where do most people work in ireland, portugal, belgium and finland?
need this for a geography project, and i mean like cities or regions, not what they do
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Portugal: Centre of the country Islands (Alentejo and north are the regions with more disemployment)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Why does socialism work in countries such as finland, denmark and norway but not the USA or Australia
Why does socialism work in countries such as finland, denmark and norway but not the USA or Australia?
Politics - 18 Answers
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Our school system is socialistic. That's worked so far.
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The USA has to many conservative knuckle heads.
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The size of the population.
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Socialism works for a little while but eventually all socialism fails.
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again and again, i see people who dont understand what socialism even is. Ok. for the fifht time, the nordic countries are not socialist. They are social democratic. Which means that they retain a capitalist economic system, but have a large amount of welfare programs and such. in socialism, there is no capitalism. there are no social welfare programs.
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Those other countries do not have socialism. At best they have socialized medicine because they felt some things should be above profit.
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They aren't socialist. They also have more homogenous socieites. America has too many challenged cultures: several ethnic and racial minorities in the U.S. are overwhelmingly wedded to poverty.
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Sandinavian countries have relatively high economic freedom. The US has a problem with inflationary monetary policy that undermines any growth.
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Intellect.
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those on the dole in the US are too stupid to keep their mouth shut and cash their checks...
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Population, and the people of the countries you named overall are probably more intelligent and don't waste. Tribes were socialist in nature; berry pickers, hunters, fishermen, farmers, wood gatherers....all brought their supplies together daily where they were shared. Understandably it doesn't work in a large complicated country.
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Those nations do not have pure socialism, they are capitalist, like us, but have decided to socialize more programs..such as health care and educational support for those who want to go to college.
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First of all, socialism does work when there is no greed. Trust me, I lived in Sweden for 10 years and if anything, socialism ain't working there, so they do have capitalistic loopholes in order to help bring up their economy again, but then they let it sink back to where it was. A cycle. VOLUNTARY socialism is what has worked in the past, and still does. Several communities in Russia operate under pure socialism, and pretty well too. The Israeli Kibbutz was one of the key factors in bringing Israel "out" of its desert state, and creating fertile land. Socialism only ever works when it isn't forced, mainly because those bitter who ruin the system are the ones forced into it. It's NOT because "everyone is greedy", it's the use of force and violence to achieve ends that's the problem. If America was to take a completely free market, you'd be bound to see large, socialist communities come up and actually operate.
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I am not an expert, but I think a lot of it has to do with size of population and world influence. Countries like Finland, Denmark, etc. can be more socialist because they have fewer expenses. Their smaller populations make it easier to deal with issues involving public education, public healthcare, etc. I think Finland has around 6 million people. The United States has about 307 million, so problems here are much larger in scope and sheer number of people; at a certain point, the size of government needed to solve these problems for us becomes impractical. The same can be said for our military presence. America, along with China and Russia, is one of three countries with the clout to change the state of the world all by itself. As such, we require a large and resource-rich standing army, so we need to divert a lot of our government resources to that end. Countries like Sweden and Denmark have very small military expenses because there is no reason that they need a large army. Who is going to go to war with Denmark, and when will Sweden and its 7 million people be a strong enough force to occupy another country? Those nations just aren't big enough players on the world stage to necessitate such large armies. The United States, on the other hand, certainly needs a vast military presence. As such, we cannot have the kind of government involvement in private matters that socialist countries can. Scandinavia has such wonderful education and healthcare systems because most of their tax contributions go to those causes. As countries with smaller populations, their problems with poverty and such are smaller, so they don't rely as heavily on some of the things we do. Basically, socialism works on a small scale. The USA is simply too big, too complex, and has far too many groups of people with far too many kinds of problems for a system like that to work here. The government could never manage it all, and in trying, they often just complicate things more.
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Did anyone tell Australia. America has always been socialist. Some just can't face facts.
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In what respect does it not work in Australia? Australia's hybrid public/private universal healthcare system is one of the most effective in the world? Progressive tax rates, quality universal education, little in the way of financial limitations on advanced education, have all made Australia a wealthy prospering nation with one of the highest standards of living in the world.
