances. And finally the post-negotiation setting of the narrative. The Chinese focus on getting everything just right is relentless. Reading this chapter and going by the book title ‘The Long Game’, you almost place Gokhale in the camp of those who believe in the extraordinary powers of China to think really long term. Like we have written before, we think this to be a gross exaggeration. But Gokhale makes a strong case for us to update our priors. China might not always be playing a long game. But it surely does have a game. If the content in this newsletter interests you, consider taking up the Takshashila GCPP. The certificate course is customised for working professionals. The course begins on 4th September.This slide from the Fundamentals of Public Policy module, co-anchored by Pranay Kotasthane and Ameya Naik gives a good idea of what the course has to offer.PolicyWTF: Market Pricing with Government CharacteristicsThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay KotasthaneDid you know that the price of a paracetamol tablet is capped at approximately Rs 2 by the government? Apparently, over 200 companies produce paracetamol under different brand names. Such levels of competition should’ve kept the price of paracetamol low in any case. Why the price cap then? Turns out that not just paracetamol, nearly 14 per cent of drugs by value, and 25 per cent by volume in India fall under price controls. Not only are their prices capped, but the mechanism used for capping is disingenuously labelled ‘market-based pricing’. I find this label fascinating because this is the second instance I know where the government actively distorts market prices and yet is successful in passing the blame on markets for the resultant price rise. Consider the case of pharmaceuticals first. Market-based pricing here obviously doesn’t mean that a drug can be priced on the basis of demand and supply alone. Instead, it just means that the price cap will be calculated by averaging prices of brands that held at least a 1 per cent share of the market for the formulation.Anticipating the unintended consequences of such a policy is not difficult. One, price caps ‘disincentivise’ differentiation and innovation. Why would any new company invest in creating a new formulation when it cannot reap the benefits by charging higher? Two, price caps foster collusion and rent-seeking. With new entrants impeded from disrupting the sector, incumbents can benefit by colluding with each other. By collectively and incrementally increasing the price of their brand, the price cap threshold can be pushed up. And three, the engineered market-based pricing deepens the scepticism Indian consumers have with the price system. No wonder that an ordinary Indian intuits that market-based price is just a euphemism for unreasonable price hikes. Another sector where the government passes off its active price distortion as a market-based mechanism is in fuel pricing. Since 2010 and 2014, the price of petrol and diesel have been deregulated respectively. If the market were truly allowed to operate, petrol and diesel prices should’ve hit an all-time low over the last few years because of the excess supply. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic even depressed the demand. And yet, petrol prices hit a century because the government more than compensated for the drop in market prices by increasing the tax rate on the two fuels. We have covered this chicanery in many previous editions. So the next time you see sticky high prices, poor quality, or both, first investigate the government diktats on pricing in that sector.As a parting shot, it’s important to understand the beauty of the price system. Hayek’s landmark essay The Use of Knowledge in Society explains that the price system is a decentralised coordinating mechanism for society. As he wrote in the essay:“Assume that somewhere in the world a new opportunity for the use of some raw material, say, tin, has arisen, or that one of the sources of supply of tin has been eliminated. It does not matter for our purpose—and it is very significant that it does not matter—which of these two causes has made tin more scarce. All that the users of tin need to know is that some of the tin they used to consume is now more profitably employed elsewhere and that, in consequence, they must economize tin. There is no need for the great majority of them even to know where the more urgent need has arisen, or in favor of what other needs they ought to husband the supply. If only some of them know directly of the new demand, and switch resources over to it, and if the people who are aware of the new gap thus created in turn fill it from still other sources, the effect will rapidly spread throughout the whole economic system and influence not only all the uses of tin but also those of its substitutes and the substitutes of these substitutes, the supply of all the things made of tin, and their substitutes, and so on; and all his without the great majority of those instrumental in bringing about these substitutions knowing anything at all about the original cause of these changes. The whole acts as one market, not because any of its members survey the whole field, but because their limited individual fields of vision sufficiently overlap so that through many intermediaries the relevant information is communicated to all.”Every time the government interferes with the price system, the information residing in the price gets diminished. The real-world implications of this loss are all too familiar — price caps lead to shortages and poor quality, price floors lead to wasteful expenditure. Distorting prices costs lives.Not(PolicyWTF): Civics vs Political ScienceThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay KotasthaneOne of the positive changes in our education system is the improvement in the quality of NCERT textbooks. Readers over the age of thirty will recall studying a boring subject called “civics”. This subject was the first and sometimes the only introduction to political science to many people of this age group. Not only was it boring, civics explicitly avoided introducing students to the messy details, ambiguities, and contradictions of our social and political lives. Framed with a colonial mindset, it gave the impression that subjects’ enjoyment of the rights granted by the State is contingent on them performing duties. Last week, I happened to search for what students were learning in Civics today. I was pleasantly surprised. There is no Civics anymore. The National Curriculum Framework 2005 acknowledged has reimagined the sterile commandments into richer political science discussions. Have a look yourself here. Of course, upgrading textbooks is the easier part of the problem. Changing the minds of teachers and parents who have internalised simplistic and wrong models is far more difficult. Perhaps the loss of nuance in our political discourse is a consequence of being “curriculated” in an uncritical way. For now, I was just happy going through the new textbooks.HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Article] TCA Raghavan reviews Shivashankar Menon’s book in India Today. Menon on Nehru: “Nehru’s ideas, prioritising legitimacy over power, also led him to ignore real threats and ultimately to failures, as in his dealings with China.”[Podcast] The Seen And The Unseen by Amit Varma. Episode 234: Kanti Bajpai on India vs China[Podcast] The Seen And The Unseen by Amit Varma. Episode 231: The China Dude Is in the House Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com
Nationalism in China seems to have taken a feral turn, with Chinese netizens viciously turning on Olympic athletes, celebrities and even the über-nationalist Global Times for letting down the motherland. This month we’re talking about the evolution of Chinese nationalism and the factors driving the emergence of a new cadre of aggressive diplomats known as wolf warriors. Louisa and Graeme are joined by Bloomberg journalist Peter Martin, who's just written China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and Cornell University’s Jessica Chen Weiss, who’s also the China editor at the Washington Post and has written a book called Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations. Image: Vladimir Putin with Wang Yi, website of the President of the Russian Federation, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 LicenseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Diplomats hurl insults and mock enemies in screeds that often appear aimed at a domestic audience, even though the social media service is blocked in China.Â
Diplomats hurl insults and mock enemies in screeds that often appear aimed at a domestic audience, even though the social media service is blocked in China.
