Kai Neumann

In der Ausgabe 115 vom 19./20./21 Juni 2015 beschreiben unter anderen Bert Rürup und Dirk Heilmann einige Aspekte des wirtschaftlichen Erfolgs Deutschlands im Vergleich zu anderen großen Industrieländern.  Diese qualitative Modell greift die wesentlichen Argumente auf und stellt diese in den Wirkungszusammenhang.

Sweden and several other countries decide to resume the use of the widely disputed nuclear energy, withdraw the promised decomission of older power plants and even plan to build new power plants. They argue that we all need cheap energy supply to gain time for the development of alternative energy sources and that nuclear energy is a carbon neutral and therefore climate saving source of energy. The majority of people until recently feared nuclear energy for its manifold risks. The costs of nuclear energy with all the uncertainties of nuclear waste disposition, the fear of terror attacks, the limited supply of uranium etc. are unclear.

This is the start of a collaborative model on the question whether the internet of things and the sharing economy will reshape the way we live, whether it will prevail, create or cost jobs, increase or decrease our living standards and whether it will have a positive effect on our environment. A major factor will be our net happiness. According to KNOW-WHY-Thinking we need to feel integration and development. It is way easier to feel good by buying something new (developement) and than having something (integration) than by doing something actively and joining a community. If the new economy provides small individual gadgets that let us feel development and if the critical mass of us can integrate in communit ...»

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A tiny qualitative model that asks how it is possible that many managers earn that much money and even get big exit packages even if they were not successful.  Note there is no balancing feedback loop but a number of reinforcing feedback loops. Not also that everybody with an income above average that rejects to earn less is part of the development.

Just a small quantitative model taken from a very large model. It shows a way to model the financial situation of persons or groups of persons with spendings and income as given parameters and savings (and pensions) and credits as a result.

Whether it is FIFA or the UN or just the USA: the challenge is to get the voting for wise decisions Originally I thought it would be the same model for all three cases, but now I think  - FIFA sustains its system of corruption as those who profit from it directly vote for it (not the nations or organizations but its representatives) - the current UN or world security council suffers from the blockades mainly from China and Russia who do not want the UN to interfere in other countries. A World Council that wouldn't need unanimous decisions and would offer one vote per country on the other hand would threat the establishment of the western countries when poor countries follow the wrong information. What the mod ...»

a small qualitative model asking if income disparity necessarily makes us unhappy