By Paul Kennedy
The Parliament of guy is the 1st definitive historical past of the United international locations, from considered one of America's maximum residing historians. exceptional student Paul Kennedy, writer of the bestselling The upward thrust and Fall of significant Powers, provides us a radical and well timed account that explains the UN's roots and capabilities whereas additionally casting an target eye on its effectiveness and its customers for achievement in assembly the demanding situations that lie forward. Kennedy exhibits the UN for what it really is: fallible, human-based, usually depending on the whims of robust nationwide governments or the foibles of person administrators—yet additionally totally fundamental. along with his insightful grab of six a long time of worldwide historical past, Kennedy convincingly argues that "it is hard to visualize how even more riven and ruinous our global of six billion humans will be if there have been no UN."
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Finanskrisen Tron att krisen skulle leda till en ny politik med stora offentliga investeringar för att ta världen ur ekonomisk stagnation, har kommit på skam. Det IMF räknat på är vad regeringar i världen utlovat för att rädda systemet. Det är pengar som flyttas från ländernas medborgare till finanssystemet. Vill man förklara det enkelt så är det kommande skatteinkomster som är garant för dessa väldiga summor. Men det betyder att dessa skatter inte kommer att gå till den välfärd och offentliga service som vi vill betala skatt för.
Samtidigt fick Island betala de kostnader Hollands och Storbritanniens stater fick när de isländska bankernas filialer i länderna var bankrutta. Trots att det var rika personer som spekulerade med insatt kapital i de uppenbarligen desperata isländska bankerna, krävde England och Holland att Island skulle betala. Ett avtal kallat ”Icesave” förhandlades fram men avvisades av Islands president och gick till omröstning. Vid folkomröstningen avslogs avtalet. Ett nytt förhandlades fram. I skrivande stund har presidenten även avvisat det nya avtalet som i sin tur ska gå ut till en ny folkomröstning.
58 · Ekonomihandboken · Avdelning 1. Finanskrisen Ett allt större finanskapital Den stora förändringen av krisutvecklingen är storleken på det finanskapital som svävar runt jorden. En bild visar utvecklingen mellan BNP, handel (export) och valutahandel. Tittar man närmare på utvecklingen kan man se vilken enorm skillnad det är på bara trettio år. 11 Spekulation, handel och produktion (index 1980=100). 12 Relativ storlek på spekulation, handel och produktion 1980 och 2007. 100 5000 Världens BNP Valutahandel Valutahandel 4000 80 3000 60 92,1% Varuexport Varuexport Världens BNP Valutahandel 54,4% 40 2000 Världsexport Världens BNP 1000 40,1% 20 5,4% 0 0 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 Källa: Went, Robert, Globalization, London 2000; BIS, Triennial Central Bank Survey 2007, 2010; IMF, World Economic Outlook 2008.