Pew Research Centre report on language in India. Jawaharlal Nehru made sure that Hindi is the blue-eyed boy of Independent India snubbing other languages. It followed by official push for Urdu in Jammu and Kashmir over other local languages. Jugalbandi of Hindi and Urdu supremacists during British Raj. What happened to other North Indian languages? were they swallowed by Hindi?. Left has the record of implementing their homogenous dreams. Soviet Union has failed in many aspects of making its population as homogenous as it can, China is pushing very hard to make the Mandarin the default language for all its provinces. Was Hindi the “Link Language”? The extraordinary statements made by Hindi Supremacists are not backed with extraordinary evidence when it comes to “Link Language”, “Nationalistic language”, “Desh Bhakti language”, ”Uniting language”. Originally published on MyInd.net
Sam and Emma host Pascal Robert of the This is Revolution podcast to discuss the Moïse assassination in Haiti as a product of neoliberalism and colonialism, before they touch on the US's foreign policy role in the Caribbean, and what Eric Adams's Democratic primary victory means for progressive democrats moving forward. Emma, Sam, and Pascal start with the context for the Western occupation of Haiti, starting with the Haitian Revolution that forced the French, Spanish, and British armies off of the Island after centuries of brutal enslavement and abuse under settler-colonialism, with attempts by the French to reclaim the country continuing into the 19th Century. Next, Robert walks us through the U.S.' role as one of the biggest beneficiaries of Haitian independence, with the Louisiana Purchase stemming as a direct result, and how we took advantage of the continued inequality and lack of colonial power with an occupation of Haiti from 1915-34, extracting what resources we could, and a return to colonial practices under neoliberalism, with U.S. backed Dictators as the only leaders with any prolonged stay in office since the Regan administration. They wrap up the interview by looking into how the assassination of Moïse came to be, stemming from conflict with a largely non-Haitian Oligarchical class that the U.S. likely could not stand by any longer, and Pascal Roberts discusses the importance of the Black and Creole middle classes in how the country moves forwards. Sam and Emma round out the first half with Steve Schmidt's return to his strategy of using terrorism to turn a profit – first with 9/11, and now 1/6. And in the Fun Half: Loudnie from Montreal calls in to explore the roles of the US and UN in Haiti over the last couple of decades, Ellis from FL asks a few questions on the upcoming infrastructure bill that don't quite have answers, and Sam and Emma watch Tucker Carlson hit all of his favorite topics, from the Nationalistic hubris he and Jesse Waters show in the face of the mass displacement and genocide of Indigenous Americans, to declaring that promoting the vaccine is Eugenics (but not the kind he supports) just months after declaring that giving the vaccine to poor folks but not wealthy was also Eugenics. Then, Alacrity from Alabama explains why slavery was wrong actually because it WASN'T useful to Capitalists, despite all of the free labor, since it delayed the technological developments of the Industrial Revolution, which was funded by profits from… the slave trade, Josh from Chicago looks into the wins the left had in NY Primaries, even outside of the DSA, and Nancy Pelosi does whatever she can to avoid promoting medicare or party unity, plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Check out today's sponsor: sunsetlakecbd is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Great company, great product and fans of the show! Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at http://www.sunsetlakecbd.com Freshly sends fresh, fully prepared meals right to your door. Get $40 off your first two orders at Freshly.com/majority Tushy: Hello Tushy cleans your butt with a precise stream of fresh water for just $79. It attaches to your existing toilet – requires NO electricity or additional plumbing – and cuts toilet paper use by 80% – so the Hello Tushy bidet pays for itself in a few months. Go to hellotushy.com/majority to get 10% off today! Support the St. Vincent Nurses today as they continue to strike for a fair contract! https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein's podcast News from Nowhere, at https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere Check out The Letterhack's upcoming Kickstarter project for his new graphic novel! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel! Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on YouTube at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt's podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie's podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn
The theme of Debatable IV 2021's first round is education! When we were in primary and secondary school, we would have to do the flag ceremony every morning as part of an effort to instill nationalism in the youth. Nationalistic education is debatable in and of itself, but it is especially debatable in the context of young nations that are recovering from strife and internal conflicts. This begs the question: should we stop trying to instill nationalism in these schools? The motion reads: THBT post-conflict states should not instill nationalism through the education system. We'd like to thank Mikkel Neri for contributing this motion and for this post-debate analysis! 00:00 Introduction 00:53 Why debate about education? 2:28 What is nationalism? 4:02 Why is nationalism instilled in education? 5:07 Arguing for government side 8:01 How to extend for gov 13:04 Reframing nationalism on opp 15:45 Arguing for opp 18:19 Extending for Opp 20:00 What's the matter? 21:50 Advice for Educ motions
Politics and sports or sports diplomacy describes the use of sport as a means to influence diplomatic, social, and political relations. Sports diplomacy may transcend cultural differences and bring people together. The use of sports and politics has had both positive and negative implications over history. Sports competitions or activities have had the intention to bring about change in certain cases. Nationalistic fervour is sometimes linked to victories or losses to some sport on sports fields. While the Olympics is often the biggest political example of using sports for diplomatic means, cricket and association football, as well as other sports in the global arena, have also been used in this regard. In the case of Apartheid, sport was used to isolate South Africa and bring about a major overhaul in the country's social structure. While ethnicity, race, social class and more can cause division, sports is also said to help blend differences.
