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A 62 year old American and political refugee in New Zealand - working as a child psychiatrist and member of the NZ Green Party.

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The Norwegian Experiment

4/21/10 11:02pm by stuartbramhall
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Not surprisingly there was considerable backlash against Norway’s 2003 law mandating that women make up 40 percent of corporate boards (see April 19 blog “Addressing Corporate Fraud: Norway’s 40% Solution”). The most common objection was that there were insufficient qualified women in Norway. In fact one male executive complained that boards would have to recruit “escorts” to meet the quota.  Read more >

Addressing Corporate Fraud: Norway's 40 Percent Solution

4/19/10 10:46pm by stuartbramhall
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The economic collapse of October 2008 was neither an accident nor a simple matter of recklessness and greed.  William Black, the former senior deputy counsel at the federal Office of Thrift Supervision, has thoroughly documented the epidemic of mortgage loan fraud, accounting fraud and credit rating fraud that was ultimately responsible for the global banking collapse.  Read more >

When the People Lead, Government Follows

3/24/10 9:24pm by stuartbramhall
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Hard Lessons from the Soviet Union

3/22/10 9:14pm by stuartbramhall
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The collapse of the 71 year old Soviet empire in 1989 stemmed mainly from the collapse of the Soviet economy, due to an unwinnable war in Afghanistan and a blown out military budget. The parallels with current US economic and geopolitical problems are obvious. Other similarities include the fact that the citizens of the US have lost any ability to influence their own government, as well as being stripped of basic civil liberties they are supposedly guaranteed under the Constitution.  Read more >

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Full Name
stuartbramhall
Member Since
March 2010
About Me: 

I am a 62 year old American living as a political refugee in New Zealand. I work as a child and adolescent psychiatrist and am on the National Executive of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Profession: 
Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Location: 
New Plymouth
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climate change, fossil fuel depletion, women's rights, civil liberties, anti-capitalism, anti-globalization, civil rights, corporatism, corporate media, disinformation, mind control, propaganda, feminism

 

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