Comments for Openyear http://www.openyear.org Sharing the Wealth Gets Easier Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on How to be Cooler by Drifting Control http://www.openyear.org/sharing-economy/how-to-be-cooler/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Drifting Control Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:17:53 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=1038#comment-361 [...] an interesting concept here – Basic Life Package (blip). If we can make multi-colour fibre-optic lamps for $2, we should be able to make BLiPs (covering [...] [...] an interesting concept here – Basic Life Package (blip). If we can make multi-colour fibre-optic lamps for $2, we should be able to make BLiPs (covering [...]

]]> Comment on How to be Cooler by Charles Ehin http://www.openyear.org/sharing-economy/how-to-be-cooler/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Charles Ehin Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:21:55 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=1038#comment-355 Very COOL work. You are on the right track. Now ALL we need is for the majority of the US and world population to follow. Very COOL work. You are on the right track. Now ALL we need is for the majority of the US and world population to follow.

]]> Comment on X Jobs by Graeme Smith http://www.openyear.org/earners/x-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Graeme Smith Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:03:40 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=888#comment-332 While super-earners can share their wealth, part of the problem lies in the fact that the investment community favors large high earning, profitable businesses, and reduced paperwork per income dollar. In other words, they are actively promoting financing of a relatively small number of Multi-national corporations that can mass-produce consumer products, over the more costly, less profitable, and less concentrated local SME. In other words, the Investment Industry is addicted to fast-food. Unfortunately the Slow-Economy is limited by a lack of scalability offering solutions often at the level of the individual, but not at the intermediate levels between individual and SME, so SME population has dwindled due to lack of support and finance. As the SME population has dwindled so has the tax dollar at the national level, leaving governments without the resources to deal with the burgeoning population of unemployed and under-employed, who in turn are more and more threatened by the markets inability to understand that just because 50% of the market can afford a product, that does not mean you should flood the market with only the products that the higher 50% can afford. As the middle income bracket disappears, so does the majority of the market, for local products, since people simply cannot afford the overpriced products. Enter the idea of Socially Responsible Funding, Investment Opportunities that wean the investment community away from fast food, and towards the more nutricious SME.The International Finance Market can, and should finance SME's especially those with a Social Responsibility aspect to them. The problem is simply, that the financial market is not producing the highly nutricious products that the international finance market needs to do it. Step away from Fast Food Investment, and actively promote products that supply nutrition to the market by supporting Socially Responsible SME's. It is possible to offset the risk associated with lower profit investments, and promote Social Responsibility in the Finance Market, and I have some ideas of how it could be done. While super-earners can share their wealth, part of the problem lies in the fact that the investment community favors large high earning, profitable businesses, and reduced paperwork per income dollar. In other words, they are actively promoting financing of a relatively small number of Multi-national corporations that can mass-produce consumer products, over the more costly, less profitable, and less concentrated local SME. In other words, the Investment Industry is addicted to fast-food.
Unfortunately the Slow-Economy is limited by a lack of scalability offering solutions often at the level of the individual, but not at the intermediate levels between individual and SME, so SME population has dwindled due to lack of support and finance. As the SME population has dwindled so has the tax dollar at the national level, leaving governments without the resources to deal with the burgeoning population of unemployed and under-employed, who in turn are more and more threatened by the markets inability to understand that just because 50% of the market can afford a product, that does not mean you should flood the market with only the products that the higher 50% can afford.
As the middle income bracket disappears, so does the majority of the market, for local products, since people simply cannot afford the overpriced products.
Enter the idea of Socially Responsible Funding, Investment Opportunities that wean the investment community away from fast food, and towards the more nutricious SME.The International Finance Market can, and should finance SME’s especially those with a Social Responsibility aspect to them. The problem is simply, that the financial market is not producing the highly nutricious products that the international finance market needs to do it. Step away from Fast Food Investment, and actively promote products that supply nutrition to the market by supporting Socially Responsible SME’s. It is possible to offset the risk associated with lower profit investments, and promote Social Responsibility in the Finance Market, and I have some ideas of how it could be done.

