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Who owns the world? Gobind Thukral writes from Washington As political leaders promise a new world across the continents and protestors line up in public squares in the US, Europe and Asia, the transnational corporations are making merry. They know very well that they have the power not only to push governments around, but change them at their sweet will. And, do their bidding. As far the protestors, the occupants of the Wall Street, they can be wearied down. Is it not fact that during the Bush regime when the economy was hit by recession, the real culprits; the banks, hedge fund companies, marker manipulators and financial sharks were provided with billions of dollars to bail them out? It happened as the political elite, much of it corrupt to the core, would not dare tough them so they rewarded their wrong doing and criminal acts with truckloads of money. The protestors in this great democracy were hounded out with batons and water cannons from the squares. According to a latest study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, there are roughly 43,000 transnational corporations that dominate the global economy. Of those, there are about 1,300 companies that control 80% of all the global revenues for all the transnational corporations on the planet. Of those 1,300 core companies, only 147 companies, which all happen to own each other in some way, control 40% - or nearly half – of all the wealth in the entire transnational corporate network? That means 1% of transnationals own 40% of the entire world’s business wealth. In other words, the global 1% has its own 1%. Of those 1,300 core companies, only 147 companies, which all happen to own each other in some way, control 40% - or nearly half – of all the wealth in the entire transnational corporate network? That means 1% of transnationals own 40% of the entire world’s business wealth. Other players, the real ones in the economy: the workers, peasants and the middle class have been relegated to the corners. Pushed aside, they can at best cry and shout. But even a total monopoly cannot work in that fashion. When the monopoly control occupies every space and relegates all other players as plain consumers and not property owners, they begin cutting the branch of the tree that they sit on. Since consumers have to pay higher and higher costs for rent and services, utilities, and transportation, and their wages being low, they go bankrupt. Eventually, one player has all the money and the losers are left to clean up the mess. With no means at their command, they cannot do that. So the monopolies, those transnational corporations are left groping for answers to the problems that they have created. By their very nature of greed, they cannot find any answer. They overlook harsh reality. Oligarchs own everything. The workers, peasants and other middling sections that are consumers have little left with them to buy services, products and utilities. They cannot return loans. Banks are left with dead accounts. Finally, without consumers spending money, the corporations go broke, too. Properties and businesses disappear. Rapidly everybody is broke! Rapidly everybody is broke! This remarkable study points that we can count the number of banks that own half of all the wealth in the U.S. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citigroup are the give banks and their total assets equal 8.5 trillion, which is 56% of the American economy. As witnessed in the US and even in some European and Asian countries, unregulated capitalism is dangerous. The demands of higher and higher profits finally strikes death knell on the economy. Companies begin devouring each other, sucking whatever wealth they can. This was made easier by removing or reducing state regulations of policies in the 1980’s and 1990’s that caused mergers and acquisitions under Reagan, and free trade policies under Clinton further pushed that mania. In their search for maximizing profits, these corporate devour each other and finally deny wages to their own workers. Austerity is the next slogan for the governments too. They set political agenda, demolish governments too. Finally they are greeted with chaos There are serious consequences as it happened in 2007 when uneven wealth and control concentrated in just a few companies, began collapsing. When one company begins to fail, everyone else begins to fail. And when they all fail, there is total collapse. Thanks to globalization, their tentacles are spread around the entire world’s economy. It is not just be the United States imploding when these giants fall, it shall be planet Earth itself. There is only functional oligarchy, with just a handful of corporations – all wealthier and powerful than most sovereign governments, busy sucking whatever remaining wealth they can. In this context it is more than clear that Obama’s promises will come a cropper as efforts by other leaders like India’s Manmohan Singh. Everyone needs to wake up to this economic reality before we’re all dragged toward finally collapse. Secretary of Treasury, Roger Altman, predicted in 2011: “These corporate forces oust entrenched