As long as the tax rate is less than 100% on the additional income, there is still incentive to earn more. Furthermore, if you subscribe to the school of thought that motivation to earn is relative rather than absolute, then this loss of incentive may be even smaller than is commonly thought.
The progressive tax system is necessary regardless of the effect it has on motivation, but because there are social costs that has to be paid. Costs which can not and are not internalized by market forces. It is only natural for us to require those that enjoy the fruits of our society more to contribute correspondingly more to it.
Even a flat income tax system that has a cut-off point (to not tax low earners) is progressive (a two-rate progressive tax).
Furthermore, welfare systems have problems with abuse, as with any other benefit system. Most systems now have time-limits on people qualified to work claiming benefits or social insurance. It doesn't mean that increasing the tax on the top 1% of the earners in the population will lead to more people on welfare. In fact, it argues the opposite in that we need to distribute the tax load more evenly and have other methods of motivating people to work and to improve productivity, including things such as modifying the way we distribute benefits.
and transportation infrastructure, and fire prevention, and education, and sanitation, and environmental protection, and park maintenance, and drug regulation, and space exploration, and...
You get the idea. Government is a necessary evil that has done a whole lot of good, but only if we keep it on its toes. The key is to make it work for us, rather than the other way around.
Just another stab at it, but infants are frequently treated with peritoneal dialysis rather then hemodialysis. This is due to the poor performance of hemodialysis on infants and the risk it induces.
The peritoneal procedure requires fluid to be pumped into the abdominal cavity of the patient. In this case, one would suspect that it would be inappropriate with her bowel irregularity, and therefore, a different type of dialysis machine is needed.
The world oil supply currently revolves around light sweet crude. We have discovered pretty much most of the fields that produce this type of crude.
The process of how crude is extracted and refined is according to the type of crude. Heavier crude is more expensive to extract, transport and refine into products in general. They also have a bigger impact on the environment due to the extraction method, a higher carbon to hydrogen ratio and the chemical impurities contained in the crude. Other types of reserves, such as oil sands present even bigger problems.
As the production of desirable crude falls, we will see a dramatic change in the structure of energy pricing. What we have experienced in the past year is only the beginning. Some may say that it's a repeat of the oil crisis in the 70's, but it's not. It is a fundamental change in the economics of oil production.
No matter which way you are looking at it, ANWR will not be able to substitute for Saudi. Neither will any of the discoveries that have not been drilled at. This will only mean that petroleum products will remain relatively expensive in the foreseeable future.
The best part is when the experts apologize (implicitly) for their shitty product.. coughcough MS N{asty,ewbie,etwork} Load Balancing
In that instance, the support engineer provided a great in-depth response. It went something like this -
Us: Hey we've this problem with using NLB with XXX MS Guy: You know what, we've always had this problem with NLB and YYY. It's tragic, let me get into the details.. --- 3 page email later --- Us: Um.. we're using XXX.. MS Guy: Oh.. we haven't really encountered that before, can't help..
Redhat support is great on the other hand for kernel module issues. I'm looking at you eepro100!! you suck!!
That's only a part of the story though. Iran's use of tankers as a storage for oil has to do with refinery capacity of the specific crude type that it is overproducing. Although indicative of potential problem with oil markets, it's not hard proof that what we are seeing now is purely a speculative bubble. It very well could be the case, however, as fiancial institutions are moving their money to "safe" leveraged investments and oil futures seems to be a natural choice.
House prices across many countries in Europe are falling as well. It is all to due to the cheap interest rates in the past 10 years fueling a global speculative bubble in house prices.
Yes, and CP/M and p-system were more expensive, and thus DOS became the dominant system. They gained a monopoly through a bit of luck and a bit of business acumen. Then they exploited that monopoly.
Yes, you are right. Some components of the constitution are act and treaties, which are indeed written. Precendent and conventions are also a part of the constitution and although they are unwritten, are largely observed.
The difference that distinguishes it to written constitutions is that there is no single document that outlines the framework of government. Rather, it is much like the common law itself.
Both the Tories and Labour are more liberal socially to the major parties in the US, but fiscally they are all over the place. When you look at UK politics, it's actually much more colorful because the press is actually skeptical when it comes to reporting on the government and *also* the opposition, even on TV. Describing it in a horizontal continuum doesn't really make sense and in the UK, people just don't think about in that way that much.
