Safe Democracy Foundation » Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org Safe Democracy Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:06:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 AMIA massacres: no justice for the deceased http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/07/16/amia-massacres-no-justice-for-the-deceased/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/07/16/amia-massacres-no-justice-for-the-deceased/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:56:27 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/?p=1330 amia-bombingThe sacred memory of the lost ones and the country’s dignity itself force Argentina’s society to insist fighting for the justice which was not served at this horrid event of the AMIA massacre.The effort and work employed by the family members and organizations surrounding them, such as AMIA and DAIA, have expressed the extent at which the courage and determination continues to eventually achieve this justice.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/07/16/amia-massacres-no-justice-for-the-deceased/feed/ 1 Banking on volunteerism http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/06/04/banking-on-volunteerism/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/06/04/banking-on-volunteerism/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:23:56 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/06/04/1212/ obamavoluntariadoA narrow economist point of view has devalued the possibilities of volunteerism. It’s time to get over this once and for all. Obama’s example, banking on volunteerism in the midst of the American economy’s biggest crisis in eighty years, is more than suggestive.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/06/04/banking-on-volunteerism/feed/ 5 Latin America: ideas for facing up to the crisis http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/05/07/latin-america-ideas-for-facing-up-to-the-crisis/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/05/07/latin-america-ideas-for-facing-up-to-the-crisis/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 21:00:24 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/05/07/1089/ bk-ideasparasalirdelacrisisIn Latin America, strengthening and deepening public policy is not an alternative. It is indispensable if its high levels of social exclusion and poverty are to be kept from spiraling out of control. Read on to find out how.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/05/07/latin-america-ideas-for-facing-up-to-the-crisis/feed/ 3 Global economic crisis: 400,000 more children could die in 2009 http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/04/23/global-economic-crisis-400000-more-children-could-die-in-2009/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/04/23/global-economic-crisis-400000-more-children-could-die-in-2009/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:58:40 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/04/23/1016/ slumdog

For many children, mothers and families, the issue is neither the rise and fall of stocks nor the value of the dollar, but rather access to food and water.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/04/23/global-economic-crisis-400000-more-children-could-die-in-2009/feed/ 1 Corruption in Latin America: getting past the myths http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/03/12/corruption-in-latin-america-getting-past-the-myths/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/03/12/corruption-in-latin-america-getting-past-the-myths/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:54:47 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/03/12/corruption-in-latin-america-getting-past-the-myths/ siemens.jpgThe greater a society’s inequalities, the more easily perverse incentives for corruption are created. This has became more ingrained in Latin America during the last few decades. How to put up a fight.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/03/12/corruption-in-latin-america-getting-past-the-myths/feed/ 4 Obama’s ethical warnings http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/02/25/obamas-ethical-warnings/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/02/25/obamas-ethical-warnings/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:10:43 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/02/25/obamas-ethical-warnings/ greenspan.jpgIt is impossible to understand or act on the intense collapse of the American and global economy without taking the ethical failures into consideration.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2009/02/25/obamas-ethical-warnings/feed/ 4 Six fallacies regarding the Wall Street crisis http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/12/04/six-fallacies-regarding-the-wall-street-crisis/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/12/04/six-fallacies-regarding-the-wall-street-crisis/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:08:35 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/12/04/six-fallacies-regarding-the-wall-street-crisis/ bovespa241.jpegThe crisis is situational. It was the modest home buyer’s fault. The problem was caused by easy-to-fix technical errors. We must listen to the credit rating agencies so that what occurred on Wall Street will not happen in Latin America. The top executives also lost, because their stocks fell. With small tweaks to the model, everything can be fixed.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/12/04/six-fallacies-regarding-the-wall-street-crisis/feed/ 0 The middle class will shape Latin America’s future http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/11/06/the-middle-class-will-shape-latin-americas-future/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/11/06/the-middle-class-will-shape-latin-americas-future/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:56:28 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/11/06/the-middle-class-will-shape-latin-americas-future/ mafalda.jpgThe middle class will no longer be cannon fodder for orthodox and dogmatic economic experiments in Latin America. It has become aware, it is participating more and it will be a decisive player in the shaping of the region’s future.

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]]> http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/11/06/the-middle-class-will-shape-latin-americas-future/feed/ 2 Removing ethics from the economy has been a great failure http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/10/30/removing-ethics-from-the-economy-has-been-a-great-failure/ http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/10/30/removing-ethics-from-the-economy-has-been-a-great-failure/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:00:49 +0000 Bernardo Kliksberg http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/10/29/removing-ethics-from-the-economy-has-been-a-great-failure/ bushpaulsonbernanke.jpgVarious financiers on Wall Street completely went against the idea of social business responsibility. They tried to maximize profits in the short term, without paying any attention to social damage. The world’s most vulnerable people are already paying the price for this extremely serious global crisis. Ethics must begin to govern the economy once again. Urgently.

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Latin America must reexamine the regulation, speculative practices, extreme inequity, role of public policy, and many other very important underlying affairs of the tragic collapse of Wall Street. The region should immediately leave behind narrow economic policies, and get an idea of what basic components of social capital, like trust and ethics, weigh heavily on the economy. The time is now.

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