regimes where normal political processes could not do so. They force austerity, banking bail-out and other major policy changes. Their influence dwarfs multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund. Indeed, leaving aside unusable nuclear weapons, they have become the most powerful force on Earth.” In this context it is more than clear that Obama’s promises will come a cropper as efforts by other leaders like India’s Manmohan Singh. Everyone needs to wake up to this economic reality before we’re all dragged toward finally collapse. Barclays plc Capital Group Companies Inc FMR Corporation AXA State Street Corporation JP Morgan Chase & Co Legal & General Group plc Vanguard Group Inc UBS AG Merrill Lynch & Co Inc Wellington Management Co LLP Deutsche Bank AG Franklin Resources Inc Credit Suisse Group Walton Enterprises LLC Bank of New York Mellon Corp Natixis Goldman Sachs Group Inc T Rowe Price Group Inc Legg Mason Inc Morgan Stanley Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc Northern Trust Corporation Société Générale Bank of America Corporation Lloyds TSB Group plc Invesco plc Allianz SE 29. TIAA Old Mutual Public Limited Company Aviva plc Schroders plc Dodge & Cox Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc* Sun Life Financial Inc Standard Life plc CNCE Nomura Holdings Inc The Depository Trust Company Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance ING Groep NV Brandes Investment Partners LP Unicredito Italiano SPA Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan Vereniging Aegon BNP Paribas Affiliated Managers Group Inc Resona Holdings Inc Capital Group International Inc China Petrochemical Group Company Barack Obama re-election and its implications Harjap Singh Aujla The pre-election polls suggested that the 2012 US Presidential Election is a cliff hanger, too close to call. In fact, on percentages it was so, but a look at the final electoral college votes tally suggested it to be a landslide victory in favor of the incumbent president. There was a lot at stake in this important election. Of late, America was drifting too far to the right. During the Reagan presidency, America took a quantum leap towards the religious and financial right. Bill Clinton tried to reverse this trend, but he got a strong rebuff from the right leaning members of both houses of the US Congress. After a disputed and divisive 2000 election, George W. Bush Junior won the presidency and set the clock backward again and as a consequence dragged the nation into its worst recession since the great depression of 1929, 30, 31. The day President Barack Obama took his oath for his first term on January 20, 2009, a lot of conservative Americans decided to derail his presidency. The mid-term election of 2010, upset Barack Obama’s apple cart completely. The conservative Republicans came as an avalanche and took control of the lower house of the US Congress. After that election every presidential right or wrong initiative got completely bogged down in the House of Representatives. The ultra-conservatives in the American society, spurred by the “Tea Party Agenda” made the 2012 presidential election a referendum on the policies of President Barack Obama. For some time, the president was fighting with his back to the wall. But Obama is a resilient fighter. He decided not to give in tamely. This is how this election warmed up as the costliest presidential election ever. Both sides raised more than a billion dollars each and spent it lavishly. Entire sun-belt, barring the large states of Florida, New Mexico and California was completely deep red (meaning solid Republican territory). This area includes the states of North Carolina (15 electoral college votes), South Carolina (9), Georgia (16), Alabama (9), Louisiana (8), Texas (38) and Arizona (11). The Democratic candidates have no chance of winning in this area. Entire pot-belly of America consisting of the states of agricultural Mid-West was also deep red, untouchable for the Democrats. This includes Tennessey (11), Kentucky (8), West Virginia (5), Indiana (11), Missouri (10), Kansas (6), Oklahoma (7), Arkansas (6), Mississippi (6), Iowa (6), Nebraska (5), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Wyoming (3), Montana (3), Idaho (3), Utah (6) and Missouri (10). For the Democrats, even this area was unconquerable. Similarly for the last few elections, the Republican Party has no chance at winning in California (55), Oragon (7), Washington (12), Illinois (20), New York (29), New Jersey (14), Massachusetts (11), Maryland (10), Delaware (3), Connecticut (7), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Maine (4). There are only a handful of states, which are still considered competitive for both parties. These include Virginia (13), Ohio (18), Pennsylvania (20), New Hampshire (4), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Minnesota (10), Colorado (9), New Mexico (5), Nevada (6) and Florida (29). The President Barack Obama and his spin doctors worked hard for each vote in all these states and eventually ended up winning all these and a winning plurality in the electoral college. The groups that voted heavily for the president include 93% of the African Americans, both male and females. 