Politics and sports or sports diplomacy describes the use of sport as a means to influence diplomatic, social, and political relations. Sports diplomacy may transcend cultural differences and bring people together. The use of sports and politics has had both positive and negative implications over history. Sports competitions or activities have had the intention to bring about change in certain cases. Nationalistic fervour is sometimes linked to victories or losses to some sport on sports fields. While the Olympics is often the biggest political example of using sports for diplomatic means, cricket and association football, as well as other sports in the global arena, have also been used in this regard. In the case of Apartheid, sport was used to isolate South Africa and bring about a major overhaul in the country's social structure. While ethnicity, race, social class and more can cause division, sports is also said to help blend differences.
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe asked the Federal Government to be more sincere in handling the security affairs of the country.Abaribe was of the opinion that if Nigeria is to be saved from implosion, then the government must become more nationalistic.The senator called for a thorough investigation into the rising wave of attack on police formations across the country, especially the ones that happened in Imo State.Senator Abaribe further expressed worry that the country is fast sliding into total anarchy and cautioned that the time has come when the federal government should rise up and address the poor security situation in the country holistically looking at Nigeria as a nation.
Paul Axton Preaches - In the Triumphal Entry Jesus not only reverses the crowds nationalistic expectations but reverses the myth of death denial by which the Prince of this world enslaves. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Thank you for joining me on the hit parade today.All four gospels carry the start of the Great Week. It is the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.There is much to appreciate. A few things particularly charmed me.From Matthew: One of the best questions of scripture. What this whole podcast is about, "Who is this." I bless you as you wrestle with this question.From John: that they were PALM leaves. Nationalistic. Temple-ic. Made that word up.From all of them: Cloaks on the ground. This was a big deal. Cloaks are really valuable.From Mark: the when's and where's. He enters Jerusalem. LOOKS around in the temple and then retires to Bethany 2 miles away because it is late. From Luke: "The Lord has need of it." The question follows, "for me today, what might the Lord have need of?"I love my listeners. bewithme.us@gmail.com
Drew and Jarrod in conversation with Brian Zahnd on the new documentary inspired by his groundbreaking book "Postcards from Babylon." Postcards from Babylon, the book: The original gospel proclamation that the Lord of the nations was a crucified Galilean raised from the dead and that salvation was found in vowing allegiance to Jesus of Nazareth unleashed a shock wave that turned the Roman Empire upside down. Early Christianity was subversive and dangerous—dangerous for Christians and a threat to the keepers of the old order. Most of all Christianity was countercultural. But what about contemporary American Christianity? Is it the countercultural way of Jesus or merely a religious endorsement of Americanism? In his provocative book, Postcards From Babylon, Brian Zahnd challenges the reader to see and embrace a daring Jesus-centered Christianity that can again turn the world upside down. https://www.amazon.com.au/Postcards-Babylon-Church-American-Exile-ebook/dp/B07M5HJ5XB Postcards from Babylon, the documentary: Postcards From Babylon is a long-form documentary featuring author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, as he investigates possibly the most important question for the church in North America today:How does the church stay faithful to the beautiful way of Jesus while situated in one of the most divisive political climates in our nation's history? The film explores how Christians seeking proximity to power has led to a hyperpartisan Nationalistic posture that is demonstrably hindering the witness of Christ. As exiled citizens of a superpower nation, Christians' deepest allegiance must be to the peaceful Kingdom of God, and from that posture they must always speak truth to power...no matter the cost. https://www.postcardsdoc.com/ Follow Brian on Twitter and Instagram @brianzahnd Follow Drew Hart on Instagram and Twitter @druhart. Follow Jarrod McKenna on Instagram and Twitter @jarrodmckenna. Become a Patron of Inverse at https://www.patreon.com/InVerse
Drew and Jarrod in conversation with Brian Zahnd on the new documentary inspired by his groundbreaking book "Postcards from Babylon." Postcards from Babylon, the book: The original gospel proclamation that the Lord of the nations was a crucified Galilean raised from the dead and that salvation was found in vowing allegiance to Jesus of Nazareth unleashed a shock wave that turned the Roman Empire upside down. Early Christianity was subversive and dangerous—dangerous for Christians and a threat to the keepers of the old order. Most of all Christianity was countercultural. But what about contemporary American Christianity? Is it the countercultural way of Jesus or merely a religious endorsement of Americanism? In his provocative book, Postcards From Babylon, Brian Zahnd challenges the reader to see and embrace a daring Jesus-centered Christianity that can again turn the world upside down. https://www.amazon.com.au/Postcards-Babylon-Church-American-Exile-ebook/dp/B07M5HJ5XB Postcards from Babylon, the documentary: Postcards From Babylon is a long-form documentary featuring author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, as he investigates possibly the most important question for the church in North America today:How does the church stay faithful to the beautiful way of Jesus while situated in one of the most divisive political climates in our nation's history? The film explores how Christians seeking proximity to power has led to a hyperpartisan Nationalistic posture that is demonstrably hindering the witness of Christ. As exiled citizens of a superpower nation, Christians' deepest allegiance must be to the peaceful Kingdom of God, and from that posture they must always speak truth to power...no matter the cost. https://www.postcardsdoc.com/ Follow Brian on Twitter and Instagram @brianzahnd Follow Drew Hart on Instagram and Twitter @druhart. Follow Jarrod McKenna on Instagram and Twitter @jarrodmckenna. Become a Patron of Inverse at https://www.patreon.com/InVerse
Welcome to the end of a journey. In this episode, we conclude our trek through the Czech snowscape and land in Frantisek Vlácil's, "Marketa Lazarová." Here, the snobs dig into the finer details of this religious allegory? Nationalistic propaganda? 5 chapter EPIC about a family feud? We pick our understanding of this incredible film and give our final COLD MOVIE rankings for all five freezing films. Ricky joins us virtually from Hawaii again as he discusses why he just might live there forever. Join us on the conclusion of Movies That are Cold Outside and tune in to hear what we are doing next! Enjoy! Film Discussed: Marketa Lazarová (1967) Letterboxd: Eric Peterson: https://letterboxd.com/EricLPeterson/, Jared Klopfenstein: https://letterboxd.com/kidchimp/, Ethan Jasso: https://letterboxd.com/e_unit7/, Caleb Zehr: https://letterboxd.com/cjzehr/Ricky Wickham: https://letterboxd.com/octopuswizard/ Leave us a 5 star review on Apple podcasts and we'll read it out loud on the pod.
