Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Concentration problemsOxfam is calling on world leaders, many of whom are about to meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos, to “commit to reducing inequality to at least 1990 levels”:“Barbara Stocking, Oxfam Chief Executive, said: ‘We can no longer pretend that the creation of wealth for a few will inevitably benefit the many – too often the reverse is true.’…‘In a world where even basic resources such as land and water are increasingly scarce, we cannot afford to concentrate assets in the hands of a few and leave the many to struggle over what’s left.’Members of the richest one per cent are estimated to use as much as 10,000 times more carbon than the average US citizen.”
[ed notes:maybe it should question this scenario from davos mining and metals scenarios 2030 event from a few years back...an excerpt..
FLASHBACK-MUSTWATCH-World Economic Forum's Mining & Metals Scenarios to 2030 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jCA0_3Pyvo   MOST IMPORTANT MUST WATCH-SCENARIO
(3)RESOURCE SCARCITY-in resource security ,a growing sense emerges,that future economic growth will depend on securing acess to resources.Globalization breaks down amidst a resurgence in Nationalism.State intervention in markets and protectionist barriers .In the quest for resource security,countries prioritize domestic use of resources.Cartels emerge around strategically important resources.Neocolonialism sees economic political or military power used to secure resources and import substitution strategies wich will make use of whatever resources are most readily available regardless of their enviromental impacts.As global growth slows,instability grows.The threat of coup's ,sovereign defaults and nationalizations,mean prices remain volatile and lil capital is available for international investments,END OF VIDEO..[ed notes:was that a hypothetical scenario or rather an agenda wich has  clearly unravelled at an expedited level ever since event took place?

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