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Population. Those scandinavian countries that people use as evidence in support of socialism each have a population smaller than New York City.
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Denmark does not have socialism. It has a mixed market capitalist economy (one of the most competitive economies in the world) with a large welfare state. The reason why this works is because people trust each other and the government much more than in places like USA where there are large gaps between rich and poor and political leanings.
Politics - 18 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Our school system is socialistic. That's worked so far.
2 :
The USA has to many conservative knuckle heads.
3 :
The size of the population.
4 :
Socialism works for a little while but eventually all socialism fails.
5 :
again and again, i see people who dont understand what socialism even is. Ok. for the fifht time, the nordic countries are not socialist. They are social democratic. Which means that they retain a capitalist economic system, but have a large amount of welfare programs and such. in socialism, there is no capitalism. there are no social welfare programs.
6 :
Those other countries do not have socialism. At best they have socialized medicine because they felt some things should be above profit.
7 :
They aren't socialist. They also have more homogenous socieites. America has too many challenged cultures: several ethnic and racial minorities in the U.S. are overwhelmingly wedded to poverty.
8 :
Sandinavian countries have relatively high economic freedom. The US has a problem with inflationary monetary policy that undermines any growth.
9 :
Intellect.
10 :
those on the dole in the US are too stupid to keep their mouth shut and cash their checks...
11 :
Population, and the people of the countries you named overall are probably more intelligent and don't waste. Tribes were socialist in nature; berry pickers, hunters, fishermen, farmers, wood gatherers....all brought their supplies together daily where they were shared. Understandably it doesn't work in a large complicated country.
12 :
Those nations do not have pure socialism, they are capitalist, like us, but have decided to socialize more programs..such as health care and educational support for those who want to go to college.
13 :
First of all, socialism does work when there is no greed. Trust me, I lived in Sweden for 10 years and if anything, socialism ain't working there, so they do have capitalistic loopholes in order to help bring up their economy again, but then they let it sink back to where it was. A cycle. VOLUNTARY socialism is what has worked in the past, and still does. Several communities in Russia operate under pure socialism, and pretty well too. The Israeli Kibbutz was one of the key factors in bringing Israel "out" of its desert state, and creating fertile land. Socialism only ever works when it isn't forced, mainly because those bitter who ruin the system are the ones forced into it. It's NOT because "everyone is greedy", it's the use of force and violence to achieve ends that's the problem. If America was to take a completely free market, you'd be bound to see large, socialist communities come up and actually operate.
14 :
I am not an expert, but I think a lot of it has to do with size of population and world influence. Countries like Finland, Denmark, etc. can be more socialist because they have fewer expenses. Their smaller populations make it easier to deal with issues involving public education, public healthcare, etc. I think Finland has around 6 million people. The United States has about 307 million, so problems here are much larger in scope and sheer number of people; at a certain point, the size of government needed to solve these problems for us becomes impractical. The same can be said for our military presence. America, along with China and Russia, is one of three countries with the clout to change the state of the world all by itself. As such, we require a large and resource-rich standing army, so we need to divert a lot of our government resources to that end. Countries like Sweden and Denmark have very small military expenses because there is no reason that they need a large army. Who is going to go to war with Denmark, and when will Sweden and its 7 million people be a strong enough force to occupy another country? Those nations just aren't big enough players on the world stage to necessitate such large armies. The United States, on the other hand, certainly needs a vast military presence. As such, we cannot have the kind of government involvement in private matters that socialist countries can. Scandinavia has such wonderful education and healthcare systems because most of their tax contributions go to those causes. As countries with smaller populations, their problems with poverty and such are smaller, so they don't rely as heavily on some of the things we do. Basically, socialism works on a small scale. The USA is simply too big, too complex, and has far too many groups of people with far too many kinds of problems for a system like that to work here. The government could never manage it all, and in trying, they often just complicate things more.
15 :
Did anyone tell Australia. America has always been socialist. Some just can't face facts.
