The effect of low oil prices and end of Iranian sanctions (Fareed Zakaria's arguments) by Kai Neumann

The start of the model is based on an article by Fareed Zakaria. Feel free to edit the model through the collaborative modeling link " By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, February 4, 2016 One of Donald Trump’s stock campaign lines is that the Iran nuclear agreement was “terrible.” I’m beginning to wonder whether that’s true, but from the other side. Iran has ended up with a much worse deal than it expected. Remember, Tehran entered the negotiations in the heady days of high oil prices. As the Iranians are discov...

Germany's potential for a new role in the world by Kai Neumann

Just the start of a model to answer to a post on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-germany-cannot-lead-west-michael-weidokal Germany has of course not the size to determine world politics, but it is big enough to serve as a role model that could foster change around the world. My concern, however, is that neither Angela Merkel nor Martin Schulz are of a visionary type to change towards a role model. Once, we follow the trend of higher military spending, and if we continue to ignore the proposa...

df 133 Naturzustände und Menschennatur by Dirk Fabricius

Der Text zu diesem Modell: Fabricius, D. (2018): Die Realität des Rechts im Kontext einer evolutionären Theorie – eine Skizze und drei Vignetten. In: Festschrift für Gerhard Wolf, Hg. T. Bode, M. Jakowczyk; M. Mrosk,  Frankfurt/Main: Lang , S. 165–185 Außerdem nehme ich dort Bezug auf df 213 Rechtsevolution df 210 Abwanderung und Widerspruch df 017 Kollaps df 192 Neid

Aufgabe: Working Harder or Working Smarter? by Franc Grimm

Dieses Modell ist Teil einer Aufgabenstellung unseres Online-Kurses "Qualitative Modellierung". Weitere Informationen zu unseren Kursen sind verfügbar unter: https://www.vernetztesdenken.de/ Eigentlich sollte es lediglich eine kleine Fingerübung werden. Aber die Ergebnisse sind es wert, hier veröffentlicht zu werden. Das Modell enthält die Erkenntnisse der folgenden Studie (ich habe lediglich einige Punkte ergänzt):  Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating And Sustaining...

The price of sustainability by Kai Neumann

Being tired of the complaints that renewable energy is expensive, that we cannot afford the conservation of natural habitats, that not all people can purchase organic products, that our industry looses jobs, our citizens cannot bear the burden of the costs of sustainable solutions, and so forth I started this model. As it turned out it is not as easy as I thought. My original assumption was that any additional expenses should - with a high domestic value creation compared to the import of fossil fuels - ...