71% of the Hispanic voters also voted for the Democratic Party. Amongst the white young working women Barack Obama got at least 45% votes. In this election, the Jewish community sided overwhelmingly with the Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The Asian Indian community, which constitutes a little more than 1% of the total population voted 88% for the Democratic Party candidates. My own guess is that not more than 33% white males have voted for Barack Obama. In the end game the president got a little more than 50% votes and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney got a little more than 48% votes. If California had not voted decisively for Barack Obama, he might have lost in the popular vote count, but still would have won the presidency, due to obtaining more votes in the all important electoral college. President Barack Obama deserves our congratulations on putting up a brave fight in the face of extremely heavy odds. It may not be incorrect to say that he has snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat. This victory is not only of the Democratic Party, but also of the middle-class and the poor. This victory is for the immigration rights of the Hispanics and other ethnic minorities. This victory is for the rights of reproduction of the women, who become pregnant due to rapes or incest. And it is a defeat for those, who want to give tax concessions to the very wealthy who, have been enjoying massive tax breaks for the past twelve years without creating any jobs in America. Barack Obama’s victory puts a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. During the next four years, at least one possibly two judges of the US Supreme Court have to be appointed. It is strange that six out of nine judges of the supreme-court were appointed by Republican Presidents and the judgments of most of them sometimes appear to favor the conservative thought. If Barack Obama appoints one or two supreme-court judges, they may not lean towards conservative philosophy. America is changing, its institutions must reflect the changes. President Barack Obama’s way of raising election funds has been unique in America’s electoral history. Through e-mails, he has been seeking small donations starting from three dollars per head and upwards. Those who were giving money were also committing themselves to supporting his candidature. On the contrary Mitt Romney was raising funds from millionaires and billionaires. They were far fewer in numbers, though capable of donating millions. Rise of the East Swaraj Singh The present world is in great turmoil and a deep crisis. This is not only an economic crisis, but also a social, moral, environmental and political crisis. The biggest danger is that if the crisis is not resolved properly then it can push the world into a most destructive third world war. The means of communication and transportation have physically converted the present world into a global community. However, this global community lacks a global perspective. The dominant western capitalist philosophy and the other leading philosophies do not have such a perspective and are not universal. The present globalization does not have an ethical aspect and is an economic-only globalization. We need a philosophy which is truly universal and can impart an ethical aspect to the present globalization. • Instead of Europe or America, Asia will become the leading region of the world. • China will become the most powerful country in the world. • Islam will overtake Christianity to become the largest religion in the world The dominant western capitalism has led to an imbalance between material and spiritual aspects of life, because for all practical purposes, it has abandoned the spiritual aspect of life. In the last two centuries, under the western domination, the eastern contribution to the overall human development has not been recognized. The dual problems of western arrogance and eastern inferiority complex have harmed both the east and the west because both have been deprived of the most useful experience, which could have helped the entire mankind. Now it is becoming clear that the east is rising. The philosophy and concepts of the east, which were not recognized, are finding a new acceptance. Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs, is the essence and zenith of eastern spirituality and wisdom. Its message is not only for the Sikhs, but is for the entire mankind. The truly universal message of Sri Guru Grant Sahib is based upon love, tolerance, peaceful co-existence, universal concern and universal well-being. By giving the message of unity in diversity, this can help us to evolve a true global community which can face all of the challenges before mankind and the world. It can also preserve peace and avoid a third world war. One of the important causes of the western arrogance is that it has not understood the difference between information, knowledge and wisdom. The west feels that an increase in information will automatically lead to an increase in knowledge and wisdom. There is a flood of information. However, the