segunda-feira, 31 de julho de 2017

"A Posição da Europa na Nova Formação Geopolítica"

Convite para minha palestra sobre
"A Posição da Europa na Nova Formação Geopolítica"
1 de Agostoa de 2017 no Auditória da Reitoria da UFS as 20:45
Dia 04 de agosto PANATHENAIA XIV Aberta as inscrições para o evento PANATHENAIA XIV, que ocorrerá de no dia 04/08 no Auditório da REITORIA. 19:00 h – HomenagemProfessora e Desembargadora EméritaJOSEFA PAIXÃO DE SANTANAOrquestra Sinfônica e Coro da UFS - Pauta Própria.Grupo de Dança e Performance - P...
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Há soluções para o Brasil

„Die Probleme Brasiliens sind lösbar“

28.7.2017 – Interview mit Antony P. Mueller, Professor der Volkswirtschaftslehre an der brasilianischen Bundesuniversität UFS und Mitglied des  Mises Institutes Brasilien.
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Antony P. Mueller
Herr Mueller, Brasiliens Ex-Präsident Lula wurde kürzlich wegen Korruption zu neuneinhalb Jahren Haft verurteilt. Geht es korrupten Politikern in Brasilien nun an den Kragen?
Ja, das kann man wohl sagen. Wenn die Justiz es schafft, die schlimmsten Gestalten auch rechtskräftig zu verurteilen und diese lange genug sitzen, dürfte das für nachfolgende Politiker eine gute Lektion werden. Die Unruhe, die derzeit das ganze Land erfasst und auch die Wirtschaft lähmt, hätte dann langfristig doch einen guten Effekt. Leider muss man bedenken, dass Lula noch nicht rechtskräftig verurteilt ist. Als ehemaliger Präsident hat er ein Sonderberufungsrecht und erst in einigen Monaten wird endgültig entschieden. In der Zwischenzeit stellt er sich als Kandidat für die Präsidentschaftswahl im nächsten Jahr in Positur.
Hierzulande berichtet die Presse, das Vertrauen der Brasilianer in die Politik sei auf dem Tiefpunkt angekommen. Ist das so?

Saúde cubana

A saúde cubana é muito diferente do que os socialistas divulgam por aí. O ILISP - Instituto Liberal de São Paulo traz a realidade descrita por um cubano.
O sistema de saúde estatal de Cuba, uma das três fontes de poder, ao lado da educação e do esporte, tem sido o embaixador e criador por excelência da…
ILISP.ORG

domingo, 30 de julho de 2017

Noticias boas não são notícias

"Max Roser, an Oxford economist who spreads the New Optimist gospel via his Twitter feed, pointed out recently that a newspaper could legitimately have run the headline “NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EXTREME POVERTY FELL BY 137,000 SINCE YESTERDAY” every day for the last 25 years. But none would have done so, because predictable daily events, by definition, aren’t newsworthy. And you’ll rarely see a headline about a bad event that failed to occur. But surely any judicious assessment of our situation ought to take into account all the wars, pandemics and natural disasters that might hypothetically have happened but didn’t?"
The long read: The headlines have never been worse. But an increasingly influential group of thinkers insists that humankind has never had it so good – and only our pessimism is holding us back
THEGUARDIAN.COM

sábado, 29 de julho de 2017

Brasil

"O Brasil é um país que não perde oportunidade de perder oportunidades." Roberto Campos

Mais doutorados

Why do so many people continue to pursue doctorates?
THEATLANTIC.COM

As pessoas mais ricas da história


What do Augustus Caesar, Cosimo de Medici, Mansa Musa, and Genghis Khan have in common? They were some of the richest people in all of history.
MONEY.VISUALCAPITALIST.COM

As dez grandes derrotas do Brasil


Dez grandes derrotados da nossa história (ou, como o Brasil poderia ter dado certo, mas não deu)


Um ano e meio atrás, agastado com tantos "projetos de nação" que nunca são levados adiante porque simplesmente não existem forças políticas capazes de o fazer, ou porque seus autores, idealistas, não dispõem de alavancas para impulsioná-los, eu redigia esta peça que pode parecer pessimista, mas de fato não é. Todos os "derrotados" da minha lista de dez (existem muitos outros) ficaram na memória coletiva como grandes homens -- sorry ladies -- e seus projetos continuam válidos, até mesmo alguns que parecem superados, como acabar com a escravidão, por exemplo, ou dar escola decente a todas as crianças e jovens do país.
https://spotniks.com/dez-grandes-derrotados-da-nossa-historia-ou-como-o-brasil-poderia-ter-dado-certo-mas-nao-deu/

O Brasil tinha tudo para dar certo. Esses dez grandes derrotados da nossa história nos mostram por que isso não aconteceu.
spotniks.com|Por Paulo Roberto de Almeida

quarta-feira, 26 de julho de 2017

valer fazer

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing." Mick Jagger

Shambhala

"There is a basic human wisdom that can help solve the world’s problems. It doesn’t belong to any one culture or region or religious tradition—though it can be found in many of them throughout history. It’s what Chögyam Trungpa called the sacred path of the warrior. The sacred warrior conquers the world not through violence or aggression, but through gentleness, courage, and self-knowledge. The warrior discovers the basic goodness of human life and radiates that goodness out into the world for the peace and sanity of others. That’s what the Shambhala teachings are all about, and this is the book that has been presenting them to a wide and appreciative audience for more than twenty years."
There is a basic human wisdom that can help solve the world’s problems. It doesn’t belong to any one culture or region or religious tradition—though it can be found in many of them throughout history. It’s what Chögyam Trungpa called the sacred…
amazon.com

Intuiação e inteligência

Albert Einstein said, "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
forbes.com

Fascismo participativo

'Socialism with Chinese characteristics' = Chinese fascism 'American capitalism' = American fascism 'Post-Communism in Russia' = Russian fascism 'Scandinavian…
blog.independent.org

Extinção natural

Sperm counts in men from North America, Europe and Australia halve in less than 40 years, research warns.
bbc.com|Por BBC News

Economia como ciência ou astrologia?

