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Britain's Forests for Sale The Government is drawing up plans to sell off publicly owned forests in a move that could see private developers allowed to clear ancient trees to make way for holiday resorts, golf courses and adventure playgrounds. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-plans-huge-selloff-of-britains-forests-2115631.html Robin Hood disappointed at Britain forest sale Take the forests away, and you will look like everywhere else. http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/robin-hood-disappointed-britain-forest-sale

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 PPF participants' freedom to invest Interesting to note that " The insurance industry also seemed keen to muscle in on the scheme, with the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia saying the proposal was expected to spur the development of retirement schemes developed by insurance companies. " http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=53060 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 MTUC against PPF, says too risky to contributors "The returns would depend on market forces, and this was very risky for the contributors because they might lose all their savings," said MTUC secretary-general G. Rajasegaran. "Now, however, it appears that the insurance lobbyists have succeeded, based on the announcement by the finance ministry that the government had agreed to appoint insurance companies to handle the fund," he told Bernama today. Rajasegaran was commenting on a statement by the ministry’s economic and international division under-secretary, Datuk Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar...

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请认真思考之间相关的联系... 1. 继美国 401(k) 退休金出问题后，其中一个欧洲国家的状况: 法國‧抗議改革退休制‧100萬人續示威 薩爾科齊政府計劃把法定退休年齡從60歲提高到62歲。 http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/179708?tid=2 章玲芳‧法國人罷工 根據法國法律規定，基本退休金是國家的社會保險制度，具有法律約束性，而這個養老保險基金的來源，是由雇主和僱員共同繳納。不過，隨著就業人口越來越少、人口老齡化、目前的退休金制度顯得難以為繼，已成為法國財庫的一個重擔。 ... 為遏制國家日益龐大的財政赤字，堅決要推動退休金改革，將國民退休和領取全額養老金的起點推遲兩年，進而引發了持續幾個月的工人抗議行動。 http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/node/16710 2. 公積金局 林瑞源‧經濟轉型？ - 這些計劃只能取得刺激經濟的作用，可能三幾年經濟數據被托得很高；就好像大浪一樣，浪來船高，浪退就看到沙灘上的窟窿。 - 入不敷出最終就是借錢。中央政府目前已負債4千零82億令吉。 公積金局收購南北大道，解決了政府必須每3年允許提高收費的棘手問題，但治本之道是全盤檢討私營化計劃，該局能夠收拾多少的手尾？公積金局不應成為“提款機”，特別是高風險的投資計劃，應顧全人民的利益。 http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/taxonomy/term/19 3. "Fictions" + Biggest Scams Ever The Biggest Scam Ever Taxes, debt, inflation, and not needing a retirement plan can make you richer if you use different rules of money. http://howtze.blogspot.com/2010/02/biggest-scam-ever.html 全球帝国之北方和南方 数十年来，北方国家在兜售基于债务的发展模式。 http://howtze.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html

The crisis worsens, even if economists say, “The recession is over.” The problem is the US dollar, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the biggest banks like Goldman Sachs. They’re not changing. They don’t have to because they have the power — the power to control money — and as you know, money buys politics and politicians. Ultimately, a corrupt money system runs the show. It’s smarter to study the worldly philosophers and take action you believe is best for you. Understanding economists and their changing philosophies allows me to see the future, make predictions, and take action. I did these things because I studied history and saw the writing on the wall. Today, I’m seeing the benefits of studying history. ... tangible assets that go up in value as the value of the dollar drops. ... the big problem is that our governments are playing games with money, trying to pretend that we don’t have a problem. the Japanese are buying US dollars, trying their best to push the value of the yen down. I...

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a panel of academic economists based in Cambridge, Mass., says the recession lasted 18 months, from December 2007 to June of 2009. What are these guys snorting, smoking, and drinking? The Worldly Philosophers is a book about the world’s most influential economists such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, and John Maynard Keynes. The book tells how economists, while not rock stars or famous politicians, have tremendous impact on economies via their philosophies. The problem is that if their philosophy is wrong, it can positively and negatively affect peoples’ lives for decades. For example, Malthus, who was not really an economist but a Protestant preacher, believed strongly in frugality. So, he came up with the philosophy that economics is the allocation of scarce resources. His ideas on scarcity, the idea that there was not enough for everyone, justified imperialism, the conquest of other people and land in order to take their...