The EuroCrisis - a Cultural Crisis - Part 7: the Final Solution; a Nobel Prize Solution
After the Financial Crisis in 2008, things
where never the same for the Developed World. The US managed to bounced back
with a lot of struggle, but printed trillions of dollars in debt to reactivate
it's economy. With an average growth rate of 1%, the EuroZone never recovered.
Austerity measures pushed from Germany to achieve fiscal discipline in Southern
Europe only drove those countries from recession to depression. By strangling
the weakest economies instead of supporting them, Germany compromised the
future of the EuroZone. With weakened economies, Southern Europeans moved North
in search for a better life. They were not well received. As a block, The
EuroZone should have been able to channel the free capacity into other areas of
need. I always like to use the US as an example: the city of Detroit is the
automotive district. The automotive industry is cyclical: when there is a
downturn, the workers move to other states, taking their families with them.
Many times companies go to depressed regions to headhunt the best workers and
move them to other states where there is a need. Sometimes, workers must even
shift industry. This happens a lot in the oil industry, where cycles are long.
In times of crisis, cohesion and alignment must
prevail over personal interest. In practice, the opposite happened. Cultural
differences prevailed. Spain is known for food and tourism, but also had a
large workforce in construction. When the construction field had a downturn,
these millions of unemployed workers should have been moved to other areas of
the Euro region where there was a need. There is always some country that is
building, so that should not be an issue. Language is not a barrier in the
construction field either, the workers usually speak only their own language
whereas supervisors might speak the local language and have a local contact. After
many years of difficulties and reforms, Spanish economy has finally bottomed
and is now rebouncing. However, 5 million unemployed is a large number to
include in the job market.
In addition to that, Spain has received 5
million immigrants in the last 20 years. It is interesting to see that the
numbers match: 5 million immigrants, 5 million unemployed. In times of crisis,
the immigrants and their children are usually the ones who take the strongest
hit. It has to do with a lack of proper contacts and networks. The issue of
migration is a difficult one to discuss. Not approaching the issue will only
make things worse. I am in FAVOUR of migration, but it must be productive. The
whole point of receiving immigrants is to stimulate growth. In my releases
"Revolution 4.0 and the Man of Tomorrow - Part 1 & 2", I
explained how Argentina's productivity (measured in GDP x capita) sank when
large influxes of immigrants from Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru that started
arriving in the 1970s where not incorporated into the job market. Today, these
groups of immigrants and their children live in slums.
As Friedrich Hayek said "There is all the
difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make
them equal". People deserve equal treatment, but they are culturally
different. Acknowledging that and embracing the differences is the first step.
The second step is to understand that the different communities of foreigners
that are established today in Europe have much more to bring to the table that
what they are allowed to account for. But the communities must also understand
that they must earn that respect themselves. In the US, the afro-americans took
200 years to come forward in society. From Martin Luther King's speech "I
have a dream", to the Ku-Klux Klan[1],
to not getting a place in the bus, to today's reality, which is not good (they
are still not treated as equals), but it is better than before. Latinos and
Asians still haven't had a breakthrough.
In my release "Where No Man Has Gone
Before - the Road to the Fourth Industrial Revolution", I take you in a
trip throughout civilizations to show you how different civilizations have
contributed to technological and industrial development. The communities must
organize themselves, and show Europe what they have to offer. Europe must make
room for them as well for them to add value. The communities must study
themselves and their own history, and show Europe what they are good at. The
same for the European communities within European countries. If Spain is only
known for food and tourism, it might be that the communities abroad did not do
a good job at promoting other industries. Besides construction, I can think of
good Spanish competence in engineering and medicine.
The case of Argentina is an interesting one,
and provides us both with positive and negative examples. Italians, Spanish,
Scandinavians, Germans, French... they all brought their cultural and business
heritage and contributed positively to growth and productivity. The Armenians
were good at medicine, an example being the Stanbulian family, which is a very
recognized name in the field in Argentinian medicine. Syria is also known for a
strong medicine. The fact that it is in the same region is surely not a
coincidence. What were the ancient civilizations good at? Inca medicine surely
has deep secrets and roots that Europeans would never dream about. From that
perspective, it is clear that Peru could or should specialize in natural or
ecological medicine. Today, free access to information makes things easier than
ever. But being in touch with a culture's roots and own heritage, can only play
as an advantage. The communities have a head-start: contacts, knowledge of the
culture, language... Communications are much easier than before, there are no
excuses.