Episode 405 - Postcards From Babylon with Brian Zahnd, David & Kathi PetersPostcards From Babylon is a long-form documentary featuring author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, as he investigates possibly the most important question for the church in North America today: How does the church stay faithful to the beautiful way of Jesus while situated in one of the most divisive political climates in our nation's history?The film explores how Christians seeking proximity to power has led to a hyperpartisan Nationalistic posture that is demonstrably hindering the witness of Christ.As exiled citizens of a superpower nation, Christians' deepest allegiance must be to the peaceful Kingdom of God, and from that posture they must always speak truth to power...no matter the cost. Our Guests This Week DAVID PETERSCO-DIRECTORDavid, a career filmmaker, earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Cinema Communications. He has created award-winning films that tell stories of people from all over the world with an authentic and journalistic approach. His work has appeared on Netflix, PBS, Amazon and international television. KATHI PETERSCO-DIRECTORKathi holds a degree in Speech Communication. As co-producer at Global Story Films, she edits and creates scripts, narrates, and facilitates interviews. Kathi's work has been recognized by several international film festivals. She is a utility player in both the production and post-production phases of her work. BRIAN ZAHNDCONSULTING PRODUCERPastor, Author, Storyteller: Brian is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church, a non-denominational Christian congregation in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Brian and his wife, Peri, founded the church in 1981. Film Web Site: https://www.postcardsdoc.com/Purchase Event Tickets: https://live.postcardsdoc.com/----more--------more---- Thanks for listening!Blessings,Rick Lee James----more----Want some exclusives like early music videos, singles, and private podcast episodes?Become a paid subscriber at Subscribe on Substack: https://rickleejames.substack.com/ Listen to Rick Lee James MusicOne of the best ways to support independent artists during Covid-19 is to stream our music on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora. Click below to find out all the ways you can listen.https://linktr.ee/rickleejames Music From RICK LEE JAMESSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xVkwOKYR7qrxxo4sFuAeY?si=YjiV0VC_TVy-dFieZ6WxjgLOVE OUR ENEMIES (Official Music Video): https://youtu.be/xsSB5OLPELEAlso Find Rick Lee James Music on Bandcamp: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.comor on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3abA3po ----more---- Become A Patron of this Podcast at the Rick Lee James PATREONPAGE: https://www.patreon.com/RickLeeJames ----more----As Always...Thank You For Listening To Voices In My Head About Your Host: Rick Lee JamesSubscribe on Substack: https://rickleejames.substack.com/Web Site www.rickleejames.com,Twitter Facebook.Voices In My Head Podcast www.voicesinmyheadpodcast.com,Mister Rogers Quotes on Twitter at @MisterRogersSay.“Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast”: HERE.Rick Lee James Radio Special: https://westarchristianmedia.com/rick-lee-james-30-minute-radio-special Get Rick Lee James Latest Album: https://fanlink.to/RLJThunderIn partnership with CRW Radio Promotions, singer, songwriter and worship leader Rick Lee James debuts a brand new radio special. The “Thunder Radio Special” can be heard exclusively on James' official YouTube channel or his website. It was also recently added to Spotify and Apple Music. Radio stations interested in airing the “Thunder Radio Special” can contact Kathryn Ambrose at CRW Radio Promotions at kathryn@westarmediagroup.com.----more----For Rick Lee James Booking Inquiries: By Email: Rick@RickLeeJames.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe
Episode 405 - Postcards From Babylon with Brian Zahnd, David & Kathi Peters Postcards From Babylon is a long-form documentary featuring author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, as he investigates possibly the most important question for the church in North America today: How does the church stay faithful to the beautiful way of Jesus while situated in one of the most divisive political climates in our nation's history? The film explores how Christians seeking proximity to power has led to a hyperpartisan Nationalistic posture that is demonstrably hindering the witness of Christ. As exiled citizens of a superpower nation, Christians' deepest allegiance must be to the peaceful Kingdom of God, and from that posture they must always speak truth to power...no matter the cost. Our Guests This Week DAVID PETERS CO-DIRECTOR David, a career filmmaker, earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Cinema Communications. He has created award-winning films that tell stories of people from all over the world with an authentic and journalistic approach. His work has appeared on Netflix, PBS, Amazon and international television. KATHI PETERS CO-DIRECTOR Kathi holds a degree in Speech Communication. As co-producer at Global Story Films, she edits and creates scripts, narrates, and facilitates interviews. Kathi’s work has been recognized by several international film festivals. She is a utility player in both the production and