Hello. to introduce myself: i am a 44 years old man from Germany, not married, no kids. I work in the information technology arrea, in the field of quality assurance. Countries i have visited so far; Thailand, Malaysia, Austria Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, France, England, Kroatia, Slovenia. Religious attitide: i was raised in protestant christian creed, but i left churrch when i was 16 (the earliest age it was possible at that time). the best way to describe my religious belief is agnostic. Many bhuddist ideas have influenced me, althouh i am not actually a bhuddist. Politic attitude: in USA they would call me rather liberal. But i think the breakdown beetween liberals and conservatives is quite wrong. it is typical US simpilicism and the wrong use of the word "liberal". i studied economics, therefor i know a "plan economy" like in the further USSR can not work. But i am also aware enough of the developments of the last 30 years to see a purely liberal capitalism also does not work good. un uncontrolled, unlimited capitalsim leads to bank crises, other economical crises and in the long run it leads to exploitation. globalisation does enforce that, does spead it up because globalozation gives enterprises the chance to avoid governmental restrictations in certain coutries and to pick these countries with lowest social and environmental levels. In Germany we had until the early 1970s a conceopt call "social market economy". It built a bridge between economical liberty for enterprises and social justice. After the early 70s the concept was given up and a less and less regulated economy took place. What led to rising unemployment rates, what led to rich ones becominng richer and poor ones becoming poorer. the intermediate layer in society became smaller and smaller since then. and the middle shift had been the motor of society and economy. the scissor between rich and poor opened more and more since the 1970s. history teaches that an increasing gap between rich and poor sooner or later leads to civil war. something no one with brain can want. history teaches as well that an increasing middle shift brings delevopment and inner peace to a country. Therefor i think it is important for all coutries in the world, to find an appropriate bridge between "socialist" regulation of the economy and captitalistic freedom. i think the past and upcomming turbulences in the financial sector which are mainly completly unregulated will prove me right.
