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Damian Penston
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Fairness, society, inclusion and making a difference - my top values.
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2017-12-05 11:20
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nonprofits
2023-04-14 03:16
How To Get A Job With A Nonprofit
Tips from an insider on how to find a job with a nonprofit and get hired.
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yanggang
2019-06-09 09:45
Andrew Yang's Triple Whammy of Inequality Growth (and how to fix it)
The #YangGang are in love with 2020 Presidential candidate Andrew Yang's UBI proposal, which he calls a freedom dividend. However, it's a bit like the love that people had for Daenerys Targaryen
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politics
2019-03-05 15:27
Democrats Playing A Clever, Dirty Game
Corporate-backed candidates from the Democratic establishment, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker (as well as Elizabeth Warren), are using a very, very clever strategy to undermine their opponents. For a very
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greennewdeal
2019-01-19 18:10
Who Would Support A Green New Deal?
I love, love, love the idea of a Green New Deal. I haven't been this loved up since I first discovered Game of Thrones. It's not a new idea - Colin Hines convened the Green New Deal Group back in 2007,
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inclusion
2018-07-28 08:14
Quotas To Get Women Into Top Jobs - Is It Right or Wrong?
Womankind has experienced generations - well, thousands of years - of unfairness as women have been obstructed from taking senior roles in business or politics by their societies (not just by men). There
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palestine
2018-05-19 13:49
How To See The Face Of Evil
Back in 2014, the discussion on the Internet of the Israel Vs. Palestine conflict felt, to me, more level-headed than it had been for previous conflicts. Perhaps the high number of child victims made people
penston
humantrafficking
2018-02-11 13:20
Chocolate and Human Trafficking
I created my first blog back in 2011 after seeing a website that was campaigning for Nestle to use traffick-free chocolate in their kit-kat bars. It shocked the knickers off of me, so I called Nestle in
penston
bullying
2018-02-08 08:57
Are Weirdos Trying To Brow Beat You?
Over the years, plenty of people have tried to brow beat me into doing what they wanted. Actually, they usually tried to brow beat me into not doing what they didn't want. Their tactics were simple, like
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mmt
2018-02-03 14:49
A Quick Look At Floating Currencies
Let's divide currencies into two types - fixed and floating. When I say 'fixed', I don't mean like a neutered dog, but a fixed exchange rate. Central banks that issue fixed currencies (also called convertible
penston
economics
2018-01-31 12:29
The Economy Is Infested With Toll Booths
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The middle class are becoming the working class. Wealth is getting transferred from the hands of the many into the hands of the few. But how? The simplest way
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mmt
2018-01-27 12:27
How To Read A Newspaper - Part 1
Most economists and journalists who write about the economy haven't actually realised what I'm about to say, but knowing this may actually make a profound difference to how you view the World and front
penston
australia
2018-01-23 12:34
Blog Interrupted By Government Policy
There will be a slight interruption on my blog as I'm moving from Australia to Japan in less than 48 hours. It's not a long story, but the nutshell version is that our anti-immigrant government hasn't
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economics
2018-01-22 11:46
Trickle Down Economics And That Time When The Banks Saved Us
Trickle down economics. It's not a new idea, but it's the most recent one politicians have wanted to listen to. Even the IMF has said that it doesn't work, but because the US Government is renewing it's
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mmt
2018-01-21 13:10
My Steemit Job Guarantee Program (and a dream of what it could become)
I replied to a comment on a post a week or two ago, saying that I will always upvote any comments which clearly demonstrate that the commenter has read my post. As I wrote my reply, I realised that I was
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mmt
2018-01-20 12:31
How Queen Cersei Can Solve Her Money Problems (without becoming a debt slave)
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains a minor spoiler for anyone who hasn't watched season 7 of Game of Thrones. I'm going to go by the story in the show rather than the books for this post because, in the
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mmt
2018-01-19 13:05
How To Inflate A Balloon (warning - may cause widespread poverty)
Governments around the World have been trying to cause inflation for years and failed. The Japanese keep trying and trying, but they just can't do it. I own a house in Japan and its price keeps going down,
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minnowsupport
2018-01-18 12:10
The 10 Most Worthless Bits of Advice For Minnows On Steemit
I was one of the early adopters of Skype back in 2004. In those early days, it was treated a bit like a chat room where people would randomly contact other Skype users to say hello. Social media hadn't
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libertarian
2018-01-17 11:37
If TV Has Taught Us Anything, It's How To Obey Authoritarians
I knew a woman whose dream was to live next door to a bakery. Some might say that it was more of a dozy muttering than a dream, but it's still something that a fairly normal person might say. Compare that
penston
life
2018-01-15 12:20
One Of My Childhood Near-Death Experiences
I was reading a post by @bitdollar about what makes life meaningful and I began to think about some of the times when I came close to losing my life. Yes, that's how my mind works; I listen to metal -
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economics
2018-01-14 05:16
Can Banks Create Money?
You may have heard that banks create money out of thin air every time they make a loan and that 97% of all money was created in this way. If so, parts of what you've heard are true and parts of it aren't.
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