Quote ... unquote."... no matter how successful the Nordic model Nordic model refers to the social models of the Nordic countries of the European Union (Denmark, Finland, Sweden). These present a certain number of features that justify a common analysis, in spite of some differences due to the history of every country. may be in producing and expanding human "Expanding Human" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 10 October, 1964, during the second season. It is known for one of the earliest appearances of James Doohan, who would later go on to play Scotty from Star Trek. welfare, it will always be subject to attack as long as human nature remains at its current stage of evolution." The Nordic News Network "My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources ... people having skills which are not being used." Economist Milton Friedman "Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on." Investor George Soros George Soros Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1930, George Soros is considered by many to be one of the world's greatest investors. A famous hedge fund manager, Soros managed the Quantum Fund, a fund that achieved an average annual return of 30% from 1970-2000. "Current trends--toward two-tiered health care, toward privatized education--carry the seeds of more psychosocial stress, more hostility and mistrust, and greater relative inequalities. Those in turn mean more disease, more destructive behaviour, and earlier deaths. Poor and middle-income Canadians should therefore defend their social programs as if their lives depended on them." Crawford Kilian, Georgia Straight, June 2000 "A welfare policy that obliges needy citizens to participate in second-rate, inferior work is not based on an idea of the equal status of all citizens, but rather on an idea of the unequal status of citizens; some people are accorded lesser privileges than others; they are of lesser value. The policy implies a social recognition of some citizens and the denial of recognition of others, and as such it is a policy of discrimination." Nanny Kildal, International Labour Office, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , February 2001 (Workfare work·fare n. A form of welfare in which capable adults are required to perform work, often in public-service jobs, as a condition of receiving aid. [work + (wel)fare.] Tendencies in Scandinavian Welfare Policies) "We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry." Former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter "There is enough for everybody's need, but not for everybody's greed." Mahatma mahatma (məhăt`mə, –hät`–) [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the title was applied. Gandhi "It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them." Anonymous "I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better." Actress Mae West |
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