people have neither become more knowledgeable, nor any wiser. As a matter of fact, arrogance leads to ignorance. For information to become knowledge, it needs to be absorbed. For knowledge to become wisdom, experience is needed. Therefore, in the age of information and technology people have actually become less knowledgeable and less wise because information is not being absorbed. It is mostly staying stored in the computers. Being civilized means bringing the lower centers under the higher centers. However, the present consumer culture of the western capitalism incites selfishness and greed. Therefore, it excites the lower centers, the basic survival instincts. Even though, we may justify this behavior by the survival of the fittest theory of evolution, yet the fact remains that this promotes domination of the lower centers over the higher centers. Therefore, the modern western consumerist culture does not meet the criteria for being called a true civilization. The modern man, under its influence has become less civilized. Instead of becoming a better person, which is the ultimate goal of all civilizations, he has been reduced to a consumer. The family, as an institution, is facing disintegration. Our attitude to the old people has changed. Instead of respecting them and using their useful experience, we have started to look down upon them and make them feel useless and a burden on the society. The two most important foundations of a society, healthcare and education, have suffered tremendously. Both of these have been thoroughly commercialized. They have become a source of generating wealth rather than serve the people. The present globalization has widened the gap between the rich and the poor countries and between the haves and have-nots in a country. The present international relations are not based upon the principles of equality and mutual respect. The developing countries are subjected to unequal treatment and bullying by the developed countries. This is responsible for many of the problems faced by the current world. Moreover, many developed countries are the Christian majority countries. While many developing countries happen to the Islamic countries. Therefore, contradictions between the developed and the developing countries can be seen as a conflict between Christianity and Islam. The eastern concept of spirituality emphasizes cultivation while the western concept of spirituality is more prescriptive. The modern western society is more individualistic. Therefore, the eastern concept of cultivational spirituality is becoming more attractive to the westerners. Similarly, absolutism of the west, which mostly manifests as a linear approach is being challenged by relativism of the east, which manifests as a multilayered approach. In the political field these approaches are being represented by the western dominated unipolar world and the eastern concept of a multipolar world. It is becoming clear that the present western dominated unipolar world is on the verge of extinction and soon will be replaced by a multipolar world. There is no conflict between spirituality and science. They both deal with different levels of reality. Science deals with perceptive reality whereas spirituality deals with the ultimate reality or the eternal truth. The perceptive reality is bound by time and space, whereas the ultimate reality is beyond time and space. The perceptive reality is always changing, while the eternal truth is unchanging and is stable. The perceptive reality is created, sustained and destroyed by the ultimate reality. Destruction is necessary for new creation. Therefore, creation, sustenance and destruction are an endless cycle in nature. The equations between the east and the west are changing. The economic and the political powers are shifting from the west to the east. For example, the steel production has been an important indicator of the power of a country. In the last two centuries, the country which led in the steel production, generally, was also the most powerful country in the world. At one time, England was the leading country in the steel production. Now, China leads in the steel production. The twenty first century will be different than the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries in three major areas: Even though, the European model of utilitarian capitalism is more responsive to humanitarian concerns than the American consumerist model, yet in the final analysis, the ultimate purpose of the western capitalism remains profit rather than human welfare. Instead of the western capitalist globalization, the world needs a true global community based upon the eastern concepts. Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the zenith of the eastern thought and wisdom. Therefore, it can provide us with an alternative model of development. Instead of an economic only globalization, which lacks an ethical aspects, we need a true global community. Guru Nanak's message was the message of unity of mankind. His concept of a global community was all-inclusive. These were based on the principle that there is only one creator for all human beings, living organisms and non-living objects. Therefore, they are inter-related and are equal. This is also the basis of the concept of unity in diversity. A true global community based upon love, tolerance, peaceful co-existence, universal concern and universal well being is envisioned in Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
