(a)JULIES COMMENTS :Is globalisation the rich mans alter ego ????
Max Webers perspective confirms my view of rich man's alter ego
Adam Smith's invisible hand is no longer invisible
View my sociology research: View at bottom of page
Anti globalisation player: Green peace
Anti globalisation player: Green peace
(b)Brazilian authorities seize illegally logged Amazonian timber
The Brazilian environmental agency seems to have finally woken up to the problem of illegally logged Amazonian timber leaving their shores.The companies connected with the shipment were slapped with fines totaling over 100,000 Euros.It’s the first time in two years that the Brazilian authorities have taken this sort of action, and it follows Greenpeace’s recent blockade at the French port of Caen.
And thanks to companies slashing and burning the rainforest in order to make a quick profit, the rate of deforestation and resulting greenhouse gas emissions, are actually increasing. Brazil is now the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, behind the US, China and Indonesia.
Rogue companies operating illegally are driving much of this devastation. Greenpeace’s report – ‘A Future for Forests’ estimates that up to 80 percent of the timber from the Amazon rainforest is illegally logged. And, it isn’t just the environmental impact of these companies’ activities that is worrying. Illegal logging encourages land grabbing by farmers and speculators, and fuels corruption and violence.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/brazilian-authorities-seize-il
The Brazilian environmental agency seems to have finally woken up to the problem of illegally logged Amazonian timber leaving their shores.The companies connected with the shipment were slapped with fines totaling over 100,000 Euros.It’s the first time in two years that the Brazilian authorities have taken this sort of action, and it follows Greenpeace’s recent blockade at the French port of Caen.
And thanks to companies slashing and burning the rainforest in order to make a quick profit, the rate of deforestation and resulting greenhouse gas emissions, are actually increasing. Brazil is now the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, behind the US, China and Indonesia.
Rogue companies operating illegally are driving much of this devastation. Greenpeace’s report – ‘A Future for Forests’ estimates that up to 80 percent of the timber from the Amazon rainforest is illegally logged. And, it isn’t just the environmental impact of these companies’ activities that is worrying. Illegal logging encourages land grabbing by farmers and speculators, and fuels corruption and violence.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/brazilian-authorities-seize-il
Research article will be http://www.globalisationguide.org/02.html
(c) Cuff, E. C, Sharrock, W. W, and Francis, W. D. Perspectives in Sociology: Max Weber page 42 states
For Weber the capitalist business has two characteristics:
(1)capitalist business was kept in continuous operation and existence
(2)this ceaseless operation was in the service of the relentless accumulation of profit
Summary of Rational capitalism or western capitalism
(1)capitalist business was kept in continuous operation and existence
(2)this ceaseless operation was in the service of the relentless accumulation of profit
Summary of Rational capitalism or western capitalism
The unrelenting commitment to means-ends makes rational capitalism what it is.
(1)The capitalist business continues to accumulate profit even thought there is no practical need for it, even though the level of profits exceeds what its recipients can ever spend.
(2)Rather than being acquired for use, seemingly wealth is sought for its own sake, and the aim of business is the ceaseless expansion of profits.
(3)This pursuit of ever greater profit is not driven by greed or grandiosity of ambition. Instead it is seen as morally righteous, with the resultant profit being the just desserts of the capitalists of their industry
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