smoky/glass

…. über den Mindestlohn zu sprechen! Den ausführlichen Schrieb zu diesem Thema werde ich nachreichen. Im Moment möchte ich nur fragen: Brauchen wir den Mindestlohn wirklich? Bewirkt er nicht genau das Gegenteil von dem, was er bewirken sollte - nämlich mehr Wohlstand? Ich habe die Befürchtung, dass ein Mindestlohn zu diesem Zeitpunkt zur Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen und damit eben nicht zu mehr Geld im Geldbeutel des Konsumenten führen wird, sondern zu weniger Geld, das bei den Käufern ankommt. Und damit könnte der Wohlstand sinken, könnte sich das Wirtschaftswachstum verlangsamen… und Politiker gewählt werden, nur weil sie das Wort “Mindestlohn” im Kampf um Wählerstimmen gebraucht haben.

Ach ja, neulich im Restaurant überhört: “Ich habe mir schon überlegt Links zu wählen, nur so aus Protest, damit die da oben sehen, dass wir uns das alles nicht mehr gefallen lassen!” Ich überlasse es jedem selbst, hieraus seine Schlüsse zu ziehen.

… oder mögen Rechtsradikale Genmais? Das ist so schwer zu sagen, aber folgender Link zeigt, dass eine Beziehung bestehen könnte. Und wenn nicht, so ist doch mindestens zu sehen, in welchem Teil Deutschlands die braune Fraktion ihr Unwesen treibt. Genau: auf der rechten Seite!

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George W. has learned that playing golf during a war just “sends the wrong signal”.

“I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.” - George W. Bush

Dennis Hwang might be the most famous and yet unknown artist in the world. His work has been viewed hundreds of millions of times, but chances are that you have not heard of him. That is because Dennis Hwang is logo designer at Google. He has been drawing Google’s holiday logos since 2000. (more…)

FBI director Robert Mueller spoke at the National Press Club today. What follows is the overly important question he was asked by a present journalist:

Every once in a while there are really extreme examples of monetary inflation in the world. A past example would be Germany shortly after the first world war. One could even argue that the hyperinflation in post-war Germany was one reason why the Nazis could become so popular, an event that ultimately led to WW2. I’ve used the correct term already: Whenever inflation gets to an extreme, we’re referring to it as hyperinflation.

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You don’t think there is a movie that made $15 trillion? Hm, think twice. Because there might be one movie that indirectly added that much to America’s gross domestic product in the 1980s. At least that is the theory of Nobel laureate economist Robert Mundell: (more…)

It may look like the most dangerous motorbike in the world, but this new invention is actually the latest form of green transport.

It’s not been easy for the United States this year, but at least there is one positive aspect of the country’s weak currency: Because the US Dollar is at a low, exporters find themselves in a better situation than before. This includes major film studios from the US as well as movie production companies and independent producers. All of them see their sales soaring in Europe due to the favorable USD/EUR exchange rate. Additionally, these companies usually fund their movie projects in USD but then sell them overseas for EUR, GBP and other currently strong currencies, which means they might even be able to rake in a premium. However, higher profits due to currency exchange rates are everything but sustainable, so demand must always be driven by quality of the movies being thrown onto the market rather than their price. Quality of content will always remain king.