Tag: Capitalism
Finnish presidential candidates – Li Andersson
Early life Before starting his political journey, he was raised in a non-political environment, where his introduction to left-wing ideologies did not come from cultural heritage but from a close circle of friends. Growing up in a Swedish-speaking household, Andersson's challenge was to master public speaking in Finnish when entering politics. His educational path served…
Recycled clothes from Scandinavia end up as rubbish abroad
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CN) – In January, investigative journalists from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet attached trackers to 10 items of clothing from H&M, the Swedish fast fashion giant. The journalists wanted to see where the clothes would end up. They also wanted to dig deeper into the company’s pledge to limit textile waste, summed up by…
Recycled clothes from Scandinavia end up as trash abroad
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CN) – In January, investigative journalists from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet attached trackers to 10 items of clothing from H&M, the Swedish fast fashion giant. The journalists wanted to see where the clothes would end up. They also wanted to dig deeper into the company’s pledge to limit textile waste, summed up by…
TechnoServe joins forces with the IKEA Foundation and the Visa Foundation to launch the Green Accelerator Program for scale-bound businesses
PRNewswire Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]June 5: On the occasion of World Environment Day, TechnoServe launches the first cohort of the Greenr Sustainability Accelerator supported by the IKEA Foundation and the Visa Foundation. Over the next 3 years, Greenr Accelerator, a TechnoServe initiative, will nurture 400 high-growth companies in 5 cohorts to make significant progress in the…
Succession finale: HBO’s epic family drama comes to an end
Warning: the following article contains spoilers. Succession, HBO’s searing indictment of late capitalism, has finally ended for good. And what an end. Warring siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) reunite at their mother’s Caribbean retreat. The place is suitably lush, the fridge poorly stocked (their mother, far from the nurturing…
What ancient wisdom can teach companies about sustainable economics
The business world tends to prioritize the concepts profit maximization, economies of scale and the weight of shareholder value. As the industry has evolved over centuries, these concepts have become deeply embedded in global financial systems. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, narrated by Noa, here. However, some companies in some parts…
Greta Thunberg calls for the downfall of capitalism
The teenage climate activist also blamed “racism” for warming the planet Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has turned her attention to the political arena, calling for the downfall of capitalism, which she claimed is responsible for climate change. The 19-year-old climate campaigner launched his book – ‘The Climate Book’ – in London on Sunday night, telling…
How inclusive is Denmark in the international LGTBQ+ community?
A utopia that is safe, progressive and socio-economically advanced – that is the general international perception of Denmark, the first country in the world to give legal recognition to same-sex unions in the form of registered partnerships in 1989. It was proof that Denmark had come a long way from its strict penal code of…
75th Cannes Film Festival: Ruben Ostlund removes second Palme d’Or with “Triangle of Sadness”
Cannes [France]May 29 (ANI): The 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday gave away the Palme d’Or for best film to Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness”, a broad, fierce satire on modern capitalism. This will be Österlund’s second Palm win after “The Square” 2017. The film revolves around models, millionaires and their various trophy…
Not for Putin’s war in Ukraine, not for NATO
This includes the use of extreme violence against the left, as in the case of the far-right “Operation Gladio” terrorist networks. We are seeing this once again today, when the proud Western European socialist tradition of opposing militarism and defending peace, neutrality and non-alignment has been scandalously criticized as a Putin-friendly fifth column – an…
Sergey Karaganov: Russia’s new foreign policy, the Putin Doctrine
Moscow’s confrontation with NATO is just the start It seems like Russia has entered a new era of its foreign policy – a ‘constructive destruction’, let’s call it, of the previous model of relations with the West. Parts of this new way of thinking have been seen over the last 15 years – starting with…
The Putin Doctrine: Russia’s new foreign policy
Moscow’s confrontation with NATO is just the start It seems like Russia has entered a new era of its foreign policy – a ‘constructive destruction’, let’s call it, of the previous model of relations with the West. Parts of this new way of thinking have been seen over the last 15 years – starting with…
Philip Kotler awarded the RISE Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 RISE World Summit
New Delhi [India]February 12 (ANI / PNN): Philip Kotler, the father of marketing, was awarded the RISE Lifetime Achievement Award at the ninth edition of the RISE World Summit 2022. This was to praise and recognize his contribution to the field of marketing and the use of his concept to help pave the way for…
Straight up: ACT’s road less traveled
Two paths separated in a yellow forest, “wrote the American poet Robert Frost. “And sorry, I could not travel both … I took the one that was less traveled past. And that has made all the difference.” Status quo shaker This could sum up the story of the pioneering Danish-based theater company ACT. Afro-Cosmopolite Thespians…
New book explains why the mainstream right is doomed
? Riding the populist wave? shows how the far right dictates the counter-argument to progressives in areas such as immigration and EU integration? with the result that the mainstream right is now facing an existential crisis. The former EU Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, is a big beast in politics, but his socket last week from…
Performance Review: Sharp social commentary captured in an overambitious narrative
In a 90-minute high-octane exhibition featuring various dark comic portraits of modern femininity and sexuality, playwright Amy Gijsbers van Wijk gives us philosophy, Greek mythology, strobes, snakes, camgirls, sign language, shotgunning beer, karaoke, palmistry, dance and a lot of glitter. ‘feminine octagon [or Aristotle can eat me]’deals with themes of feminism, patriarchy, capitalism and the…
How the welfare state has helped Swedes with the start of technology
Stockholm – When Klarna’s billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the largest European fintech company listings, a celebration of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his fleeting success: the Swedish welfare state. In particular, the 39-year-old sets a government policy from the late 1990s to put a computer in every home.…
Brown cosiness: reminiscent of the fact that even in 1978, Denmark was behind the curve
Seen from a distance of 40 years or more, Denmark, as I landed in the summer of 1978, seems a very different place than today in Denmark. As my daughter perceptively pointed out as she laughed over some photos of the youthful me, everything seemed brown. People had Hessian wallpaper and coconut mats on the…
Slavoj iek: The difference between waking up and a real awakening
The probably liberal? The vigilance? and interrupting culture has little to do with waking up to what’s going on in the world and trying to change it? it is just noise for noise, while the status quo is carefully maintained. The usual liberal-conservative mockery of the so-called wake-up culture is that it is too radical:…
From Iceland – “Yes, a falling tree makes a sound (and that has a lot to say)” Serves feminist pace insects AI fantasies
Imagine a utopian world where gender roles are unthinkable, alien life forms among us, travel between planets is dirt cheap and all the structures you grew up with are now the kind of ancient history that people mock and wonder “How about the new earth” did we ever act like that? “How did that fantasy…
From Iceland – Icelandic Political Parties: Who are these parties?
As we regularly report opinion polls that reflect voter support for Iceland’s political parties and in the run-up to elections this autumn, we thought Grapevine might be a good idea to provide to those who follow from abroad – and especially those unfamiliar with these parties – a handy overview of who the parties are.…
From Iceland – Our favorite scandal of the year
Iceland, like any modern nation, always has its share of scandals. Most of us are involved with government officials as they usually have the most access to the types of resources and connections you can use. Here are the scandals of 2020 that stood out most of all. Crony Capitalism: Taxpayers Abused by Large Companies…
Top economist with bias warnings in the US
Angus Deaton does not rest on its laurels. In 2015, the British economist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his analyzes of consumption, poverty and welfare. There are several analyzes in Deaton yet. On October 19, he turns 75, but he is still a sought-after speaker and debater. This is not least due…