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Tag Archives: Russia
Limits to Global Affluence?
[TEVYE] “Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?” If … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Amancio Ortega Gaona, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bill Gates, billionaire, Brazil, Carlos Slim Helú, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Denmark, dream, Economics, Education, Electricity, Energy, Environment, fiddler on the roof, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, impact, Income, income distribution, India, Indonesia, influence, IPAT, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Jew, Jewish, Lawrence J. Ellison, Lichtenstein, limit, Luxembourg, Macau, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael R. Bloomberg, millionaire, Mitigation, Monaco, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Population, Qatar, rabbi, Rich, richest, Rothschild, Russia, saturation, saturation point, Switzerland, Technology, Tevye, US, Warren E. Buffett, Wealth, World Population
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Election: Clustering
By the time this blog goes up, we will be exactly one week from the election. Most of us will be greatly relieved (almost independent of the results) when this presidential campaign is over. This was probably the most disturbing … Continue reading
Posted in Election
Tagged baby boomer, Bill Bishop, California, campaign, census, Class, climate, Clinton, cluster, conservative, constitution, democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Education, Election, elector, electoral college, Florida, founding fathers, GDP, geography, gerrymandering, governance, governing, Government, Hamilton, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, hipster, house, housing, Iowa, liberal, Massachussetts, migration, millenial, move, New York, North Dakota, Obama, political, politics, poll, Population, president, Putin, Republican, Russia, Science, segregate, segregation, senate, Sustainability, Tax, Texas, Trump, US, vote, voter, Voting, Wikileaks, World Population
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My Global Family Vacation Part 2: England and Brexit
Family grave in Golders Green Jewish Cemetery I’m going to try to connect my personal history (August 2) and the pieces of my family history that I gleaned from my recent travels with the global refugee issues. Above is my … Continue reading
Posted in Election, immigration
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, anti-immigrant, Asia, Baltic, Boris Johnson, BREXIT, Britain, bureaucracy, Canada, Civil War, communication, Cyprus, David Cameron, David Davis, deadline, demagogue, democracy, Denmark, direct democracy, discrimination, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Election, emigrant, emigration, England, EU, Europe, exit, Family, fear, foreign, foreign-born, France, geographical distribution, geography, Global Population, Great Britain, Greece, Holocaust, immigrant, immigrate, immigration, India, Israel, issue, Jeremy Corbyn, Jew, Jewish, Latin America, leave, liar, lie, lies, London, Malta, Mexico, migrant, migration, nationalism, nationalist, Nazi, Nigel Farage, Norway, Philip Hammond, Poland, Polish, political, politics, Population, Real Estate, refugee, representation, representative democracy, revote, Russia, Spain, stay, stock market, Sustainability, Switzerland, symptom, terms, Theresa May, Timeline, trade, trend, Trump, Turkey, UK, US, vote, voter, War, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, World Population, world trade organization, WTO
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Educating for the Anthropocene: The Global Picture
Just as the Anthropocene is global, so its governance must be as well. Of course, this is easier said than done; countries are the only sovereign entities we have, meaning that any such global governance can only be attained through … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, assessment, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, common core, country, Democratization, Economics, Education, education index, EI, Emissions, Energy, England, Environment, EYS, France, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, Hong Kong, immigration, index, India, Indonesia, international ranking, Israel, Japan, Macao, Malta, migration, Mitigation, MYS, Nigeria, OECD, Pakistan, PISA, Poland, Policy, poll, Population, rank, refugee, Russia, School, schooling, Science, security, Shanghai, Singapore, survey, Sustainability, Syria, Taipei, teacher, Teaching, Technology, TERCE, test, TIMSS, US, World Population
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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 2: Which People Vote?
Last week (March 15) we looked at three key findings: From the Pew Research survey of voters cast in OECD countries, the United States (ranked 4th from the bottom in the voters participation survey (2012 presidential elections) records about 55% … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, attendance, Bernie Sanders, California, campaign, candidate, census, China, Citizens United, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change and tagged Adaptation, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, constitution, contribution, couple, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, Distribution, Donald Trump, donation, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electoral system, electorate, eligible, Family, finance, financial, flawed democracy, founding fathers, full democracy, fund, GDP, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, household, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, Inequality, Jeffrey Winters, Koch, Koch brothers, Marco Rubio, married, median, Mitigation, money, New York, Obama, OECD, oligarch, oligarchy, Olklahoma, PAC, participation, pew, political, political party, politician, politics, Politifact, Population, presidential election, registered voter, registration, Republican, restriction, Russia, russian federation, Science, single, soviet union, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Ted Cruz, Texas, Thomas Piketty, turnout, US, USSR, vote, voter, voter restriction, voter turnout, Voting, voting age, Wealth, World Population
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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 1: The Money of the Few Can Be Balanced by the Will of the Many
I have mentioned before that according to the Democracy Index compiled by The Economist, the US comes in last (#20) among the “full democracies.” Its score on this index is 8.05, compared to Norway (#1) which gets 9.93. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Bernie Sanders, candidate, China, Citizens United, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, constitution, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, Distribution, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electoral system, electorate, flawed democracy, founding fathers, full democracy, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, Jeffrey Winters, Marco Rubio, Mitigation, money, Obama, OECD, oligarch, oligarchy, participation, political, political party, politician, politics, Politifact, presidential election, registered voter, Republican, Russia, russian federation, Science, soviet union, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Ted Cruz, Thomas Piketty, turnout, US, USSR, vote, voter, Voting, voting age, Wealth, World Population
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On the Way to Paris
The twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) will take place from 30 November to 11 December … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, Brazil, Canada, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Conference, COP21, Earth Summit, Electricity, Emissions, emitter, Energy, Environment, EU, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Indonesia, IPCC, Japan, Korea, Kyoto Protocol, Mitigation, Paris, Pollution, Russia, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC, US, World Population
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Income Inequality – Climate Change
I just came back from a very intense week in Israel. I went there in the “middle” of a war between Hamas and Israel, which paused for a cease-fire a day after my arrival. This war has been between a … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, America, Boko Haram, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Drought, Economics, Egypt, Emissions, End of Now, Environment, greenhouse gas, Hamas, Income, Income Inequality, Inequality, IPAT, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, laws of war, Libya, NIC, Nigeria, Obama, Physics, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Terrorism, Tom Friedman, Ukraine, War, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Years of Living Dangerously, Yemen
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