I'm reading the April 16, 2011 edition of The Economist, a magazine that deals with world wide politics and economics. You can find the magazine online at
http://economist.com
I find that almost all the articles are of interest and deal with stuff our media never tells us like news of illegal immigrants in Italy. Turns out they have a surge of people coming up from Africa trying to avoid violence and poverty.
The Iceland defaulting on its loans from Britain and Ireland. Who knew, and they are voting no on the referendum to repay at this point.
One article is particularly interesting , called The Economics of Violence. Read it at
http://www.economist.com/node/18558041
The whole thesis put forth, and the author does a very good job, too, is that violence causes poverty, not the other way around. There's a lot of examples and statistics to support this theory.
I'm left thinking that if indeed this is true, and it does make sense, then if a wealthy country turns violent and corrupt, poverty is the end result.
Government corruption is a key factor here. The article states that "countries with good governance are much less likely than their peers to have suffered from civil conflict or high murder rates in 2000-2005." They point to the severe problems in Libya, Egypt and other Arab countries as examples.
What does it mean for us here in America? If conditions worsen both in governance and violence, we can only expect economics to worsen.
Poverty is growing. It's a vicious cycle that spirals downward.
Citizens must be prepared to defend themselves, help others and practice humanity.
Preventing violence by providing justice and security, preventing destruction of property and building a responsible government lead to wealth and well being.
Check out the online Economist. In depth news from around the globe that we miss out on because CNN or Fox wants to tell us about the Royal Wedding or Tiger Wood's marital problems.
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Men's Journal Magazine Review
I may have mentioned before, but there's this thrift store in town that gives away magazines. Early on they realized people will not pay a quarter for a magazine that is 4 years old.
But, rather than just throw them in the landfill garbage connection, they put all the magazines, willy nilly, on a shelf. Its on a help yourself basis.
The Frugal in me loves this concept dearly.
I choose about 5 magazines, bring them home, read and recycle them. The paper is bought by a local animal company, who shreds it and uses it for bedding.
Wonderful.
This last group included a large glossy edition of Men's Journal.
I like men's magazines. Helps me know what the other half of the species is up to.
There was an article on 60 adventures, and true stories of crazy happenings. One
guy wrote about finding a brick of cocaine on the beach. He shared the moral and economic delima with the readership. Bottom line, he put it in his room, his wife spilled the beans to fellow tourists, the hotel manager resuced his butt.
Another guy wrote about his desert hike with a girl, chosing a day hike not meant for "trail pussies". His bottom line, near death experience from lack of water. Still, he achieved his goal. No pussy here.
I took the "What kind of Adventurer Are you?" self test. A series of questions, multiple choices of what to do, who did what to whom, and are these Star Wars characters or Extreme Sports moves.
I ended up in the next to highest category with the points that correlated to " You probably have gorp in your pocket right now, don't you?".
I guess that makes me a winner?
Anyways, the online link to this magazine is
http://www.mensjournal.com
But, rather than just throw them in the landfill garbage connection, they put all the magazines, willy nilly, on a shelf. Its on a help yourself basis.
The Frugal in me loves this concept dearly.
I choose about 5 magazines, bring them home, read and recycle them. The paper is bought by a local animal company, who shreds it and uses it for bedding.
Wonderful.
This last group included a large glossy edition of Men's Journal.
I like men's magazines. Helps me know what the other half of the species is up to.
There was an article on 60 adventures, and true stories of crazy happenings. One
guy wrote about finding a brick of cocaine on the beach. He shared the moral and economic delima with the readership. Bottom line, he put it in his room, his wife spilled the beans to fellow tourists, the hotel manager resuced his butt.
Another guy wrote about his desert hike with a girl, chosing a day hike not meant for "trail pussies". His bottom line, near death experience from lack of water. Still, he achieved his goal. No pussy here.
I took the "What kind of Adventurer Are you?" self test. A series of questions, multiple choices of what to do, who did what to whom, and are these Star Wars characters or Extreme Sports moves.
I ended up in the next to highest category with the points that correlated to " You probably have gorp in your pocket right now, don't you?".
I guess that makes me a winner?
Anyways, the online link to this magazine is
http://www.mensjournal.com
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