16 :
In what respect does it not work in Australia? Australia's hybrid public/private universal healthcare system is one of the most effective in the world? Progressive tax rates, quality universal education, little in the way of financial limitations on advanced education, have all made Australia a wealthy prospering nation with one of the highest standards of living in the world.
17 :
Population. Those scandinavian countries that people use as evidence in support of socialism each have a population smaller than New York City.
18 :
Denmark does not have socialism. It has a mixed market capitalist economy (one of the most competitive economies in the world) with a large welfare state. The reason why this works is because people trust each other and the government much more than in places like USA where there are large gaps between rich and poor and political leanings.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Work/Live in Finland
Work/Live in Finland?
Could I work or live in Finland, preferably Helsinki, without knowing a word of Finnish? I am currently 17 and about to graduate High School and soon after that ill be 18, which is when Id like to move. Let me know what you think I could do. Thanks!! =D
Other - Europe - 5 Answers
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people in helsinki speak fluent english. but if u go to the outer skirts of town like espoo. prepare yourself cause people there dont talk english that much and u might have a hard time communicating with them.
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work would be very difficult without speaking Suomi. unless your work doesnt require talking with customers.
3 :
Well, the other answerer is totally wrong with the English skills of Finns, namely, English is the primary choice for the first (compulsory!) foreign language at school across the whole country so we Finns certainly know our English (except people older than 60 years of age)!!! But, the problem is that to have a Finnish citizenship requires a passing of a language test, which means that you cannot have the citizenship without any Finnish skills here. The universities here do not offer whole degree programmes in English so that is another problem too.
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There are only a few possibilities for obtaining a visa to live in Finland, and without citizenship with an EU country or direct Finnish ancestry, it's difficult to get one. Visa based on work: You need to have a job before you can apply to move to Finland and work there. Within the EU, a country must show they advertised a position locally and couldn't find a qualified EU worker, before they can hire you. It depends a lot on labor shortages within specific fields, and generally requires extensive higher education and work experience. Due to the time and cost involved, it makes more sense to hire a local. It's easy to get around Finland as a tourist using only English, but the working language for most companies is Finnish (or possibly Swedish). It's a necessity to speak one of those languages, otherwise finding work will be very difficult. With no particular skills or education, a company will always be able to find another applicant that can do the job, that speaks the local language in addition to English and can start work right away. The only other real possibility is a study visa. To be accepted to an undergrad program, you need to pass a fluency test in Finnish. You have to show you have at least รข‚¬6000/year for support before you can get a permit. There are graduate programs in English, but you'll need a Bachelor's degree for entry. Your best option is to go to university in the US, and do a one-year exchange program without the language requirements (you would learn Finnish during that year). Alternately, you could do all your undergraduate studies in the US. It's important to start studying Finnish as soon as possible if you're serious about moving, it's listed as one of the most difficult languages to learn as an English-speaker. Once you've completed your degree, you could apply for graduate school in Finland. With an appropriate degree from Finland (and language skills, by then) you might have a possibility of finding work.
5 :
You can literally move to any country and have the same problems/challenges ahead of you. Generally speaking finnish people do speak good English. Other problem is that they don't usually hire people with immigrant background that easily unless you have a magic skill that is hard to find. Getting a job is no easy task even for a Finn these days. Living in Helsinki area is more expensive than in the other towns so you'd probably end up having no money after all the expenses. Public transport, apartment rent, food are expensive and salaries relatively low and taxes high. If you're not EU or finnish citizen your taxation rate is higher also. Let's not forget that we have comparably high unemployment rate which is officially 7% but don't be fooled by that. If the only factor was paid jobs it'd be about 14 %. If you really want to try then I suggest that you try to get some kind of temporary summer job and apply for the temporary working visa permit. There are American companies in Finland aswell but usually they don't hire much staff as it is more economical to employ people elsewhere. You'd have more luck in some English speaking country. (UK & Ireland)
Could I work or live in Finland, preferably Helsinki, without knowing a word of Finnish? I am currently 17 and about to graduate High School and soon after that ill be 18, which is when Id like to move. Let me know what you think I could do. Thanks!! =D
Other - Europe - 5 Answers
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1 :
people in helsinki speak fluent english. but if u go to the outer skirts of town like espoo. prepare yourself cause people there dont talk english that much and u might have a hard time communicating with them.
