If 80 million are idiots can agree, then do not see one, that this opinion is idiotic? - I am very much of the opinion: But!
The development of neo-conservative policies takes place mainly in so-called think tanks or in other words in so-called think tanks. This in politics - as a scientific discussion, "hands-on private or publicly funded research institutions" described Think Tanks go far beyond the functions of policy advice and influence also on the agenda-setting. The neo-conservative think tanks are a central part of a network of foundations, businesses, politicians and the media, which in recent years produced a wide-ranging discourse shift.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s funded business elites the development of a conservative "influential network, consisting of think tanks, research centers, educational programs, and professorships at major universities. This enabled the neoconservatives build an institutional infrastructure. Typical of the neo-conservative think tanks this time an unprecedented politicization of the expert activity "is, openly and unmistakably were henceforth political" reform agenda "in the neoconservative think tanks (and the democratic institutions over) worked directly in the executive "fed". These think tanks were characterized further by a strong human, financial and ideological interdependence in the form of a network (of think tanks, foundations and media) from.
we take the example of "environmental protection"
Professional think tanks play an important, though rarely Apparently Big role in the struggle of corporations to environmental protection measures. With aid from rich number of paid "experts", the scientific carry out studies of existing or impending environmental destruction in agreement, they now have a key position in the discussion of draft legislation on the environment and provide a contact people in their governments with appropriate figures and arguments. So conservative Think Tanks have argued that there would be no global warming!
Brian Tucker by the Australian Institute of Public Affairs once said quote:
"despite fears in the medical community and exaggerations from Greenpeace
there is little evidence to show that climate change is harmful. "
In the same way, Frech, the scientific consensus on a number of other environmental problems such as the threat of species, acid rain and increasing the ozone hole called into question!
Another example of the "social component"
The study, "Wealth and Poverty" came to the conclusion that poverty is the result of personal irresponsibility!
(1) Rather, it was the relevant corporations to exploit the changing federal governments for their own purposes. These include tax breaks and other privileges for the internationally active capital, reduction of social transfers and state aid in the enforcement of wage dumping. The one-sided concentration of national economic policy on the export sector, the preference of multinational corporations strangling the German economy. There are missing as a result of tax dumping and inadequate purchasing power due to low wages, pensions drop in unemployment and poor public Investment. On the edge: The current wave of globalization, on the merits of the German big business magnificently, caused social upheavals in the old capitalist world and the only just developed accumulation areas. The related conflicts have increased military commitment and preventive intervention to follow. The Western public, this is sold as a peace-keeping mission and accepted as such. (/ 1)
the example of "rent"
Who does not in a slogan " We need the private provision in the pension! " Since 1982, about a ghost in this Republic, namely that the pension scheme has no more financial underpinnings. The " pillar of solidarity was broken away 'reads as well as in the recurring ritual of propaganda for" Christiansen ". Were, a "supply gap " opened up, had to answer the policy (O-Ton insurance agents). Remember: " The pensions are safe! " (Norbert Bluem, former Minister of Labour under the Kohl government).
So, Mr. Bluem now directly subordinate to the "pension lie" would be, under the circumstances a bit too excessive - I think nach.Was but is certainly a lie that one sits down and now the "Private Pension " as part of a basic law according to the ; s social rule of law to promote a "solidarity-based solution." This "solution" stands in exactly the context of the interests of employers, representing the INSM vehement in their slogan. "We need the private provision ! "they are trying to kill two birds with one stone: first
push-wage labor costs radically and
second the insurance industry in the best-case gain to 160 billion additional for that is roughly the amount that flows into the social security systems per annum.
scaremongering and propaganda campaigns, the strategy under the headline brings together the teams of the neoradikalen market economists and think tanks.
Their creed: to destroy the confidence of citizens in the statutory pension insurance and thus increase the turnover of the insurance companies!
people without jobs, the misery of wage earners, the " vocational trainees " and other due to lack of Precarious economic policies are, in any case excluded from a lack of financial power of private insurance, so the impact an anti-social economic and fiscal policy and the related Destruction of social systems, most people make in the Life is. The equal funding by workers and employers should be scrapped and gradually disappear the solidarity at most in the history book of the Federal Republic of Germany.
persons of German think tanks
Mr. Professor sense of Ifo Institute in Munich. A Radical out and out market, which is within the INSM the leading group of "ambassadors".
