The university professors who signed this statement we do because we are convinced that the interpretation made of the crisis and the measures being taken to the grave situation we are facing are not adequate for cope respecting basic principles of democracy and social justice.
We want the public to understand that this crisis is not simply a circumstantial, but the expression of a way of life and organization of all social and economic system is unsustainable material and human.
The crisis has caused a financial system designed and regulated so that the main source of profit for the banking and financial powers is speculation. So it will be impossible to get out of the crisis and want to quit, without changing the rules of the financial system without destroying tax havens without monitor and control the banks and allowing them to remain those who impose the way of functioning of the economy world. We can not allow the public has nothing to do pay the piper by banks.
The crisis has had a particularly serious effect on our country because governments consolidated in recent years an economic model based on the construction, massive and irrational exploitation of natural resources and inequality and highly dependent on the designs of large European corporations and bureaucracies. We can not overcome the crisis if it is still encouraging the same kind of economic activity.
We are also checking that the crisis makes the fragility of our democracy because instead of deliberation prevails because taxation and financial and economic powers are imposed continuously representative institutions. Yield to the extortion of "markets" is further weaken democracy and thus only emerge from the crisis with less welfare and justice.
You want to convince the public that the measures being taken are the only possible but the experience of other countries we can say that this is not true and that when taken only lead, as you just said the Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz, "the disaster." We know, however, that there are other solutions to the crisis much more efficient and favorable to welfare.
knowledge of what is happening and common sense tell us that first and foremost is to return the credit to businesses and families and that this requires that the State has secure sources of funding. It is immoral and unacceptable for the money that the government give banks 1% to finance the economy just use it to buy government debt at 5 or even 10% or to continue speculating. That is why we advocate public banking crisis has shown that it is more necessary than ever.
know that labor reform was prepared only for the primary purpose of weakening the bargaining power of workers is not what it takes to create jobs. Trying to overcome the crisis by reducing wages and incomes of most people is like trying to leave the pit pulling their hair. It is those who keep spending income that allows the economy remains standing, so to reduce to increase the profits of banks and big business (in the first quarter of 2010 have increased by 25%) is the threshold of a long and painful economic depression.
know that spending cuts proposed are not the most effective nor the most fair and that in any case, there are others that might be cut first, as the military. And we know that there are other revenue-raising mechanisms whose burden does not fall on the poorest, but on those who caused the crisis, or those who enjoy much higher income or wealth to the majority of the population.
Who know how this society, history and nature of the real powers that decision makers are aware of the difficulty of taking different measures now proposed by the employers and the big financiers. But experience also shows that when citizens are empowered and knows what goes on around him is capable of influencing and distorting the decisions that force you to go on the road we do not want to travel.
therefore also claim more social debate and dialogue so that citizens know what's going to plural information is available and can choose and decide on merit. We demand therefore that the public media comply with the task you are called urgently and open discussions on the crisis in which not always spread the same ideas of those in power but different ideas and proposals about what is happening and how best to cope.
With this conviction, we are committed to contributing our academic activities for the society aware of the measures being taken LET NOT RESOLVE THE CRISIS because only routed to facilitate further the already privileged more easily obtain their huge benefits. And above all, to produce and disseminate those OTHER WAYS TO COPE WITH CRISIS respecting the welfare and justice and that they are much more effective in combating such negative effects on the poorest population.
As proof of this commitment we sign this statement will publish shortly to show our rejection of the measures being taken.
Sevilla, May 2010
We want the public to understand that this crisis is not simply a circumstantial, but the expression of a way of life and organization of all social and economic system is unsustainable material and human.
The crisis has caused a financial system designed and regulated so that the main source of profit for the banking and financial powers is speculation. So it will be impossible to get out of the crisis and want to quit, without changing the rules of the financial system without destroying tax havens without monitor and control the banks and allowing them to remain those who impose the way of functioning of the economy world. We can not allow the public has nothing to do pay the piper by banks.
The crisis has had a particularly serious effect on our country because governments consolidated in recent years an economic model based on the construction, massive and irrational exploitation of natural resources and inequality and highly dependent on the designs of large European corporations and bureaucracies. We can not overcome the crisis if it is still encouraging the same kind of economic activity.
We are also checking that the crisis makes the fragility of our democracy because instead of deliberation prevails because taxation and financial and economic powers are imposed continuously representative institutions. Yield to the extortion of "markets" is further weaken democracy and thus only emerge from the crisis with less welfare and justice.
You want to convince the public that the measures being taken are the only possible but the experience of other countries we can say that this is not true and that when taken only lead, as you just said the Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz, "the disaster." We know, however, that there are other solutions to the crisis much more efficient and favorable to welfare.
knowledge of what is happening and common sense tell us that first and foremost is to return the credit to businesses and families and that this requires that the State has secure sources of funding. It is immoral and unacceptable for the money that the government give banks 1% to finance the economy just use it to buy government debt at 5 or even 10% or to continue speculating. That is why we advocate public banking crisis has shown that it is more necessary than ever.
know that labor reform was prepared only for the primary purpose of weakening the bargaining power of workers is not what it takes to create jobs. Trying to overcome the crisis by reducing wages and incomes of most people is like trying to leave the pit pulling their hair. It is those who keep spending income that allows the economy remains standing, so to reduce to increase the profits of banks and big business (in the first quarter of 2010 have increased by 25%) is the threshold of a long and painful economic depression.
know that spending cuts proposed are not the most effective nor the most fair and that in any case, there are others that might be cut first, as the military. And we know that there are other revenue-raising mechanisms whose burden does not fall on the poorest, but on those who caused the crisis, or those who enjoy much higher income or wealth to the majority of the population.
Who know how this society, history and nature of the real powers that decision makers are aware of the difficulty of taking different measures now proposed by the employers and the big financiers. But experience also shows that when citizens are empowered and knows what goes on around him is capable of influencing and distorting the decisions that force you to go on the road we do not want to travel.
therefore also claim more social debate and dialogue so that citizens know what's going to plural information is available and can choose and decide on merit. We demand therefore that the public media comply with the task you are called urgently and open discussions on the crisis in which not always spread the same ideas of those in power but different ideas and proposals about what is happening and how best to cope.
With this conviction, we are committed to contributing our academic activities for the society aware of the measures being taken LET NOT RESOLVE THE CRISIS because only routed to facilitate further the already privileged more easily obtain their huge benefits. And above all, to produce and disseminate those OTHER WAYS TO COPE WITH CRISIS respecting the welfare and justice and that they are much more effective in combating such negative effects on the poorest population.
As proof of this commitment we sign this statement will publish shortly to show our rejection of the measures being taken.
Sevilla, May 2010
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