post-production phases of her work. BRIAN ZAHND CONSULTING PRODUCER Pastor, Author, Storyteller: Brian is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church, a non-denominational Christian congregation in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Brian and his wife, Peri, founded the church in 1981. Film Web Site: https://www.postcardsdoc.com/ Purchase Event Tickets: https://live.postcardsdoc.com/ ----more--------more---- Thanks for listening! Blessings, Rick Lee James ----more---- Want some exclusives like early music videos, singles, and private podcast episodes? Become a paid subscriber at Subscribe on Substack: https://rickleejames.substack.com/ Listen to Rick Lee James Music One of the best ways to support independent artists during Covid-19 is to stream our music on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora. Click below to find out all the ways you can listen. https://linktr.ee/rickleejames Music From RICK LEE JAMES Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xVkwOKYR7qrxxo4sFuAeY?si=YjiV0VC_TVy-dFieZ6Wxjg LOVE OUR ENEMIES (Official Music Video): https://youtu.be/xsSB5OLPELE Also Find Rick Lee James Music on Bandcamp: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com or on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3abA3po ----more---- Become A Patron of this Podcast at the Rick Lee James PATREON PAGE: https://www.patreon.com/RickLeeJames ----more---- As Always...Thank You For Listening To Voices In My Head About Your Host: Rick Lee James Subscribe on Substack: https://rickleejames.substack.com/ Web Site www.rickleejames.com, Twitter Facebook. Voices In My Head Podcast www.voicesinmyheadpodcast.com, Mister Rogers Quotes on Twitter at @MisterRogersSay. “Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast”: HERE. Rick Lee James Radio Special: https://westarchristianmedia.com/rick-lee-james-30-minute-radio-special Get Rick Lee James Latest Album: https://fanlink.to/RLJThunder In partnership with CRW Radio Promotions, singer, songwriter and worship leader Rick Lee James debuts a brand new radio special. The “Thunder Radio Special” can be heard exclusively on James’ official YouTube channel or his website. It was also recently added to Spotify and Apple Music. Radio stations interested in airing the “Thunder Radio Special” can contact Kathryn Ambrose at CRW Radio Promotions at kathryn@westarmediagroup.com. ----more---- For Rick Lee James Booking Inquiries: By Email: Rick@RickLeeJames.com
This norm may sound pretty obvious—and familiar, because it is an inescapable one these days, given the socio-political climate, not just in India but in many countries across the world. Recall the Donald Trump’s MAGA ideology that almost demanded a nationalistic fervor from business (the integrity of that ideology is another debate altogether), Brexit has asked Britons to view business from a non-EU lens first. Even in something as critical as a Covid-19 vaccine, the US wants to favor the one developed by an American company (Pfizer, in this case) while India has its predilections towards the ones where Bharat Biotech or The Serum Institute have a hand. So, will local geo-politics influence businesses & will brands start being vocal about showing off their nationalistic credentials and make that a key strategic pillar in their playbook? To answer this, we have an expert who has straddled the line between both local and global. Our guest expert today is Geetu Verma from Unilever, a global marketer and business leader, part of Unilever's global Foods and Refreshment team based out of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
This norm may sound pretty obvious—and familiar, because it is an inescapable one these days, given the socio-political climate, not just in India but in many countries across the world. Recall the Donald Trump's MAGA ideology that almost demanded a nationalistic fervor from business (the integrity of that ideology is another debate altogether), Brexit has asked Britons to view business from a non-EU lens first. Even in something as critical as a Covid-19 vaccine, the US wants to favor the one developed by an American company (Pfizer, in this case) while India has its predilections towards the ones where Bharat Biotech or The Serum Institute have a hand. So, will local geo-politics influence businesses & will brands start being vocal about showing off their nationalistic credentials and make that a key strategic pillar in their playbook? To answer this, we have an expert who has straddled the line between both local and global. Our guest expert today is Geetu Verma from Unilever, a global marketer and business leader, part of Unilever's global Foods and Refreshment team based out of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
News Briefing -Nationalistic efforts in securing COVID0-19 vaccines around the world -Revision bill to eliminate opposition's veto power for CIO chief -Reference of ongoing investigation of Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl to the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office -Security breach of 23 million account information in Korea -코로나19 백신 분배를 둘러싼 자국민 우선주의 -국회 법제사법위원회의 공수처법 개정안 및 상법 통과 - 윤석열 검찰총장의 재판부 판사 사찰 의혹 사건의 서울고검 배당을 둘러싼 논란 - 국내 1362개 웹사이트의 계정정보 2346만여건 유출 Guest: Choi Mira, Reporter
Whether signalling nationalism will help Micromax make a comeback and what the company really has to offer to its consumers.