Um.. the House of Lords have their powers severily curtailed by the Parliament Act and for the most part the Lords is only able to delay legislation. It a part of the UK's unwritten constitution.
It's not about the shortage of engineers, it's about the shortage of cheap engineers. If Engineering is to survive as a profession, we should be demanding to be treated as such.
I've had many a friend doing engineering (in mechanical and civil) in school end up in an accountancy firm or bank because nowadays junior engineers get peanuts. Whereas these financial and professional services firms love people with an engineering degrees because they are normally better adept to deal with the quantitative issues, even though they man not have the exemptions from the chartering institutions if you come out with a degree in accounting for example.
The Chinese stock markets were in a bubble of their own due to tight money controls placed on mainland Chinese nationals, they had no-where to put their money apart from the A-shares.
The trigger for the bubble to burst was external, but the conditions have been brewing for a while.
If you look back, one reason the US gained the edge in atomic bomb development is not because of espionage, but the wholesale immigration of scientists escaping from prosecution. This is ultimately far more productive than any espionage conducted due to the interjection of expertise rather than just information or insight.
Espionage is real, and it is legitimate to defend against it, but the reality is that the mystery and fear that surrounds espionage greatly exaggerates the amount of risk it poses, especially in this case.
You post raises many good points, but the fundamental premise that the cultural bias that these cultures have towards the legal protection of idea is unwarranted. IP is a constructed concept from different legal areas. That is come naturally in cultures is a bit of a stretch. The most likely explanation on why some countries have a high rate of IP violations that others is most likely directly related to the amount of enforcement that acts as a deterrent.
There are many people in developed countries that wouldn't even blink at copy a piece of software for their own personal use, but would never do it in a commercial setting. The reason is simple, because the possible penalty acts as an effective deterrent to this practice. The fact that they do it in private speaks volumes about the nature of IP.
The Chinese are not misunderstood, they are just using espionage like any other country (ie. Israel and Russia). And your argument stands. If you look at the big picture, the damage that this espionage does is minimal. This is just another political tool to jack up xenophobia for political gain.
You are spot on. There is even a term for this. It is called the "brain drain" and has happened to many countries, not just ones in East Asia.
People here are worried about the wrong thing. What they should be worried about is the reverse brain drain. That is when the country of where these immigrants are from are economically to the stage where these engineers and scientists are better off to go back to them (ie. ease of migration due to nationality at birth).
The simple fact that engineers and scientists are being undervalued in many western (mostly anglo) economies compounds this problem.
What you say is true only for batteries specifically, not for electric cars in general. There's nothing stopping you from changing the electrolyte or the battery itself. In fact, it's been done before... in 1907 - http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9719105
There is a new 80211 stack in Linux with better structure that allows easier creation of device drivers. This makes it easier for manufactures to create drivers, like the one who designed your card. For those manufacturers that do not bother, like the one who made your card, it also makes it a tiny bit easier for enthusiasts to step in.
I don't know where you got the idea that evolution is completely random. In fact, if you take a look at natural selection, the goal is clear. Survival.
Most organisms have a way to introduce diversity in the gene pool. This is due to a variety of factors, but diversity also provides a strong defense against many risks. This mechanism make it possible for a astronomical number of combinations of genes, defining how the ultimate organism behaves. This allows refinement of existing creatures. Errors in this mechanism can have a huge effect on the organism, some may be debilitating, some may be advantages.
In fact, it is the same with the other examples you described. Take a totally not-so-random idea, the 3-wheeled automobile for example. Have you seen any 3-wheeled Reliant Robins around lately? No because building a 3 wheeled car didn't have the appeal for that idea (and product) to survive.
Good ideas originally intended as a stopgap measure often survive well after when it was designed for. Bad ides designed to last often don't. Some ideas survive, some ideas don't. It doesn't matter if it was designed or not.
Um.. the specs say that the N810 has a TI OMAP 2420 at 400mhz as compared to the slower 330mhz cpu on the N800.. So it's the same CPU, but clocked faster.
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As long as the tax rate is less than 100% on the additional income, there is still incentive to earn more. Furthermore, if you subscribe to the school of thought that motivation to earn is relative rather than absolute, then this loss of incentive may be even smaller than is commonly thought.
The progressive tax system is necessary regardless of the effect it has on motivation, but because there are social costs that has to be paid. Costs which can not and are not internalized by market forces. It is only natural for us to require those that enjoy the fruits of our society more to contribute correspondingly more to it.