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Našom predivnom planetom upravljaju korporacije povezane mrežom međusobnih utjecaja, novca i odluka o kojima mi nemamo pojma. U jeku protesta protiv financijske moći, potvrdila se noćna mora svakog prosvjednika. Analizatori veza između 43 tisuće transnacionalnih korporacija, identificirali su relativno malu grupu kompanija, uglavnom BANAKA, s neproporcionalnom moći nad globalnom ekonomijom. Ovo istraživanje je naletjelo na neke kritike (naravno), ali analizatori kompleksnih sustava su kontaktirali online tiskovinu New Scientist s željom da se ovi podatci otkriju u javnost i da se konačno objelodane podatci o tome tko upravlja globalnom ekonomijom. Analizatori su izjavilo kako bi se analiza mogla još dodatno proširiti kako bi identificirali globalni kapitalizam koji bi na takav način, ako bi bio otkriven, postao više stabilan. Ideja da nekoliko bankara kontrolira veliki dio kolača globalne ekonomije, ne mora se činiti kao udarna novost, jer se protesti diljem svijeta, uključujući i na WAll Street-u događaju mahom zbog utjecaja banaka. No trio istraživača iz Švicarskog Federalnog Instituta za Tehnologiju u Zurich-u, koji se bave ispitivanjem kompleksnih sustava, je išao korak dalje od ideologije, empirički identificirajući mrežu moći. Oni su dobili krajnji rezultat kombinacijom matematike i modela prirodnih sustava s detaljnim podatcima o svakoj kompaniji da bi dobili podatke o vlasništvu među transnacionalnim korporacijama. James Glattfeld analizator je izjavio: „Realnost je vrlo kompleksna i mi se moramo pomaknuti od dogme, bez obzira da li se radilo o teorijama zavjere ili slobodnom tržištu.“ Tim iz Zurich-a je još 2007. počeo sa skupljanjem podataka o 37 milijuna kompanija i investitora diljem svijeta, od tih 37 milijuna uspjeli su izvući 43.060 transnacionalnih kompanija i vlasništvo među njima. Oni su napravili model s podatcima o tome koja kompanije posjeduje drugu, u kolikom udjelu i kako ih vlasnički udjeli međusobno povezuju, i koja kompanija operira profitom drug kompanije. Na takav način dobili su kompleksnu sliku koja pojednostavljenim jezikom pokazuje tko upravlja globalnim ekonomijom. Oni su otkrili kao 1318 kompanija ima povezano ili preklopljeno vlasništvo. Sve one su povezane s jednom ili više drugih kompanija, i obično su bile u grupama od 20 kompanija u matičnom jatu s velikim vezama. Iako ovih 1378 kompanija predstavlja samo 20% globalnog profita, svih 1318 kompanija posjeduje kolektivno kroz dionice većinu svjetskih kompanija i dodatnih 60% svjetskih prihoda, što znači da upravljaju sa 80% svjetskih prihoda. Kad je tim dodatno istražio vlasničke udjele i veze među kompanijama otkrili grupu koja je super povezana i pomiješana vlasničkim udjelima između 147 kompanija, koji kontroliraju 40% ukupnog bogatstva svjetske ekonomije. Drugim riječima manje od 1% kompanija kontrolira 40% cijele mreže. Većina od njih su financijske institucije. Top 20 uključuje: Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, i The Goldman Sachs Group. John Driffill sa Sveučilišta u Londonu je izjavio kako je važnost ovog istraživanja u tome što je pokazalo kako mali broj ljudi kontrolira globalnu ekonomiju i daje dublji pregled ekonomske (ne) stabilnosti. „Vrlo je uznemiravajuće vidjeti koliko su stvari povezane,“ rekao je George Sugihara koji je ekspert za složene sustave i savjetnik Deutsche Bank. Trio iz Zurich-a je naveo kako ovaj super povezani i moćni entitet možda nije rezultat teorija zavjere ali je pitanje koliko je ogromna njihova moć i do kuda ona doseže. Evo top 50 super povezanih kompanija koje upravljaju svjetskom ekonomijom: Barclays plc Capital Group Companies Inc FMR Corporation AXA State Street Corporation JP Morgan Chase & Co Legal & General Group plc Vanguard Group Inc UBS AG Merrill Lynch & Co Inc Wellington Management Co LLP Deutsche Bank AG Franklin Resources Inc Credit Suisse Group Walton Enterprises LLC Bank of New York Mellon Corp Natixis Goldman Sachs Group Inc T Rowe Price Group Inc Legg Mason Inc Morgan Stanley Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc Northern Trust Corporation Société Générale Bank of America Corporation Lloyds TSB Group plc Invesco plc Allianz SE 29. TIAA Old Mutual Public Limited Company Aviva plc Schroders plc Dodge & Cox Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc* Sun Life Financial Inc Standard Life plc CNCE Nomura Holdings Inc The Depository Trust Company Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance ING Groep NV Brandes Investment Partners LP Unicredito Italiano SPA Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan Vereniging Aegon BNP Paribas Affiliated Managers Group Inc Resona Holdings Inc Capital Group International Inc China Petrochemical Group Company * Lehman je još uvijek postojao u 2007. od kada su ovi podatci. Cijeli tekst na Engleskom jeziku pročitajte ovdje.