Locked in their towers of numbers and
mathematical formulas, today's economists talk a lot but forget one factor: the
human factor. Should the interest rate be lower or raise? More or less fiscal
austerity? Should we keep or leave the Euro? The truth is, if growth is
re-activated but the foreigners and their children are not capitalized and used
as a productive part of the workforce, the situation will improve but only for
some people. As migration continues to flow, difference in classes will create
social tension. Not all in the economy is about numbers. The Socially Excluded
(as described in my "Social Exclusion Curve" in my release
"Revolution 4.0 and the Man of Tomorrow") must be given some way into
the job market. Again the case of Argentina stands out. The Bolivians and their
children, culturally more reactive, do not have the entrepreneurial European
mindset that the rest of the population does. Argentinians of European origin
expect them to be like them: European. But they are not, they are culturally
different. This leads to social tension as well, where Europeans think that the
non-Europeans are lazy and don't want to work and the non-Europeans feel
segregated and discriminated and eventually turn against society.
In my first 2 releases "Revolution 4.0 and
the Man of Tomorrow: Inequality, Post-Industrialism and the Knowledge Based
Economy - Parts 1 & 2", I showed you the basis of economical theory so
that you can have a basic background in economy. I then explained how different
tax systems cannot be applied indiscriminately in different cultures, and why
New Liberalism failed in Argentina in the 1990s. I then explained how I was the
only person in the world to predict the downturn in the oil markets and it's
impact in the Norwegian economy. Later, I took through the history of
Scandinavia and of South-South America to explain the differences but also the
similarities. I created the "Leanza Bøhnsdalen Social Exclusion
Curve", as a way to measure poverty in developed countries. I introduced
the concept of Knowledge Economy, or Revolution 4.0.
In my release "Change Hard: Why Corporations
Rise and Fade", I take you through 100 years of Management theory to show
you corporate resistance and politics in Organizations. Basic Motivation,
Leadership, Cultural Models and Team Building will reinforce the concept of
human relationships. Real life examples from 2 Corporations and 1 Software
Development company will bring theory to life. I will then show you how, unable
to Innovate, big companies eventually perish and disappear.
In my final release "Where No Man Has Gone
Before: the Road to the Fourth Industrial Revolution", I take you through
a recount of technological development throughout civilizations. I then go into
the details of Industrial Development in the last 200 years. The first three Industrial
Revolutions have left us incredible advances, but industries that were big in
the past might not be as important today. The NeXT industries, not as capital
intensive as before, will give room for knowledge to blossom as the most
expensive commodity of modern times.
Cultures have added much more than we think to
the history of mankind, and must be positively channeled to contribute
productively. It is important to understand as well that subcultures grow
within a major culture. Within the Spanish culture that might be well defined,
structured, at some point formalized, there are also subcultures. Before it was
regional differences. Today, in addition to regional differences there are
foreign communities inside each country. These communities carry a piece of
their own homeland inside them. For many of the people living in these
communities, life is a bridge between past and present. Discussions about
homeland, politics, news, etc, never really cease, not even after decades of
residing in a foreign country. Again, the question is how to tap into their
potential and channel it productively into society as a whole. While world
leaders discuss how to close borders, and economists discuss strange and
complex formulas, THE REAL DEAL IS HOW TO MAKE MIGRATION PRODUCTIVE. Negative
trends in productivity of the immigrants are a reason to worry, if you have a
long term mentality.
Revolution 4.0 makes it easier for people to
communicate, organize themselves and devote their energy to productive
activities. Whereas before you had to look for a job, today you can create
wealth out of thin air with little financing. Knowledge is more accessible than
ever. The communities must take responsibility and action for their own lives.
The solution will not come from upstairs, the leaders can only provide tools,
but they will not do the job for them. Now more than ever, YOU as a citizen
will have to use your HEAD to SEE how YOU can CONTRIBUTE. In my blog, I have
shown you the 4 KEYS to VALUE CREATION. Use them WISELY.
In 4 books and more than 450 pages, I have challenged
150 years of modern economic theory to include the impact of culture on
productivity (measured as GDP x capita). From that perspective, the Argentinian
and/or South American experience in subjects of migration and economic
development (both positively and negatively) can be studied and analyzed
worldwide. I have also explained how I was the only person to predict the Oil
Crisis and it's impact on the Norwegian Economy. And I created the "Leanza
Bøhnsdalen Social Exclusion Curve" to explain poverty in developed
nations. With all these accomplishments, and being that no other living person
has given the EuroCrisis my focus (that of a Cultural Crisis), Europe should
seriously consider my nomination as the NeXT Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
It might sound presumptuous for a 36 year old, but whereas some people give
speeches, other people take ACTION, look for root causes, and solutions... a
Nobel Prize Solution!!!
THE GAME IS FLAWED!!!
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