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| 04 Mar 2012 08:21 PM |
| Northern European countries (Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and in some people opinions, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania) have had pretty good economies, even after the fall of the Soviet Union. So I ask you, WWC, should we try and remodel our governments and improve our economies to those of the North European countries? |
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sinii
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:26 PM |
| The Baltic countries are of East Europe, except Latvia, which is part of Неll Europe. |
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:28 PM |
Notice how I said "In some peoples opinions". Some people consider them to be part of North Europe, considering that Latvia is almost level with southern Norway. Lithuania is also about level with Denmark. |
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:31 PM |
Ignore Sinii, He likes to be a jackass. ==================
I think we should follow Germany's economic record, Honestly. |
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Branch14
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:32 PM |
| Well, We already use their system. Just not the way they do things. |
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:36 PM |
| I guess the German system is pretty good. The only down-side for the German economy is the needs coming from countries in the EU, so they have accumulated lots of debt. |
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:37 PM |
| Unless you're a country with a small, ho..m.ogenous population and tons of natural resources, the Northern European model won't work. |
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sinii
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:39 PM |
"Notice how I said "In some peoples opinions". Some people consider them to be part of North Europe, considering that Latvia is almost level with southern Norway. Lithuania is also about level with Denmark."
By that logic, United Kingdom and Ireland are also part of North Europe. |
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| 04 Mar 2012 08:41 PM |
"By that logic, United Kingdom and Ireland are also part of North Europe."
Scotland is more or less North European. The Scottish language is very similar to that of the old Norwegian, but they are just too south to be considered part of North Europe. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 02:06 AM |
| We can't be considered any part of Europe, if you look closely we actually have SEAS cutting us off from Europe. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 02:30 AM |
| Germanys economic success is due to a lot of factors which cannot be replicated by other countries, like, geography. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 04:44 AM |
@Thorae Can you actually prove me demographics matter that much? About resources: "The largest sector of the economy is services at 66%, followed by manufacturing and refining at 31%. Primary production is 2.9%.[59]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland#Economy
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| 05 Mar 2012 11:38 AM |
| The problem I find in this moedl is that north european countries are kind of in debt. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 11:41 AM |
The UK *IS* north Europe.
Again, in another attempt to be a wisemouth, you have failed. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 12:11 PM |
| 'Northern Europe' into Wikipedia. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 01:39 PM |
Can you actually prove me demographics matter that much? ___ It's a well known fact that minorities in any country make up the poorest segments of society. African Americans in the US. Inuits in Canada. Gypsies in Europe. Aborigines in Australia.
"The largest sector of the economy is services at 66%, followed by manufacturing and refining at 31%. Primary production is 2.9%.[59]" ___ It's more about the small population. Five million people. But wait. Refining? |
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| 05 Mar 2012 02:20 PM |
I'm sure that can be solved with an early education with people of the other group, making sure that the people know their rights and with all the welfare the state gives.
"It's more about the small population. Five million people."
I don't really see why would the size of the population change anything. Even if it did, the Nordic Model could be at least applied to one state. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 03:08 PM |
I'm sure that can be solved with an early education with people of the other group, making sure that the people know their rights and with all the welfare the state gives. ___ If only it were that simple! The problem of impoverished minorities seems to be lasting and without any clear solution.
I don't really see why would the size of the population change anything. Even if it did, the Nordic Model could be at least applied to one state. ___ With a great population comes great problems. Finland doesn't need to devote many resources to its military, and it's been shown that crime disproportionately increases with population, so it doesn't seem to devote many resources to law enforcement. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 03:18 PM |
"If only it were that simple! The problem of impoverished minorities seems to be lasting and without any clear solution."
Well, at least Finland is trying to solve the problem.
"Finland doesn't need to devote many resources to its military,"
Considering it is next to Russia and in NATO, it SHOULD do so, it just doesn't do it, and that's something to emulate.
"and it's been shown that crime disproportionately increases with population, so it doesn't seem to devote many resources to law enforcement."
The following things could help: Getting rid of poverty or at least reduce it Bringing communities closer (this could at least be done in the states with a low population density) Reducing gun control |
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| 05 Mar 2012 04:21 PM |
Well, at least Finland is trying to solve the problem. ___ But Finland doesn't have this problem anywhere near the level of most other industrialized nations. It just naturally doesn't. Every country tries to solve the problem. The US has affirmative action, educational programs, welfare programs, etc. - but there's only a limit to how far they can go. The US actually spends more per capita on social welfare than any other nation, controlling for healthcare costs.
Considering it is next to Russia and in NATO, it SHOULD do so, it just doesn't do it, and that's something to emulate. ___ Finland isn't in NATO. There really is no Russian threat anymore. Nobody expects Finland to be strong military because of how small it is. It's lucky.
Getting rid of poverty or at least reduce it ___ Ideas?
Bringing communities closer (this could at least be done in the states with a low population density) ___ Ideas? |
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| 05 Mar 2012 04:47 PM |
"But Finland doesn't have this problem anywhere near the level of most other industrialized nations."
And why do you think it doesn't? I'm going to give you another example, my own country. "Si bien los niveles de pobreza e indigencia se han reducido significativamente en los últimos años (pasando de 33,5% en 2006 a 2009 en 20,9), aún presenta niveles altos de incidencia entre los niños y adolescentes (37,8% en los niños y 31,5 en los adolescentes)." http://goo.gl/BMw6p
It's in spanish but I'm sure you can understand at least the general idea and the numbers.
"Ideas?"
Welfare, obviously (Note here: I'm playing devil's advocate here, you know my real ideas very well)
"Nobody expects Finland to be strong military because of how small it is."
I'm size IN PROPORTION to the population.
"Ideas?"
Promoting voluntary groups, using housing programmes which build flats rather than separate houses |
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| 05 Mar 2012 04:58 PM |
Scandinavia has a good political system, don't get me wrong.
But I doubt this would work throughout most of Africa and the desert-bits of Asia. Scandinavia is good land, filled with useful resources. |
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| 05 Mar 2012 05:00 PM |
| Then again Scandinavia is one of these places with a particularly high suicide rate so who knows? lol |
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