*Correction in the opening message: It is 15th June and not 18th June.*Correction 2: The letter was from A. B. Vajpayee and not George FernandesLink to the letter: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/13/world/nuclear-anxiety-indian-s-letter-to-clinton-on-the-nuclear-testing.htmlDr. Avinash Godbole is an Assitant Professor of International Relations and China Studies at JSLH, JGU. He focuses on China's Foreign Policy and Asia Strategy, the Party Studies, China's Minority Policies, and Energy and Environment policies. He has written extensively on these issues in Academic and Media publications. Previously he worked with ICWA and before that with IDSA. He is also a Visiting Faculty at the Naval War College, Goa. 1.India China Relationship 2.Rajiv Gandhi's 1988 visit to China and the aftermath of the same 3.When did China became Nationalistic? 4.The century of Humiliation 5.Why Nationalism matters in China? 6.What is the narrative they give about the great leap forward? 7.Is there a pattern you see in the last 100 years? 8.What is the next big thing for them? 9.Why is China expansionist? 10.India China Neighbours and Strangers 11.Do we really understand them? 12.What is the single biggest misunderstanding we have about them? 13.Membership of the Chinese Communist Party 14.How is dissent in China? 15.How CCP sees India? 16.How has India's relationship with China evolved over 20 years? 17.Manmohan Singh Speech in China 18.Was India's policy towards China was of appeasement? 19.Why Galwan happened? 20.Was it an intelligence failure? 21.Modi and Xi's Mahabalipuram visit 22.Is this the same as previous stand-offs? 23.Next is what for India? 24.Why China took the risk it did? 25.How many soldiers did China lose? 1. भारत चीन संबंध 2. राजीव गांधी की 1988 की चीन यात्रा और उसके बाद की यात्रा 3. चीन राष्ट्रवादी कब बना? 4. अपमान की सदी 5. चीन में राष्ट्रवाद क्यों मायने रखता है? 6. वे महान छलांग के बारे में क्या बयान देते हैं? 7. क्या कोई पैटर्न है जो आप पिछले 100 वर्षों में देख रहे हैं? 8. उनके लिए अगली बड़ी बात क्या है? 9. चीन का विस्तारवादी क्यों है? 10. भारत चीन पड़ोसी और अजनबी 11. क्या हम वास्तव में उन्हें समझते हैं? 12. हम उनके बारे में सबसे बड़ी गलतफहमी क्या है? 13. चीनी कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी की सदस्यता 14. चीन में असंतोष कैसे है? 15. CCP भारत को कैसे देखता है? 16. चीन के साथ भारत के संबंध 20 वर्षों में कैसे विकसित हुए हैं? 17. चीन में मनमोहन सिंह भाषण 18. क्या चीन के प्रति भारत की नीति तुष्टिकरण की थी? 19. गालवान क्यों हुआ? 20. क्या यह एक खुफिया विफलता थी? 21. मोदी और शी की महाबलीपुरम यात्रा 22. क्या यह पिछले स्टैंड-अप के समान है? 23. अगला भारत के लिए क्या है? 24. चीन ने यह जोखिम क्यों उठाया? 25. चीन ने कितने सैनिक खोए?
Kurdish affairs analyst Güneş Murat Tezcür spoke to Ahval editor David Lepeska about the importance of U.S. policy in regards to the Kurdish enclave in northeast Syria, the near impossibility of a Kurd becoming a Turkish government minister and how the Kurdish movement remains miles away from self-determination and statehood.
Kurdish affairs analyst Güneş Murat Tezcür spoke to Ahval editor David Lepeska about the importance of U.S. policy in regards to the Kurdish enclave in northeast Syria, the near impossibility of a Kurd becoming a Turkish government minister and how the Kurdish movement remains miles away from self-determination and statehood.
Vitamin Z #3 Enlightening EntertainmentAn Age of EntertainmentThe Entertainment AgeLike Enlightenment but enlight as in to entertain,Everything from wrestling to elections to pandemics and global geopolitics.-WWF-WWE, The Rock:W-HW-WH-Mark Cuban-Dallas-Tech-Tv-WH-Tom Brady-Sports- Modeling---Trump-WH-Kanye---Kim K-sex tapes----Prison Reform---WH-Entertainment is the game, no pain no gain, no entertain no gain. Maybe natives need to see countries, their own native born historical country thru the eyes of an immigrant once in a while. Bc that's that problems whites don't do that now and then travel, and still don't become the immigrant. Yall never do! No, u expect the same everything when yall travel. Language and customs and food. Fuckin British tourists I. E Spain and Malta. Koreans and French in Bethlehem.Especially if u truly see urself as a global citizen then stop seeing so much ur country as UR country and the world as UR world. The globe is filled with many people and stories. Nationalistic religious political and survival stories all over. Just bc not all are known or widely known by the whites or vice versa with the Global South doesn't mean there aren't many stories shared and differ from everyone else's.Life is not a story, 21 Lessons, Harari
Many things have been exposed as a result of this COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. Perhaps the one that will result in the biggest change in our lives with Globalisation. Over the past several years we have been running full speed towards Globalisation. Globalisation is Good. Or at least, it was. Today, with much of the world in lockdown, we're needing to look within rather than rely on our global neighbours. Nationalistic sentiments have been rising in many countries for a few years now. Could this be the event that turns us around and headlong into De-Globalisation? #globalisation #globalization #nationalism
In 1947 a book was published in Jerusalem bearing the title "Kol Hator". It ascribed Messianic overtones to the immigration of a group of students of the Vilna Goan nearly two centuries earlier, with the accompanying claim that they were the original Zionists. The book itself was allegedly written by R Hillel Rivlin, one of those talmidim who came during that period. But was it? Who wrote the book? What motivated the author? Why did the students of the Vilna Goan - and the earlier Chassidic Aliya for that matter - move to the land of Israel at the turn of the Nineteenth Century? Was there immigration a Messianic or Nationalistic endeavor? And most of all, how is that legacy a relevant story today in the tense polemics of both scholarly as well as public discourse? Subscribe To Our Podcast on: Apple: tinyurl.com/yy8gaody Google Play: tinyurl.com/yxwv8tpc Spotify: tinyurl.com/y54wemxs Stitcher: bit.ly/2GxiKTJ Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at @Jsoundbites You can email Yehuda at YGebss@Gmail.com