Mr. Raffelhüschen , Professor and doctor, who is also a research assistant on the payroll of the INSM. His institute with the German in the semantics of linguistics as a positive reception terms' generation contract "and" Research ", can he sponsor in this harmonious chord his institute by the insurance industry.
Tasso Enzweiler seems at present no longer the manager of the initiative. In its place came the vacant position to someone who calls himself Max Höfer . In turn runs an institute that is also served by several pharmaceutical companies and their lobbyist vassal troops financially: it is time to "health economics". His institute is concerned just with the theme " care insurance and how to bring people to all that crap - the best by private insurance - to finance itself,"
The Opinion ' , s-wrought by Germany
The Community Action Social Market Economy , founded in 1953 by leading neo-or moderately liberal, supports publications and events with the ideals of the social market economy as defined by its founding fathers. The ASM often combines a Christian image of man with a social standard that should not obscure the fact that this should be done via a neo-liberal economic order. Chairman is Professor of Economics Emeritus Tübingen Joachim Starbatty . concentrated in recent years, the ASM one hand on the transformation process of Eastern European economic and the other to the "economic Training of the young generation in Germany. " Just as the Convention for the ASM Germany receives financial support from the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation .
The group alternative economic policy also Memorandum Group called, is composed of economists and Gewerkschaftern.Ziel is to present counter-models for time-mental economics mainstream that a capital-oriented and private economic interests is considered one-sided support. In its vicinity to the unions, sees the group as a counter-memorandum movement to a policy of welfare cuts.
The procedure is so that both the public and are within the discourse of economics and trade unions as is the scientific support. The working group brings an annual economic policy alternative "second opinion" to out "the assessment of economic development" by the five economic experts. DieFinanzierung done according to its own statement from donations and sales of Publikationen.Sie is one of the few institutions that are committed to the preservation of Ludwig Erhard's model of social market economy. "Germany is better than now
" Under the slogan of 2003, the founded Bürgerkonvent to respect the disaffection the alleged "reform jams" to join. The Bürgerkonvent describes himself as open to all who want to help to implement market reforms. Speaker is Prof. Dr. Meinhard Miegel , head of Institute for Business and Society in Bonn, as well as adviser to the among others, the Deutsche Bank-financed German Institute for Altersvorsoge. On the ultimate financing of the Convention and especially citizens of the media campaign to start until today there is confusion.
The Friedrich August von Hayek-Gesellschaft eV was founded in May 1998 in Lahr
(Freiburg / Baden) by German scientists, entrepreneurs and journalists. Aims to promote ideas within the meaning Hayeks.Sie organizes conferences and symposia and gives a "Hayek Medal" for exemplary contributions to the idea of a "Constitution of the freedom .
The Initiative New Social Market Economy (INSM) is an employer association for the steel, producing 8.8 million € funded reform initiative, which is of ads, media cooperation, studies, activities and events
uses. The INSM has recruited a group of curators and ambassadors that arise for them in public. These include Oswald Metzger, Lothar Späth , Paul Kirchhof and Michael Huether (Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft). The INSM cooperates closely with the Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (IW) . allegations refer mainly to the blending of journalism and public relations and non-transparent way of working. INSM the fame in 2002 when it was revealed that he had purchased from the TV series Marienhof dialogues to accommodate liberal messages.
The INSM supported the appeal of 250 professors Hamburg, Hamburg by Professors Michael Funke, Bernd Lucke and Thomas Straubhaar was initiated. He sees in the labor cost is the key to more growth, does not accept any demand-oriented economic policies and calls for a strict austerity. took part in the display section, among other Ulrich Blum, Michael Huether , Bernd Raffelhüschen and Joachim Starbatty .
The Institute for Business and Society (IWG) in 1977 by Kurt Biedenkopf and Meinhard Miegel , including Speaker of the Citizens Convention founded. According to its own statement that the IWG does contract research for the Federal Ministry for Research and Education, the Confederation of German Construction Industry or the Bertelsmann Foundation . The working-scientific issues for the practice is done according to the principles of social market economy. It is also used for lectures and seminars as a discussion forum. Advisory Board members include Christian von Weizsacker , Elisabeth Noelle (Institute of polling, Allen Bach), Hans D. Barbier (also INSM-Ambassador), the author Peter Gillies and Wolfgang Franz (ZEW).
The Institute of German Economy (IW) is a private economic research institut.Mitglieder are employers and business associations and companies from industry, trade and services sectors. According to the understanding of a service provider prepares the IW on scientific topics for dieWirtschaft. There is close cooperation with the Initiative New Social Market Economy (INSM), created for the IW the studies.
