How economic systems and strategies can help productive-creativity
Submitted by procreative-admin on Sun, 31/07/2011 - 3:30am
FINANCIAL stress is the equivalent of a cold shower.
A survey by Relationships Australia has revealed that people's sex lives improve along with their income - and that the magic number for satisfaction starts at about $80,000.
Only 44 per cent of people with a household income under $60,000 a year are sexually active, compared with 81 per cent of people with a household income of more than $80,000 a year.
Submitted by procreative-admin on Sun, 08/05/2011 - 1:33pm
Los Angeles Times report:
Physicians are now making diagnoses in individuals who wouldn't have been considered sick in the past, and it's raising healthcare costs.
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The threshold for diagnosis has fallen too low. Physicians are now making diagnoses in individuals who wouldn't have been considered sick in the past.
Submitted by procreative-admin on Wed, 02/03/2011 - 7:04am
Paul Romer's ideas on how best to develop a sustainable, creative and fulfilling future (for all)
“Groups of people always find it difficult to change the rules, even when other rules would clearly be better. Charter cities—dozens of them, perhaps even hundreds—could be the skunkworks that bring systemic change to entire nations. Ultimately, they could give the billions of people who will soon move to cities the chance to experiment with, and opt into, rules that let them achieve their full potential.” —Paul Romer (Harvard Business Review)"
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Submitted by procreative-admin on Sat, 31/07/2010 - 10:31am
"For sale: happiness comes with a $40,000 price tag"
It seems we're a fairly shallow lot:
But it wasn't income in absolute terms that was important. The happiest people tended to be those earning more than others in their peer group; while the more dissatisfied were earning less. So the desire to keep up with the Joneses - or more specifically, to be the Joneses - has a very real effect on happiness.
Submitted by procreative-admin on Mon, 14/06/2010 - 7:54am
An excellent article by Ross Gittins on the deeper psychological factors driving booms and busts.
"... it's taken the global financial crisis to help us rediscover that truth: the main reason economies fluctuate as they do is the changing psychology of the people who compose the economy."
Submitted by procreative-admin on Mon, 14/06/2010 - 6:38am
Big picture stuff, reported by Ross Gittins (Sydney Morning Herald) on paper by Michael Schluter re radical and substantial reform of social, economic systems. Based on Christian principles, but with expected practical productive (qualitative) benefits.
The systems (political, social, economic) within which we live can constrain or enhance our creativity and productivity. A stronger focus on relationships would have many benefits.
