scholarly journals O documento Oeconomicae et pecuniariae e o congelmamento de investimentos federais em políticas de saúde e educação no Brasil.

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Maria Espezim dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
World System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The World ◽  
Investments In Education

O presente artigo estuda o Documento aprovado em janeiro de 2018pelo Papa Francisco “Oeconomicae et pecuniariae: considerações para um dis-cernimento ético sobre alguns aspectos do atual sistema econômico-financeiro”(OeP), em linhas gerais, e especialmente, contrasta os alertas e propostas como problema das políticas de austeridade assumidas após a crise econômica de2007-2008 iniciada nos Estados Unidos e irradiada para o sistema mundial.Recorta-se na medida específica do congelamento dos investimentos federaisem educação e saúde no Brasil, por intermédio da Emenda Constitucional no95, de 15 de dezembro de 2016. Aponta-se para o erro da medida estudada,tendo em vista a desigualdade econômica brasileira de matriz estrutural e da baixíssima mobilidade social “para cima”, os alertas para discernimento éticono agir mercantil, a obrigatoriedade de submeter autoridades públicas à preo-cupação com o bem-estar e a consequente demarcação clara entre os setoreseconômico e político, a ensejar vigilância constante na direção da integralidadedo bem, que deve pautar todas as atividades humanas.Palavras-chave: Oeconomicae et pecuniariae. Crise de 2007-2008. Congela-mento de investimentos sociais.Abstract: The present article studies the Document approved in January of 2018by Pope Francisco “Oeconomicae et pecuniariae: considerations for an ethicaldiscernment on some aspects of the current economic-financial system” (OeP),in general lines, and especially, it contrasts the warnings and proposals with theproblem of austerity policies taken in the aftermath of the 2007-2008 economiccrisis that began in the United States and radiated into the world system. It is cutto the specific extent of the freezing of federal investments in education and healthin Brazil, through Constitutional Amendment no 95, of December 15, 2016. It ispointed to the error of the measure studied, in view of the economic inequalityand the very low social mobility “upwards”, the warnings for ethical discernmentin the mercantile action, the obligation to submit public authorities to the concernwith the well-being and the consequent clear demarcation between the economicand political sectors, to induce constant vigilance towards the integrality of thegood, which must guide all human activities.Keywords: Oeconomicae et pecuniariae. Crisis of 2007-2008. Freezing ofsocial investments.

scholarly journals The world public opinion towards the American foreign policy of presidents of the United States of North America in the years 2001–2016

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-184
Author(s):  
Przemysław Potocki
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
World System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa

The article is based on an analysis of certain aspects of how the public opinion of selected nations in years 2001–2016 perceived the American foreign policy and the images of two Presidents of the United States (George W. Bush, Barack Obama). In order to achieve these research goals some polling indicators were constructed. They are linked with empirical assessments related to the foreign policy of the U.S. and the political activity of two Presidents of the United States of America which are constructed by nations in three segments of the world system. Results of the analysis confirmed the research hypotheses. The position of a given nation in the structure of the world system influenced the dynamics of perception and the directions of empirical assessments (positive/negative) of that nation’s public opinion about the USA.

scholarly journals Two Happiness Puzzles

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angus Deaton ◽  
Arthur A Stone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Relative Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Us States ◽  
Income Effects ◽  
Life Evaluation ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World

We consider two happiness puzzles. First, many studies show that only relative income matters for well-being. Yet the Gallup data for the United States and from the rest of the world show no such result, at least for life evaluation. There may be relative income effects in hedonic well-being though other interpretations are available. Second, more religious people typically report higher experiential well-being but more religious places have worse well-being on average, both across US states and across countries. More religious states and counties in the US also have worse murder rates, deaths from cardiovascular disease and from cancer.

scholarly journals STRUCTURES OF MODERN HEGEMONY: THE USA CASESTUDY

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
World System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobility Control ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Stable Set ◽  
The World ◽  
Normative Value

The present paper is devoted to the study of hegemony as a process of power distribution, which is based on the constant interaction of modes – dynamic characteristics of hegemony. Hegemony was often viewed as a phenomenon or state of political and ethical reality though macrohistorical, world-system and socio-economic studies during the twentieth century showed that hegemony should be considered as a process, i.e. as a whole directed and stable set of relationships (economic, social, political, military, cultural, etc.), which form the normative-value space of both society and forms of political organization, such as empires or modern states. The article analyzes the hegemony of the United States of America as a modern empire, which is characterized by transnationality, the use of «reasonable power» and the creation of an extensive infrastructure of control and discipline in various spheres of life of both societies and states. The use of structural-functional and world-system approaches has shown that US hegemony consists of four main modes (as further research may reveal other modes): capital, power, power relations, and ideology, which have a specific set of structures with their own content that provide reproduction of hegemony and its further expansion. It is proved that dollarization of the world, control over the banking system and stock exchanges, constant use of its own military forces and their mobility, control over international associations (both global and local levels), transnationalization of culture, technology and information, production of global trends, transformation of hierarchies of values and globalization processes are components of modern hegemony, its dynamic characteristics and structures that ensure its functionality. The existing structures create a dominant position of the United States in the world, which is reflected in the transformation of normative value systems of different societies, and also serve as a basis for structural and functional metamorphoses in political systems of different countries in the orbit of hegemonic influence.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Graham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Right ◽  
Individual Choices ◽  
Distribution Of Income

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the book's main themes. This book considers the extent to which the American Dream—and the right to the pursuit of happiness—is equally available to all citizens today. Building on the author's research on well-being and on mobility and opportunity in countries around the world, the book explore the linkages between the distribution of income, attitudes about inequality and future mobility, and well-being in the United States, and also provides some comparisons with other countries and regions. This scholarship is distinct from existing work on inequality in its focus on the well-being–beliefs channel and its implications for individual choices about the future.

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