The Convention for Germany consists for the "reform of the reform ability " Germany's one. Above all, the conversion of Germany to a competitive federalism forward. For, as Roland Berger that reforms such as by Thatcher otherwise not in Germany would be enforceable. He was Hans-Olaf Henkel , Roland Berger and Manfred Pohl (historians, German Bank) was founded. Chairman of the so-called convention circuit is Roman Herzog. Even otherwise find in the ranks of the Convention for Germany renowned Figures from politics and business as Otto Graf Lambsdorf , Klaus von Dohnanyi or Wolfgang Clement .
The Foundation market economy in early 1982 as a decidedly free-market think tank founded . The funding is mainly through the support of other foundations, donations from business and private donations. Chairman of the Board is Theo Siegert , while chairman of the world's largest retail group Metro AG . There are personal connections to both INSM ( Initiative New Social Market Economy ) and the CDU that explains the reputation of the market economy Foundation as mastermind of a black-and-yellow project. Notable examples were the board of trustees chairman Schweickart, who is also Vice Chairman of the CDU
- is Economic Council or Michael Eilfort , former office manager at Frederick Merz and now CEO of Foundation market economy. The second board is Bernd Raffelhüschen.
1954 in Freiburg established the Walter Eucken Institute in the tradition of the moderately liberal Freiburg School. The WEI sees itself as a competence center for public policy and regulatory economic research, combining approaches of today Eucken in Hayek and James Buchanan (Public Choice). For Ludwig Erhard's participation in the formation of the partial funding comes from the Federal Ministry of Economics. Other funds come from the state of Baden Württemberg, the German bank and private donors.
Economic Research Institute Hall . The Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH ), 1992 for the scientific analysis of the transformation of the Central established a market economy, meet the majority of its funding from the Federal and from the State of Saxony-Anhalt . Well in 2003 € 360 000 came from outside sources. The aim would be the restructuring of state-citizen relations company, and the regulation of competition. The Institute is a scientific advisory board of the six Wirtschaftsweisen.Im sit Heinz Peter Galler , Michael C. Burda
, Juergen B. Donges , Karl-Heinz Paqué (both INSM-Ambassador), January Oosterhaven and Horst M. Schellhaaß . Ulrich Blum since 2004 and was president of IWH
the federal election campaign in 2005, a strong supporter Paul Kirchhof .
more names to remember:
- Dr. Silvana Koch-Mehrin , Member of the European Parliament and of the FDP Federal Executive Board, Chairman of the International Group of the FDP Europe, Brussels
- Florian Gerster , former chairman of the Federal Employment Agency, also a member of the Board of Trustees the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (also a neo-liberal think tank)
- Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen , president of the Free University of Berlin
- Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth , Olympic champion high jumper
- Dieter Rickert is considered Germany's most famous "Headhunter"
- Carl-Ludwig Thiele , Vice Chairman of the FDP parliamentary group
- Prof. Dr. Hans Tietmeyer , chairman of the Fö ; rdervereins and former president of the Bundesbank
- Martin Kannegiesser , founder of the INSM (Initiative New Social Market Economy)
- Reinhard Hundt, head of the Association of German Employers
- Ulrich Dietz, CEO of GFT AG
- Oswald Metzger , War financier Alliance 90/The Greens, the CDU is now changed
- Dominique Döttling , Managing Partner & Partner Döttling mbH, Uhingen
- Prof. Dr. Arnulf Baring, a political scientist and Publicist
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dagmar Schipanski , President of the Parliament of Thuringia
- Carl-Ludwig Thiele , MP, Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich van Suntum Geschäftsf & # 252; onlineused director of the Center for Applied Economic Research Münster (CAWM), University of Münster
And so are their often repeated in prayer wheels Theses
- Germany is not internationally competitive can
- Germany no longer afford the expense sozielen
- wage labor costs are too high
- wages are too high
- R & D tax , r companies are too high
- market forces without government intervention to regulate everything better
- privatization of state enterprises create better value for money and better service
- Germany nipped at his B & # 252; rokratie
And then there was the thing with the "own opinion", which indicates too much that there are too many people who have no opinion, and certainly not "own" have .
And to the think tanks out there my advice: If you have
people have brought to the silent, you have it far from convinced of your opinion.
(1) = http://insmwatchblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/zitat-des-tages-41/
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