mberre

How close is DPRK to the book 1984?

Could a coup d'etat ever happen in the North? I'd imagine that even the soldiers feel like they are being oppressed by their government. Might not be that hard to pull off something akin to the plot to bomb hitler.

I've got some questions:

1. Law: My roommates are legal scholars. They argue incessantly about common law being better or worse than civil law. Since you are a lawyer, have you got any views on this matter?

2. Immigration: Since you mention Immigration (and the surname Levin is identifiably not anglo-saxon), I'd like to ask why you think it is that in American history there's this trend that older waves of immigrants are often skeptical of newer waves of immigrants? What is the reason for this?

3. Economy: What are your views on the potential effectiveness of macroprudential and microprudential policy?

4. Foreign affairs: Where is the situation in the south china sea heading?

Econ Question:

As far as I am aware, your country is the only OECD member nation which does not have deposit insurance for its banking sector. Can you comment on this?

I suppose that there must be some reason as to why this is.

Oh I've hear this song and dance routine before. "It's not that we are prejudiced it's that others don't integrate" Powers of denail are strong among europeans.

The ironic thing is that they the countries in Europe from which this rhetoric of "it's not us being racists...its them continuing to stick to their culture" is that the people who use this tired old line tend to live in countries which have a foreign-born population which is between 5 and 8%.

In the US and Canada by contrast, very few people feel that other people's culture is really a problem, yet foreign born population is between 15 and 18%. In the UK the figure now 12%, and "other people's culture" is not usually a complaint you hear.

So statistically speaking, the problem is that people in many European countries socially have a hard time accepting that 1 in 20 among their inhabitants are foreign born... so.. it's bigotry more than anything else.

gypsyes are especially problematic

Comes as no surprise. We are talking about an ethnic minority who are systematically denied access to even basic education and basic human treatment in their countries of origin...even in the 21st century. So... what is being confronted, are actually the costs generated by the fact that several states in easter europe have still not managed to overcome their 1000-year old racist attitudes, and have decided that effectively stunt the development of a segment of their population, who, not surprisingly, leave their region of oppression in large numbers.