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Civil unrest: Companies face higher risk of disruption in France than any other western economy – Global index

Civil unrest is significantly more disruptive to business in France than in any other western economy, reveals a new global index released by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, which rates the country ‘high risk’ alongside emerging markets, such as Brazil and South Africa. France’s deep-rooted culture of political protest and strikes has seen the country ranked 16th most at risk globally in the latest quarterly Civil Unrest Index (CUI) from Verisk Maplecroft. The ranking of 198 countries measures triggers for unrest: the frequency and severity of mass demonstrations and protests: the effects on business; and the mechanisms in place to avert disruption. As companies assess the viability of relocating European headquarters from the UK following the Brexit referendum, the findings provide a useful insight into some of the structural problems facing business in France.

2016/08/03

T. X. Hammes: The End of Globalization?

Commercial Intelligence

The End of Globalization? The International Security Implications

How we make things; what we will make; where we make it — everything is changing. Localization is now coming back into vogue.

Dr. T. X. Hammes is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the U. S. National Defense University. The views expressed here are his own and do not reflect the views of the U.S. government. An extended version of this article is available at the National Defense University website.

2016/07/312016/07/31

Jean Lievens: Tamara Vision for a Culture without Fear – Dreaming Beyond Capitalism

Dreaming Beyond Capitalism: A Culture Without Fear

First Nation tribes from North America coined a term to describe the ‘disease of the white man’ – wetiko. In their understanding, wetiko consists of two essential characteristics: chronic inability for empathy and an egoistic fixation on ones own personal benefit and profit. The First Peoples used this word specifically because they could not fathom any other explanation for the behavior of the European colonialists. While often declared as unchangeable psychological features of humanity, greed, selfishness and violent impulses may in fact not be our “human nature” as many claim, but rather the outcome of our alienation under capitalist conditions.

2016/07/292016/07/28

Yoda: European Banks About to Crash?

03 Economy, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Ineptitude

World's oldest bank nears breaking point, and it could have major implications for future of EU

Another week, and more concerns about the Italian banking system. A reminder: Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), the world’s oldest bank founded in 1472, has an estimated $55 billion in bad loans on its books and is expected to be among the worst performers in European banking stress tests next week. Shares in the 544-year old bank, the third-largest in Italy by assets, are trading at 8% of book value. Italian officials have been pushing for government assistance to help bail out the bank, but E.U. banking rules require private investors to be wiped out first before there is public assistance.

2016/07/152016/07/12

Danny Sheehan with Gary Null: Four Interviews – New Reflections on The Deep State, Money, Nazis, and Murder

03 Economy, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 10 Transnational Crime, 11 Society, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence

A New Level of “Deep State” Exposure – Interviews by Gary Null with public interest attorney, Daniel Sheehan

Activists from all backgrounds would be well-served to gain a thorough understanding of the corporate, military and financial forces that operate behind the scenes and exert control over governments and institutions. Even presidents have had to contend with such forces.

“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the U. S., in the field of commerce and manufacturing, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” –President WoodrowWilson, 1913

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2016/07/122016/07/10

Faded Rose: The Dirt on the Clinton Foundation in Detail – the Job the FBI Refuses to Do…

09 Justice, 10 Transnational Crime, Civil Society, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government, Law Enforcement, Non-Governmental, Officers Call

Sailing on the River Denial with Clinton Foundation & Friends

The Clinton Foundation and its related subsidiaries are not in the class of charity that pays high salaries yet accomplishes little. They are far worse than that.

Read every word.

2016/07/092016/07/08

Owl & Eagle: Total Breakdown Occurring Now….

Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence

System Crash: The Great Systems of the World Are Crashing. Here’s How

“Here’s the ugly truth. For the last few decades, institutions, whether political parties, businesses, governments, and so on, have been able to profit from this breakdown. They have been able to grow at the expense of middle classes, by deconstructing social contracts (“offshoring”) and pursuing the lowest common denominator (“financialization”). What they have really been doing is extracting value from people, and giving it to shareholders — and this weakening themselves in the process. Think the mall brand that creates a fake persona, makes everything at the lowest cost, whether this year by barely legal children in Vietnam or next year Madagascar, invests almost nothing in design, people, creativity, all to squeeze out the last few pennies boosting its share price demands. Where is the real prosperity in this exercise? That is all a game, mostly done in this day and age to please hedge fund robots.

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