2 :
work would be very difficult without speaking Suomi. unless your work doesnt require talking with customers.
3 :
Well, the other answerer is totally wrong with the English skills of Finns, namely, English is the primary choice for the first (compulsory!) foreign language at school across the whole country so we Finns certainly know our English (except people older than 60 years of age)!!! But, the problem is that to have a Finnish citizenship requires a passing of a language test, which means that you cannot have the citizenship without any Finnish skills here. The universities here do not offer whole degree programmes in English so that is another problem too.
4 :
There are only a few possibilities for obtaining a visa to live in Finland, and without citizenship with an EU country or direct Finnish ancestry, it's difficult to get one. Visa based on work: You need to have a job before you can apply to move to Finland and work there. Within the EU, a country must show they advertised a position locally and couldn't find a qualified EU worker, before they can hire you. It depends a lot on labor shortages within specific fields, and generally requires extensive higher education and work experience. Due to the time and cost involved, it makes more sense to hire a local. It's easy to get around Finland as a tourist using only English, but the working language for most companies is Finnish (or possibly Swedish). It's a necessity to speak one of those languages, otherwise finding work will be very difficult. With no particular skills or education, a company will always be able to find another applicant that can do the job, that speaks the local language in addition to English and can start work right away. The only other real possibility is a study visa. To be accepted to an undergrad program, you need to pass a fluency test in Finnish. You have to show you have at least รข‚¬6000/year for support before you can get a permit. There are graduate programs in English, but you'll need a Bachelor's degree for entry. Your best option is to go to university in the US, and do a one-year exchange program without the language requirements (you would learn Finnish during that year). Alternately, you could do all your undergraduate studies in the US. It's important to start studying Finnish as soon as possible if you're serious about moving, it's listed as one of the most difficult languages to learn as an English-speaker. Once you've completed your degree, you could apply for graduate school in Finland. With an appropriate degree from Finland (and language skills, by then) you might have a possibility of finding work.
5 :
You can literally move to any country and have the same problems/challenges ahead of you. Generally speaking finnish people do speak good English. Other problem is that they don't usually hire people with immigrant background that easily unless you have a magic skill that is hard to find. Getting a job is no easy task even for a Finn these days. Living in Helsinki area is more expensive than in the other towns so you'd probably end up having no money after all the expenses. Public transport, apartment rent, food are expensive and salaries relatively low and taxes high. If you're not EU or finnish citizen your taxation rate is higher also. Let's not forget that we have comparably high unemployment rate which is officially 7% but don't be fooled by that. If the only factor was paid jobs it'd be about 14 %. If you really want to try then I suggest that you try to get some kind of temporary summer job and apply for the temporary working visa permit. There are American companies in Finland aswell but usually they don't hire much staff as it is more economical to employ people elsewhere. You'd have more luck in some English speaking country. (UK & Ireland)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Would a XBOX 360 game from the USA work on a 360 in Finland
Would a XBOX 360 game from the USA work on a 360 in Finland?
I know sometimes DVDs dont work in other countries. But what about xbox games?
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The games are the same as the DVDs if your console is NTSC and the discs are another format. Example: PAL it wouldn't work. simply the format of your disc has to match the format of your console to work. PAL works with PAL. NTSC works with NTSC..etc.
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if its ntsc ya i have pal and i bought a game from malasiya thinking it would work so remember think before you buy
I know sometimes DVDs dont work in other countries. But what about xbox games?
Xbox - 2 Answers
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The games are the same as the DVDs if your console is NTSC and the discs are another format. Example: PAL it wouldn't work. simply the format of your disc has to match the format of your console to work. PAL works with PAL. NTSC works with NTSC..etc.
2 :
if its ntsc ya i have pal and i bought a game from malasiya thinking it would work so remember think before you buy
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