Even a flat income tax system that has a cut-off point (to not tax low earners) is progressive (a two-rate progressive tax).
Furthermore, welfare systems have problems with abuse, as with any other benefit system. Most systems now have time-limits on people qualified to work claiming benefits or social insurance. It doesn't mean that increasing the tax on the top 1% of the earners in the population will lead to more people on welfare. In fact, it argues the opposite in that we need to distribute the tax load more evenly and have other methods of motivating people to work and to improve productivity, including things such as modifying the way we distribute benefits.
and transportation infrastructure, and fire prevention, and education, and sanitation, and environmental protection, and park maintenance, and drug regulation, and space exploration, and ...
You get the idea. Government is a necessary evil that has done a whole lot of good, but only if we keep it on its toes. The key is to make it work for us, rather than the other way around.
Just another stab at it, but infants are frequently treated with peritoneal dialysis rather then hemodialysis. This is due to the poor performance of hemodialysis on infants and the risk it induces.
The peritoneal procedure requires fluid to be pumped into the abdominal cavity of the patient. In this case, one would suspect that it would be inappropriate with her bowel irregularity, and therefore, a different type of dialysis machine is needed.
Um.. so your contact doesn't know how to use email and only communicates with you by sending letters through the post?
You know it's kinda hard to talk about a complex situation on the phone without something written.. yes?? yes??? yes????
Hey we have a winner here!! great circular reasoning.. talking about begging the question..
The world oil supply currently revolves around light sweet crude. We have discovered pretty much most of the fields that produce this type of crude.
The process of how crude is extracted and refined is according to the type of crude. Heavier crude is more expensive to extract, transport and refine into products in general. They also have a bigger impact on the environment due to the extraction method, a higher carbon to hydrogen ratio and the chemical impurities contained in the crude. Other types of reserves, such as oil sands present even bigger problems.
As the production of desirable crude falls, we will see a dramatic change in the structure of energy pricing. What we have experienced in the past year is only the beginning. Some may say that it's a repeat of the oil crisis in the 70's, but it's not. It is a fundamental change in the economics of oil production.
No matter which way you are looking at it, ANWR will not be able to substitute for Saudi. Neither will any of the discoveries that have not been drilled at. This will only mean that petroleum products will remain relatively expensive in the foreseeable future.
The best part is when the experts apologize (implicitly) for their shitty product.. coughcough MS N{asty,ewbie,etwork} Load Balancing
In that instance, the support engineer provided a great in-depth response. It went something like this -
Us: Hey we've this problem with using NLB with XXX
MS Guy: You know what, we've always had this problem with NLB and YYY. It's tragic, let me get into the details..
--- 3 page email later ---
Us: Um.. we're using XXX..
MS Guy: Oh.. we haven't really encountered that before, can't help..
Redhat support is great on the other hand for kernel module issues. I'm looking at you eepro100!! you suck!!
That's only a part of the story though. Iran's use of tankers as a storage for oil has to do with refinery capacity of the specific crude type that it is overproducing. Although indicative of potential problem with oil markets, it's not hard proof that what we are seeing now is purely a speculative bubble. It very well could be the case, however, as fiancial institutions are moving their money to "safe" leveraged investments and oil futures seems to be a natural choice.
House prices across many countries in Europe are falling as well. It is all to due to the cheap interest rates in the past 10 years fueling a global speculative bubble in house prices.
Yes, and CP/M and p-system were more expensive, and thus DOS became the dominant system. They gained a monopoly through a bit of luck and a bit of business acumen. Then they exploited that monopoly.
Yes, you are right of course. I hope they get that part sticken off the bill as well.
Yes, you are right. Some components of the constitution are act and treaties, which are indeed written. Precendent and conventions are also a part of the constitution and although they are unwritten, are largely observed.
The difference that distinguishes it to written constitutions is that there is no single document that outlines the framework of government. Rather, it is much like the common law itself.
Both the Tories and Labour are more liberal socially to the major parties in the US, but fiscally they are all over the place. When you look at UK politics, it's actually much more colorful because the press is actually skeptical when it comes to reporting on the government and *also* the opposition, even on TV. Describing it in a horizontal continuum doesn't really make sense and in the UK, people just don't think about in that way that much.
