Sustainable Development

In this world of more frequent and more intense disasters, Egos and Greed must be transformed into Communal living, because such selfishness drives The Me, Me, Me Economy. A global economy with persons in pursuit of Money before Morals, widening the dangerous WEALTH GAP, loosening principles and abandoning ethical behavior. Noting that, Selfishness destroys Nations by damaging living standards and economic growth. Hence, it bears repeating, This is Not the last Crisis! Lives and Lifestyles remain under threat. And it is now widely accepted that Impoverish Communities, people who work numerous jobs for a minimum living wage, and contribute to economic growth via consumption, and who can least afford it, are the ones to suffer the most in any crisis 

Top Down Prescriptions

The economic solution remains the same, in and after every global crisis. Politicians debate and approve bailouts through the banks. For it is the banks, which have the best records of financial data and activities on every individual, SMEs and large corporations, which would need help to recover. The Treasury gives money to the banks to lend to those most affected, at very low or no interest rates, to meet living and operating expenses and boost future revenues, as if the crisis never happened. The question is why does not the Treasury, Tax Collection Division have the same or better data, with which to make such money distribution?

Bottom up Solutions

Numerous decisions are made to protect society from disasters. Whether natural or man-made, threatening lives or economic growth, Governments must make decisions to preserve lifestyles. Wide ranging economic decisions, bringing Government and Large operators together, will affect investors, as to supporting entrepreneurs, in which sector or industry, and licensing and regulating operators. Many other disasters, all with wide economic impacts, will see negative effects on employment and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) owners. But the poor and other vulnerable persons in the society do not get to have a say. Even as such disasters will send more into poverty.

Urgent Actions

Human Beings are dangerous to their own existence. The solutions cannot be anyone individual’s effort. It will take a multi-prong approach driven and funded by Economic Drivers SYNERGIES, converting raw materials into sellable products. Infrastructure SYNERGIES combining structures, water, fuels, electricity, communications, transportation, with its maintenance and operations. Education SYNERGIES exist to build tolerant and peaceful communities, by developing skills and talents, from historical knowledge. Healthcare SYNERGIES involves treatment and recuperation, safety regulations, nutrition and exercise to enhance wellness. Security SYNERGIES must incorporate justice, law and order, punishment and rehabilitation, protection of people and property.

Happiness vs. Power

Power is a mix of Knowledge and Network. Many in leadership positions display on to others, that sense of entitlement, which says; pass a few tests, build trust, produce work, be graded by your peers and be rewarded with appointments, is all there is to attain Happiness. Leading a team that achieves its preset mission, being a team member that produces its goals and objectives, being a support specialist or a routine service performer, will provide income and maybe savings and investments, but will never deliver Happiness. Obviously, Power, over material and human resources, is required in each role. However, only from giving freely of yourself, brings true Happiness.

A Perfect World

Why Not? What would it take? Where do we START? #SYNERGIES.

In this perfect and preferred world, we are all our neighbor’s keeper. #Security is to preserve life, limb and property, as if it is our own. Protecting the weak from the strong, the many from a few. Defending against natural and man-made disasters, against biological and health threats, against misinformation and intrusions, and of course, against Human Greed and Ego. Electing and selecting a few persons from the bowels of society, where they reside and serve their community, to craft laws, rules and regulations. And others, independent thinkers, highly qualified and experienced professionals to implement, effectively and efficiently and adjudicate fairly. A Perfect World of Moral Leaders.

Data vs. Land

The investment value of Land is currently being replaced by Data Investments. Lands, the subject of many wars out of world history books is losing its glitter, forth over by Monarchs and Religious leaders, for its surface farming and mining values. Such wars and other criminal activities created a lot of affluent, wealthy, rich people and having been passed on legally, via inheritance, generated prosperous family estates. Data is on a very similar track, raw data gathered and stored is being targeted and forth over by many, so call ‘Black Hackers’. Such Cyber Crimes, unabated, will produce some wealth on the same scale as past Land grabbers, but the future gains and prosperity will come from very legal Data Analysis Monetization.

Happiness vs. Wealth

Sometimes, for a wider audience, a pure academic debate needs to be flavoured with some common sense, to move from ideas to implementation. Whether a nation or society is supported by one large economic driver or many smaller revenue sources, is not the core issue. The mission must be to create and preserve A Happy Society which will require consensus between decent people. The widening wealth gap presences the greatest risk to human peaceful development and existence and while the debate continues, the status co persists and nothing new and innovative is getting done to slow or stop or reverse this devastating gap.

Defining Success

Success is to make life better, judged by the wider society. Many nations elect politicians based on their track record on economic issues; Job Creation, business opportunities, Productivity measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Diversification across Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Therefore, the focus is on and across new Economic Drivers SYNERGIES to meet the nations’ highly needed Revenue Earnings projections. The historical risks, in such thinking, has always been, leaving people behind in a state of poverty, unemployment, increasing crime and eventually leading to insurrection. A new measure is slowly taking hold as nations seek to close the Wealth Gap. Success must and will soon be measured by A Happiness Index.

Money, Money, Money

In Pursuit of Money! Firstly, money is a very poor tool to measure life but can help in understanding its value. A lifetime of needed nutrition, education and living expenses with family extensions. Secondly, only through such healthy life, can skills and talents be formed, performed and be valued by earning income, money. Next, via such learnt abilities and accessed opportunities, human beings produce and promote goods and services, with attached market supply and demand values, money. The tangible or intangible, fixed or variable, assets are valued via highly complex formulas, which compare like to like, and report progress, money.

Money before Morals

The world is now in an era of selfish Money grabbing people, colluding to corrupt Morals and Ethics, by any means necessary. Leading A Nation requires money to fund its population’s basic needs and to grow its economy to fund its future, but no matter the sovereign wealth, the nation also desperately needs strong morals, without any political bias. Presidential or Majestic Leadership is responsible, on the ground not only speaking but listening with one and only one agenda item, Public Morals. Religious leaders and Politicians must undergo the same test of moral thinking and ethical behavior, setting an example of good social citizenry for the entire population. Optimist or Pessimist, Ideas into Industry, and the resulting economic growth and happiness can only be achieved for the many rather than for the few.

Money (The Happiness Index)

Many in society see money as the solution to most if not all of its problems. This is quite understandable when we look at the levels of unemployed or unemployable in the society. It is still reasonable when we examine the amount of “working poor” (people who work but do not earn enough to meet their basic needs) in society. It becomes more difficult to accept when employed people with high salaries (twice or three time their basic needs) have low or no savings or net worth. It is impossible, to comprehend when there are people with high net worth who are simply not happy.