Augusto Nunes: Moraes transformou Silveira em prisioneiro particular

For a long time, there was a strong movement of people militating against business. There is some of that now; but there is a much larger movement of people militating against science, including many people who have business affiliations. And it is time that this movement be met head-on.

Over the past weekend I’ve been reading a very famous popular book by Peter Drucker “Post-Capitalist Society,” which he had produced in 1993. Dr. Drucker is obviously a fan of capitalism, but he also approaches it from a free-market and academic displacement simultaneously.

It’s very hard to have legitimate dialogue with foreign nations or engage in free-trade negotiations at a time when nations are busy seizing foreign assets and nationalizing oil wells, gas production, mines, and water filtration plants. Such huge capital outlays and direct foreign investment exist so that companies can turn a profit, otherwise they wouldn’t bother building up those industries abroad. When those assets are stolen or taken over by another government, the diplomacy discussions take a turn for the worst.

The United States, driven by the freedom guaranteed by our Constitutional republic, was once the model for quality education in the world. We led the free world in math, science, and the humanities. We were great because we were good, and we were successful because we were smart…

It seems the economic political rhetoric is already heating up as the 2012 G8 Summit meeting in Chicago approaches. Yes, there are lots to talk about; the EU crisis, Nationalizing of company oil assets in Argentina, the War on Drugs, Iranian oil, REEs, and charges of Chinese currency manipulation. Okay so, let’s talk shall we?