Month: June 2021
AI to Change Face of Capitalism
considering planned economies such as that of the Soviet Unions, we see overwhelmingly that it was the misinterpretation of value and price that lead the Soviet economic planners to fail in there decision making. There has been no economic theory or system that can determine prices as accurately as that of a free market economy.
Economic Crisis
Cycles of market growth and slumps are the normal nature of economic markets and a recession is a normal event over time, the 2008 global financial recession was a special case due to new lending practices that bypasses the ordinary mechanisms for regulating mortgages. Recessions of some kind usually occur every eight to ten years.
Genocides Recognition
There is need to replace the function of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICC is tasked with prosecuting genocides, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, but the failure to prosecute lies with this court rather than the conceptualisation of these crimes. The International Criminal Court lacks the support, jurisdiction and cooperation to enable the
holocaust denial in Croatia
Croatia inherited the anti-Semitism from their Nazi German allies, but the foundation of fascism in Croatia was distinctly Catholic. In recent years the Church has published a book celebrating Maks Luburic, the head of the Ustaše concentration camps, and published articles in the Glas Koncila newspaper by Jasenovac-denier Igor Vukić and other Jasenovac and Holocaust
Emulating Japanese Paternity Leave
Japan has very firm traditions surrounding a strong work ethic, and this is reflected in how many fathers take paternity leave, in 2018 that was as few as only 6%, and Shinjiro Koizumi’s statement is part of a government drive to increase that number to just 13%. While it might be a good policy, in
Spontaneous Human Combustion
Descriptions of spontaneous human combustion date back to the 17th century, with a large number of cases recorded in the 19th century and a handful in the 20th and 21st centuries. Altogether, there are a few hundred recorded possible cases. Charles Dickens, defended his use of spontaneous combustion against accusations of implausibility, citing several famous
Pandemic
Pandemics arise from epidemics, which are outbreaks of disease confined to one part of the world, such as a single country. Pandemics, especially those involving influenza, sometimes occur in waves, so that a postpandemic phase, marked by decreased disease activity, may be followed by another period of high disease prevalence. Pandemic, outbreak of infectious disease
Who Can Declare a Pandemic
World Health Organization monitors disease activity on a global scale through a network of centres located in countries worldwide and has a pandemic preparedness plan that consists of six phases of pandemic alert. Phase 1 represents the lowest level of alert and usually indicates that a newly emerged or previously existing virus is circulating among
Falun Gong
The main controversy of the group surrounds their relationship with the Chinese state; the Chinese government considers the organisation a threat to social stability and has subsequently restricted their activities, whereas others see the group as a genuine new religious movement whose followers are subject to some of the worst human rights abuses .Falun Gong
Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open
Osaka has spoken of long bouts of depression on social media and has received widespread support from other athletes in the tennis world. Tennis star Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 and threatened with expulsion from the 2021 French Open following her first match of the tournament, Osaka first refused her press conference obligations and later