Is Islam really the fastest growing religion? If so, then where are the Muslims and why are our Mosques sitting empty on a daily basis (besides the role call, obligated Jum’uah crowd)? There is a phenomenon happening in the Western Muslim communities and beyond that we are either ignorant to or just plain ignoring. We are standing on the edge of a very serious crisis and this is a crisis of Faith. We are losing people from Islam faster than we are able to sustain them and the truth is being masked by this dangerous rhetoric being doled out by Shayukh and the general Muslim population alike. Yet, this is not a discussion on where to put blame, this is a discussion on how much we have contributed to this breakdown on a very personal level. This lecture is a passionate plea for us to turn our attention to the matter at hand. We are too busy creating cliques at the Masajid, making it a club for our own Nationalistic interests and creating a demeaning class system that goes against everything that is elevated in Islam. Converts, Muslims coming back to Islam and our children are not welcome presences in these spaces. They are less than an afterthought or more than a nuisance. These people are ignored. While we sit in our little groups, these “others” are left to their own vices, their voices drowned out by our laughter, clinking potluck spoons and shady politicking. Our children wander around these spaces without any connection to Allah or His Messenger, observe our thoughtless behavior, and gain or learn nothing of importance, leading them just a little bit further away from the fold of Islam. All while we pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. In the majority, their questions, their needs and their pleas fall on deaf ears, perhaps, not always in an evident way as you would imagine, but definitely in the sense of complacency, indifference, rejection and overall discourteousness. Say, [O Muhammad], “Shall we inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds? [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work.” Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless; and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any importance. (The Noble Quran 18:103-105) If we do not wake up and realize that we have a serious crisis on our hands, we will lose this struggle and we will all be responsible. The beginning of this lecture is grounding and heartbreaking. Dr. Lang puts us in the shoes of a Convert or Muslim child living in the West walking into a Mosque using vivid and sometimes quite crude language. It’s shocking, it’s something we already knew and discounted. This is the exact affect he wanted and those, who have any softness left in their hearts or have any real sense of right and wrong, will feel the cut of this double edge sword. This is not a lecture to coddle anyone; this is a lecture to wake us up. The passion exhibited by the good Doctor can speak for itself, Alhamdulillah. If we care an iota for the reality of future of Islam in our countries and the world at large if we continue down this road of obliviousness and can put aside our egos long enough to really see the reality of what our children are facing and becoming, then this is the talk that can propel us into recovering not only the lost, but the majority of the closet Atheists who live among us, some in our own homes without our knowledge, Insha’Allah. We shouldn’t pray for things like Hidayah (guidance and knowledge of Islam), righteous offspring and to join the rightly guided people of Allah SWT in Jannah, if we cannot understand what those things mean, why we ask for them or how they will manifest. Allah grants all these in the opportunities we are granted to change and better ourselves everyday, but if we do not avail these opportunities and we do not understand them then are these du’a that we make really...
Big Idea of Jonah: Salvation Belongs to the Lord and is yours in Jesus.A disobedient prophet who happens also to be a Prejudiced and Nationalistic (dare we say racist) man who is called to preach toMurderous and merciless savages, but by savages we clearly mean urbane and civilised people.While acting disobediently our Jonah is swallowed by a sea monster of some sort who vomits him out…And at the end of it all Jonah preaches a withholding Gospel which seems to bring salvation to “those” people and to their cows too.3 Things to Expect in Jonah:You should see the actions of and hear from our compassionate God.You should see the lostness of all people but especially “God's People”.Repentance (a gift from God) Pleases God and judgement is removed.How You Should Expect to be Changed:You should be turned from Spiritual Pride.You should seek to show compassion to others.You should be wanting to know more about the God who bends all of creation for your Salvation.
On this episode of The Morning Convos podcast host Ali Sheen's animated parody newscast debates on the topic of David Duke and Marcus Garvey being Nationalistic Heroes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/morningconvos/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morningconvos/support
This is the free Literary Hangover feed. To support the show and access the premium episodes on George Orwell (Orwell|er), become a Patron at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover This week, Chris and I take a look at Rutger Bregman's "Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World." We revisit Bregman's two viral moments: telling Davos the answer is to raie taxes and telling Tucker Carlson he's part of that problem. The need for imagination and AOC. Good UBIs and trash UBIs like Andrew Yang's. "Non-reformist reforms." Nationalism and basic incomes. Bregman's open borders argument. 15-hour work works. Nationalistic rhetoric.ch References: Bregman, Rutger, and Elizabeth Manton. 2017. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World. Battistoni, Alyssa. "The False Promise of Universal Basic Income." Dissent Magazine. Accessed July 06, 2019. https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/false-promise-universal-basic-income-andy-stern-ruger-bregman. Chavez, Aida. "Tucker Carlson on Rupert Murdoch in 2010 Radio Segment: "I'm 100 Percent His Bitch"." The Intercept. March 12, 2019. Accessed July 06, 2019. https://theintercept.com/2019/03/12/tucker-carlson-tapes-rupert-murdoch/. Davos 2019 - The Cost of Inequality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mG-r_3eRCw Bernie Sanders Endorsed by "Gordon Gekko" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wAa9DqHZtM How To: Academy: Rutger Bregman - How to Build a Better World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aDelnwNmDQ
Brian Levitt, OppenheimerFunds Senior Investment Strategist, says a trade war could lead to a stronger dollar. Elizabeth Economy, CFR Senior Fellow & Author of "The Third Revolution", says tariffs are good for shock value but past that, they don't do much. And Bloomberg's Senior Executive Editor for Economics Stephanie Flanders hosts a panel of central bankers in Sintra, Portugal. We hear from ECB President Mario Draghi and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Brian Levitt, OppenheimerFunds Senior Investment Strategist, says a trade war could lead to a stronger dollar. Elizabeth Economy, CFR Senior Fellow & Author of "The Third Revolution", says tariffs are good for shock value but past that, they don't do much. And Bloomberg's Senior Executive Editor for Economics Stephanie Flanders hosts a panel of central bankers in Sintra, Portugal. We hear from ECB President Mario Draghi and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
Diese Woche geht es in einem Kommentar um eine Arte-Dokumentation, die sehr einseitig den Nationalismus in Japan darstellte. Außerdem gibt es Anime.News zu Aoi Eir, Detektiv Conan und TATSUKI und Japan.News, in denen es um Artikel 9 der Verfassung Japans und um die Hochzeit von Prinzessin Mako geht. Dazu gibts natürlich viel Musik aus Animes und JPop.