By fetishising mathematical models, economists turned economics into a highly paid pseudoscience
aeon.co|Por Aeon

Grupe de pesquisa apresenta

Grupo de pesquisa do Departamento de Economia da UFS apresenta

terça-feira, 25 de julho de 2017

Statistical significance

Let's Set Half a Percent as the Standard for Statistical Significance
My many-times-over coauthor Dan Benjamin is the lead author on a very interesting short paper "Redefine Statistical Significance." He gathered luminaries from many…
blog.supplysideliberal.com

segunda-feira, 24 de julho de 2017

Super-homem

"“For the last two years, I’ve interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview. This unusual depth has helped make The Tim Ferriss Show the first business/interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads.
“This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseball’ you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guests’ you haven’t met."
The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: “For the last two years,…
amazon.com

Angústia

"The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail, in a simple but powerful exercise he calls "fear-setting." Learn more about how this practice can help you thrive in high-stress environments and separate what you can control from what you cannot."
The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action?...
youtube.com

Gastos

– R$ 40 bilhões com os Jogos Olímpicos
– R$ 30 bilhões com a Copa do Mundo de Futebol
– R$ 121 bilhões desviados da Petrobras
– R$ 12,6 bilhões repassados a 7,7 mil ONGs, governo Lula
– R$ 9 bilhões em publicidade, no primeiro governo Dilma
– R$ 7 bilhões em publicidade, governo Lula
– R$ 1 bilhão ao MST e outros movimentos do PT-Dilma
– R$ 152 milhões repassados ao MST-governo Lula
– R$ 154 milhões com cartão corporativo, gestão Dilma
– R$ 65,9 milhões repassados à UNE
– R$ 50 milhões com cartão corporativo (gastos secretos), Lula
– R$ 11 milhões repassados a blogueiros petistas no impeachment
– R$ 6,5 bilhões em obras na República Dominicana
– R$ 1 bilhão de mesada à ditadura cubana, disfarce ¿Mais Médicos"
– US$ 2,9 bilhões investidos a fundo perdido a países africanos
– US$ 1,5 bilhão de prejuízo no falto assalto às refinarias da Petrobras na Bolívia.
–US$1,22 bilhão na 2ª ponte sobre o rio Orinoco, Venezuela
–US$1,5 bilhão na construção de um trem subterrâneo na Argentina
–US$1 bilhão para o metrô Cidade do Panamá, Panamá
–US$900 milhões de perdão de dívidas a ditaduras africanas
–US$792,3 milhões de prejuízo na compra da refinaria de Pasadena, Texas
–US$ 732 milhões na construção do metrô de Caracas, Venezuela
–US$692 milhões para o porto de Mariel, Cuba
–US$636,8 milhões nos gasodutos da distribuidora Cammesa, Argentina
–US$400 milhões em auxílio para compra de alimentos para Cuba
–US$200 milhões para compra de máquinas agrícolas para Cuba
–US$6 milhões para melhorias no porto de Mariel, em Cuba

Corrupção global

“Global Corruption and the Role of Government.”
Political corruption has been around for all of recorded history; indeed, it was a matter of concern and punishment, for instance, in ancient Rome. It pervades every country in the world today. The Berlin-based non-profit, Transparency International, surveys various forms and types of political...
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The corruption of government officials seems to be as old as recorded history. For example, the ancient Roman senate passed laws against such political corruption in the first century, B.C. They defined a corrupt act as “whenever money is taken and…
FFF.ORG

Aquecimento global

Moscow | National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, has made a new controversial claim yesterday during an interview, saying that he possesses…
WORLDNEWSDAILYREPORT.COM

Taxa de juros

sexta-feira, 21 de julho de 2017

Cantor foi errado -

The foundations of modern mathematics are flawed. A logical contradiction is nestled at the very core, and it’s been there for a century. Of all the controversial ideas I hold, this is the most radical. I disagree with nearly all professional mathematicians, and…
STEVE-PATTERSON.COM|POR STEVE PATTERSON

quinta-feira, 20 de julho de 2017

terça-feira, 18 de julho de 2017

Nicotina é saudável

Nicotine can help you lose weight, get stronger, live healthier and longer. Hear me out; I was the first one saying it. Since prior to even entering the fitness industry, I had an intense interest in...
elev8wellness.com

segunda-feira, 17 de julho de 2017

Angus Deaton sobre libertarianismo

Must-read, by Angus Deaton:"The libertarian case...should not necessarily be thought of as an argument that favours the rich."
Angus Deaton, a Nobel prize-winning economist, explores a question that intrigued him
ECONOMIST.COM/NEWS/WORLD-IF/…

Justiça social

There is a particularly aggressive strand of social justice activism weaving in and out of my Seattle community that has troubled me, silenced my loved ones, and turned…
catalystwedco.com

domingo, 16 de julho de 2017

O novo anticapitalismo americano

Why don’t millennials like capitalism?

The Charlotte Observer