Climate policies in Germany by Kai Neumann

the green party in Germany has become quite popular with its concrete action (not enough I would say, but nevermind). now the opposition but also the coalition partners have started a populist's war of wrong memes to diminish the success. this model shows the factual problems: - to call for e-fuels is a classic shifting the burden (https://www.know-why.net/model/C1kJRE4Z6_4plDyg7AWl8iw) - to call for market forces is good, yet there is the psychological obstacle that people want no change and that they d...

Global Risks Interconnections Map 2016 by pierreweidemann@w*

I tried my best to start a collaborative model of the "Global Risks Interconections Map 2016" from the World Economic Forum.  Feel free to join the modeling by clicking the collaborative link. Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/what-are-the-top-global-risks-for-2016

Universal basic income UBI (Basic Income Guarantee / BGE Bedingungsloses Grundei by Kai Neumann

Please join the collaborative modeling and reflect on the pros and cons https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedingungsloses_Grundeinkommen http://bgekoeln.ning.com/forum/topics/bge-in-deutschland-einfach-zu-finanzieren ....There is also a quantitative model showing its feasibility: https://www.know-why.net/model/CLYtvCx9NfsfwcpRz8n6WUA 

Fleischkonsum by bjuhre

Ein paar Gedanken zum Thema Fleischkonsum und seine Folgen (vielleicht ein wenig einseitig, da von einem Vegetarier bearbeitet ;-)

TTIP - for the people or a few industries by Kai Neumann

Actually, it is fairly simple: Politics should serve the benefit of the people of this and the future generation which includes the generation of jobs. If an agreement was just for the benefit without the primacy of certain industry's interests the highest standards would be chosen - nothing one would have to negotiate in secrecy. However, if each side wants to maximize the benefit of an agreement on their jobs they seek to keep the obstacles high for the products from other countries and low for their o...