]]> Comment on How to be a Billionaire by Pat http://www.openyear.org/earners/how-to-be-a-billionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Pat Sun, 23 May 2010 17:12:36 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=968#comment-327 I think that each of them is extremely intelligent and smart,otherwise they couldnt have accomplished so much in their lives.its a matter of fact that many of them are also involved in charity(helping the poor to develop their talents) Of course they also had luck but its more the talent but the most important thing in life shouldnt be how much you earn,but rather if you are happy with your community and family(this does not mean that money is not important at all but TRUE satisfaction cant be bought with money. i think life is a precious gift of good and i am very happy to have a (rather)good one,although i dont have a girl at the moment,i am simply no poser I think that each of them is extremely intelligent and smart,otherwise they couldnt have accomplished so much in their lives.its a matter of fact that many of them are also involved in charity(helping the poor to develop their talents)

Of course they also had luck but its more the talent but the most important thing in life shouldnt be how much you earn,but rather if you are happy with your community and family(this does not mean that money is not important at all but TRUE satisfaction cant be bought with money.

i think life is a precious gift of good and i am very happy to have a (rather)good one,although i dont have a girl at the moment,i am simply no poser

]]> Comment on How to be a Billionaire by Guerrilla Billionaire http://www.openyear.org/earners/how-to-be-a-billionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Guerrilla Billionaire Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:08:10 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=968#comment-281 There's also strategy to take into account. The best route by far is via serial deal-making. This means buying and selling many businesses over years if not decades. There’s also strategy to take into account. The best route by far is via serial deal-making. This means buying and selling many businesses over years if not decades.

]]> Comment on Small Actions and the Big Zero by Tweets that mention Small Actions and the Big Zero : Openyear -- Topsy.com http://www.openyear.org/sharing-economy/small-actions-and-the-big-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Tweets that mention Small Actions and the Big Zero : Openyear -- Topsy.com Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:13:40 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=687#comment-267 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Sarah Shaw Tatoun. Sarah Shaw Tatoun said: Interesting article from openyear.org on the negative impact of rising inequality on the society as a whole: http://tinyurl.com/ygyj4zc [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Sarah Shaw Tatoun. Sarah Shaw Tatoun said: Interesting article from openyear.org on the negative impact of rising inequality on the society as a whole: http://tinyurl.com/ygyj4zc [...]

]]> Comment on Small Actions and the Big Zero by NextNow Member Blog » From: Joseph HENTZ – Wishing you a Prosperous (Open) Year http://www.openyear.org/sharing-economy/small-actions-and-the-big-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-189 NextNow Member Blog » From: Joseph HENTZ – Wishing you a Prosperous (Open) Year Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:38:09 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=687#comment-189 [...] Nobel winning economist Paul Krugman http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/28krugman.html?_r=2&em calls the last decade in the USA, with no job creation, no gains for homeowners and no gains in the stock market, the Big Zero. At Openyear, we’re all about the Big Plus. Find out what we can all do to create momentum in that direction, http://www.openyear.org/?p=687 [...] [...] Nobel winning economist Paul Krugman http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/28krugman.html?_r=2&em calls the last decade in the USA, with no job creation, no gains for homeowners and no gains in the stock market, the Big Zero. At Openyear, we’re all about the Big Plus. Find out what we can all do to create momentum in that direction, http://www.openyear.org/?p=687 [...]

]]> Comment on Small Actions and the Big Zero by uberVU - social comments http://www.openyear.org/sharing-economy/small-actions-and-the-big-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-188 uberVU - social comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:30:47 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=687#comment-188 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by esdaniel: "inequality is also a fatal weakness in societies" http://www.openyear.org/?p=687 #culture #equality #usa... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> Comment on Small Actions and the Big Zero by Tweets that mention Small Actions and the Big Zero : Openyear -- Topsy.com http://www.openyear.org/sharing-economy/small-actions-and-the-big-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Tweets that mention Small Actions and the Big Zero : Openyear -- Topsy.com Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:23:04 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=687#comment-187 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dorai Thodla and Ed Daniel, Specked. Specked said: "Small Actions and the Big Zero" http://www.openyear.org/?p=687 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dorai Thodla and Ed Daniel, Specked. Specked said: "Small Actions and the Big Zero" http://www.openyear.org/?p=687 [...]

]]> Comment on Small Actions and the Big Zero by Charles Ehin http://www.openyear.org/sharing-economy/small-actions-and-the-big-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Charles Ehin Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:57:29 +0000 http://www.openyear.org/?p=687#comment-185 As I've said many times before, Capitalism and Democracy without a strong sense of community will inevitably lead to greed and self-promotion! As I’ve said many times before, Capitalism and Democracy without a strong sense of community will inevitably lead to greed and self-promotion!

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