Um.. the House of Lords have their powers severily curtailed by the Parliament Act and for the most part the Lords is only able to delay legislation. It a part of the UK's unwritten constitution.
You are enjoying the fruits of civilization, and there is a price to pay for that. What that price is, well, is up for debate.
It's not about the shortage of engineers, it's about the shortage of cheap engineers. If Engineering is to survive as a profession, we should be demanding to be treated as such.
I've had many a friend doing engineering (in mechanical and civil) in school end up in an accountancy firm or bank because nowadays junior engineers get peanuts. Whereas these financial and professional services firms love people with an engineering degrees because they are normally better adept to deal with the quantitative issues, even though they man not have the exemptions from the chartering institutions if you come out with a degree in accounting for example.
The Chinese stock markets were in a bubble of their own due to tight money controls placed on mainland Chinese nationals, they had no-where to put their money apart from the A-shares.
The trigger for the bubble to burst was external, but the conditions have been brewing for a while.
Due to the small size of my screen, I read carry-on as crayon. I guess that's one way of traveling light. :) Now you just need to find some cardboard.
If you look back, one reason the US gained the edge in atomic bomb development is not because of espionage, but the wholesale immigration of scientists escaping from prosecution. This is ultimately far more productive than any espionage conducted due to the interjection of expertise rather than just information or insight.
Espionage is real, and it is legitimate to defend against it, but the reality is that the mystery and fear that surrounds espionage greatly exaggerates the amount of risk it poses, especially in this case.
You post raises many good points, but the fundamental premise that the cultural bias that these cultures have towards the legal protection of idea is unwarranted. IP is a constructed concept from different legal areas. That is come naturally in cultures is a bit of a stretch. The most likely explanation on why some countries have a high rate of IP violations that others is most likely directly related to the amount of enforcement that acts as a deterrent.
There are many people in developed countries that wouldn't even blink at copy a piece of software for their own personal use, but would never do it in a commercial setting. The reason is simple, because the possible penalty acts as an effective deterrent to this practice. The fact that they do it in private speaks volumes about the nature of IP.
The Chinese are not misunderstood, they are just using espionage like any other country (ie. Israel and Russia). And your argument stands. If you look at the big picture, the damage that this espionage does is minimal. This is just another political tool to jack up xenophobia for political gain.
You are spot on. There is even a term for this. It is called the "brain drain" and has happened to many countries, not just ones in East Asia.
People here are worried about the wrong thing. What they should be worried about is the reverse brain drain. That is when the country of where these immigrants are from are economically to the stage where these engineers and scientists are better off to go back to them (ie. ease of migration due to nationality at birth).
The simple fact that engineers and scientists are being undervalued in many western (mostly anglo) economies compounds this problem.
What you say is true only for batteries specifically, not for electric cars in general. There's nothing stopping you from changing the electrolyte or the battery itself. In fact, it's been done before... in 1907 - http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9719105
There is a new 80211 stack in Linux with better structure that allows easier creation of device drivers. This makes it easier for manufactures to create drivers, like the one who designed your card. For those manufacturers that do not bother, like the one who made your card, it also makes it a tiny bit easier for enthusiasts to step in.
I hope that makes it clear for you.
I don't know where you got the idea that evolution is completely random. In fact, if you take a look at natural selection, the goal is clear. Survival.
Most organisms have a way to introduce diversity in the gene pool. This is due to a variety of factors, but diversity also provides a strong defense against many risks. This mechanism make it possible for a astronomical number of combinations of genes, defining how the ultimate organism behaves. This allows refinement of existing creatures. Errors in this mechanism can have a huge effect on the organism, some may be debilitating, some may be advantages.
In fact, it is the same with the other examples you described. Take a totally not-so-random idea, the 3-wheeled automobile for example. Have you seen any 3-wheeled Reliant Robins around lately? No because building a 3 wheeled car didn't have the appeal for that idea (and product) to survive.
Good ideas originally intended as a stopgap measure often survive well after when it was designed for. Bad ides designed to last often don't. Some ideas survive, some ideas don't. It doesn't matter if it was designed or not.
Um.. the specs say that the N810 has a TI OMAP 2420 at 400mhz as compared to the slower 330mhz cpu on the N800.. So it's the same CPU, but clocked faster.
http://www.nseries.com/nseries/v3/media/sections/products/tech_specs/en-R1/tech_specs_n810_en_R1.html