Transparency and channels
Yes, I will begin from the conclusions of this series- before presenting the third part of the “what if” section- the Hitchcock’s way.
If you read the previous two articles in this series, you probably you understood what is the missing part in my “what if”.
We saw the technological infrastructure (i.e. what is available), the possible guidelines for introducing a streamlining and (increased) intergenerational fairness (i.e. the policy, or “strategy outline”, if you prefer).
In this third part, surprise surprise, I will merge the “how” and the “who”.
The articles in this series, TAX2009 (either 500 or 1000 words long), will start with some “what if” brainstorming around the consequences of current technological and social trends, and then use the same prism to analyse current events.
In December 2009, the articles will be mainly of the “what if”/brainstorming variety.
As usual: if you have any comments, contact me on Twitter or on Facebook.
Enjoy!
This article: creating a new tax without a new bureacracy- and with improved privacy rights
Fair weather friendship
Monday, November 23rd, 2009If you read newspapers from around Europe over the last few days, you found an almost unanimous “thumbs down” on the choices for first European President and the first Foreign Affairs Secretary (it will be clear later why I use “alternative” job titles).
It is quite funny: the consensus bridges the Euro-sceptics and the Euro-nationalists.
Personally, I believe that the Euro-sceptics do not realize that the train already left the station, and now the issue is only how fast and where it will go.
As for the Euro-nationalists: do you really believe that it is possible in the XXI century to rebuild a Charlemagne-style empire?
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