Diese Woche geht es in einem Kommentar um eine Arte-Dokumentation, die sehr einseitig den Nationalismus in Japan darstellte. Außerdem gibt es Anime.News zu Aoi Eir, Detektiv Conan und TATSUKI und Japan.News, in denen es um Artikel 9 der Verfassung Japans und um die Hochzeit von Prinzessin Mako geht. Dazu gibts natürlich viel Musik aus Animes und JPop.
Nationalism. It is a commonly-held belief that humans in the 23rd and 24th century world of Star Trek have progressed beyond nationalism. The Federation, however, is only one of many intra-galactic nation states. The Federation, the Romulan Empire, the Klingon Empire, and the Cardassian Empire each has its own "national" symbols, colors, political structure, and cultural values. To what extent has the Federation helped humanity transcend the need for nationalism, and to what extent is it still bound by nationalism but on a larger, galactic scale? In this episode of Meta Treks: A Star Trek Philosophy Podcast, hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling debate the role of nationalism in the Star Trek universe, asking the fundamental question, "Is nationalism something to be transcended or to be embraced within the idealism of Star Trek's vision of the future?" Chapters Welcome to Episode 34 (00:02:02) Brexit and Withdrawing from the Federation (00:03:11) Bajoran Nationalism - To Join the Federation or not to Join (00:07:03) The Pros and Cons of Nationalism (00:09:44) Federation Nationalism or Trans-Nationalism? (00:12:05) The Causes and Forms of Nationalism (00:22:08) Tribalism and Origin Stories (00:25:46) 24th Century Swag - Trek.fm Nation! (00:42:18) Federation National Symbols and Rituals (00:48:24) Nationalism and Sports - Take Me Out to the Holosuite (00:51:53) Tragedy and Colonialism as Causes of Nationalism (00:59:17) Final Thoughts (01:10:14) Hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison Production Mike Morrison (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Elizabeth Janeway (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://www.trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm
Chris Spangle, Greg Lenz, Brett Bittner, Crystal Gross, and Timothy Maguire discuss the expectations that the Libertarian Party has to be perfect, outside reaction to party “infighting,” and we ask if we need to embrace the Trump message. Special Guest: Tim Maguire.
Transcript -- An American talks about the need to resist the "Mexicanization" of America.
An American talks about the need to resist the "Mexicanization" of America.
Transcript -- An American talks about the need to resist the "Mexicanization" of America.
An American talks about the need to resist the "Mexicanization" of America.
Music 271: 4/2/07II: The post-Romantic Period and the turn towards the 20th century: the generation of 1860:• Hard to differentiate the Nationalistic composition and composer• Beginnings of another break: divide between composers born before and after 1860:• Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler, Eduard MacDowell, Claude Debussy, Horatio Parker, Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius, Amy Cheney Beach, Scott Joplin: all born in the decade of 1860• Mahler, Debussy, and Joplin were all prophetic• Strauss: Symphonic poems, Opera, Art songs• Mahler - Schoenberg - Weber (evolution)• Ragtime was first form of New Orleans JazzIII: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): A: Biographical Sketch1. Polka mit einem Trauermarsch als Einleitung (Polka with a funeral march as introduction): Composed at age 5: Composed after the subsequent deaths of 2 of Mahler’s brothers• Born in Czech Republic (Bohemia)• Dysfunctional family• Direct and indirect references to death (Mahler 1 as an example)• 1880’s found Mahler in Vienna Conservatory• Mentors were 4 individuals: Beethoven (Romantic), Schopenhauer - philosopher, R. Wagner, Nietzsche - argued that 2 aspects of human existence: rational and emotional• Melodies proceed from words, as do tonal centers and other elements in the music (Mahler 2: C minor-Eb Major: Death - Resurrection)• Culmination of philosophical beliefs and musical practices that cover the entire 19th century Germanic domainB: His place in music history: C: Place of song in Mahler’s music:• 9 symphonies - 4 include vocal soloists (2,3,4,8)• Many art songs for voice and piano, which were orchestrated later• Kindertotenlieder: Songs on the Deaths of Children (1901-1904): Full Orchestra setting but used like a chamber group
Drew and Jarrod in conversation with Brian Zahnd on the new documentary inspired by his groundbreaking book "Postcards from Babylon." Postcards from Babylon, the book: The original gospel proclamation that the Lord of the nations was a crucified Galilean raised from the dead and that salvation was found in vowing allegiance to Jesus of Nazareth unleashed a shock wave that turned the Roman Empire upside down. Early Christianity was subversive and dangerous—dangerous for Christians and a threat to the keepers of the old order. Most of all Christianity was countercultural. But what about contemporary American Christianity? Is it the countercultural way of Jesus or merely a religious endorsement of Americanism? In his provocative book, Postcards From Babylon, Brian Zahnd challenges the reader to see and embrace a daring Jesus-centered Christianity that can again turn the world upside down. https://www.amazon.com.au/Postcards-Babylon-Church-American-Exile-ebook/dp/B07M5HJ5XB Postcards from Babylon, the documentary: Postcards From Babylon is a long-form documentary featuring author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, as he investigates possibly the most important question for the church in North America today:How does the church stay faithful to the beautiful way of Jesus while situated in one of the most divisive political climates in our nation's history? The film explores how Christians seeking proximity to power has led to a hyperpartisan Nationalistic posture that is demonstrably hindering the witness of Christ. As exiled citizens of a superpower nation, Christians' deepest allegiance must be to the peaceful Kingdom of God, and from that posture they must always speak truth to power...no matter the cost. https://www.postcardsdoc.com/ Follow Brian on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/BrianZahnd) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/brianzahnd/) @brianzahnd Follow Drew Hart on [Instagram](http://instagram.com/druhart) and [Twitter](http://twitter.com/druhart) @druhart. Follow Jarrod McKenna on [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/jarrodmckenna) and [Twitter](http://jarrodmckenna) @jarrodmckenna. Become a Patron of Inverse at https://www.patreon.com/InVerse