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• 99:0 The Social Problems of Religion
  ...il]] with [[good]] within the existing social order of [[political]] and [[economic]] [[culture]]. [[Religion]] has thus indirectly tended to perpetuate the [[ ...society]] to adapt its usages and [[adjust]] its [[institutions]] to new [[economic]] conditions and cultural requirements.
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• Economics
  ...ernative uses." Absent scarcity and alternative uses, there is no economic problem. Briefer yet is "the study of how people seek to satisfy needs and wants" a ...[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiocractic_school physiocratic school]. Economic reasoning has been increasingly applied in recent decades to social situati
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• Scarcity
  '''Scarcity''' (also called paucity) is the fundamental [[economic]] problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants, in a world of [[limite
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• Mathematical model
  ...he problem of rational behavior in this model then becomes an optimization problem. ...quilibrium theory, particularly to show existence and Pareto optimality of economic equilibria. However, the fact that this particular formulation assigns ''n
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• Widow
  ==Economic position of widows== .... However, even in some [[patriarchal]] societies, widows could maintain [[economic]] [[independence]]. A widow could carry on her late husband's [[business]]
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• 121:3 Among the Gentiles
  121:3.1 Although the [[social]] and [[economic]] condition of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome#Republic Rom ...stinctions as being unjust or wrong. [[Christianity]] was in no sense an [[economic]] movement having for its [[purpose]] the amelioration of the miseries of t
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• 71:5 The Evolution of Competition
  ...nd to prevent unfairness in [[personal]] [[initiative]]. Here is a great [[problem]] in statehood: How can you guarantee [[peace]] and [[quiet]] in [[industry ...dingly wasteful and highly ineffective, but no attempt to eliminate this [[economic]] lost [[motion]] should be countenanced if such [[adjustments]] entail eve
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• 2012-07-06-Dissertation on Prejudice
  ...t will unfailingly lead you to the wrong conclusion. In that instance, the problem is not your coming to a pre-judgment, but your basing it on wrong, insuffic ...f certain color or age, male or female, obese or skinny, rich or poor. The problem is how you use this information – as a means to a better ministry of love
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• 2021-02-07-Your Coach to Eternal Life
  ...e reason that he would not take sides in present-day political, social, or economic disputes. He would remain grandly aloof while teaching you how to perfect y ...ge that love, compassion, empathy, and respect should play a major role in problem-solving since most issues arise from a blatant disregard of love-in-action.
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• Cooperation
  ...e jurisdictions because they alter the [[nature]] of access by others to [[economic]] or other resources. Thus, cooperation in the form of cartels or price-fix ..., and cooperation to be rewarded more, than the single-shot version of the problem would suggest. It has been suggested that this is one reason for the [[evol
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• German Philosophy
  ...t to place it on firmer grounds. They were also greatly concerned with the problem of freewill as understood through Kantianism: practical reason presupposes ...al work of economics called [[Das Kapital]], which consisted of a critical economic examination of capitalism. [[Marxism]] has had a massive affect on the worl
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• Conundrum
  ...rds: called in 1769 conundrumical question. b. Any puzzling question or problem; an [[enigma]]tical statement. ...um is also used to describe a paradoxically difficult problem, such as the problem faced by economists in the second half of the twentieth century of how to a
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• 2020-06-12-Promote a Culture of Peace
  ...ached emotionally-loaded situations. He witnessed discriminations based on economic wealth, race, gender, religious beliefs, education, and more. In no way, wa ...e and was able to ‘reasonably’ and thought-provokingly become an effective problem-solver while making the point that no one can take the Kingdom of Heaven by
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• Exponential
  ...on much because doubling processor speed merely allows you to increase the problem size by a constant. E.g. if a slow processor can solve problems of size x i ...tial Growth of the Earth Population. ''Mathematical Modeling of Social and Economic Dynamics'' / Ed. by M. G. Dmitriev and A. P. Petrov, pp. 367–9. Moscow: R
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• Collapse
  ...[[systems]] like [[human]] [[societies]] is an important [[scientific]] [[problem]]. That genuine structural collapse seems, in many cases, the only plausibl ...ly an endpoint for that [[form]] of [[administering]] the [[social]] and [[economic]] life of a [[culture]], it can be as another kind of change of administrat
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• 2010-06-14-About Slavery
  ...ften regarded as not the problem of the purchaser if a producer resorts to economic slavery to make a product and obtain vast profits due to greed; it’s simp ...the West Indies in appalling conditions to work in the plantations, or the economic slavery we see in India, Africa, China and many other countries. It is unfa
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• 2014-07-19-Monjoronson Dialogues
  ...rnment, that violence only begets violence. Violence is not a cure for any problem and in fact will only breed further, more intractable problems in its wake. ...sion to pursue aggression as opposed to cooperation is also evident in the economic sphere of banking, finance and international commerce, where greed is the a
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• War
  ...It is characterised by [[extreme]] [[violence]], social disruption, and [[economic]] [[destruction]]. War should be understood as an actual, [[intentional]] a ...Smalley Richard E. Smalley] identified war as the sixth (of ten) biggest [[problem]] facing the [[society]] of mankind for the next fifty years. In the 1832 t
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• Biological Warfare
  ...t in large numbers of civilian fatalities and cause severe disruption to [[economic]] and [[societal]] [[infrastructure]]. Many countries, including signatorie As a tactical weapon for military use, a significant problem with a BW attack is that it would take days to be effective, and therefore
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• Social movement
  ...ometimes argued that the freedom of expression, education and [[relative]] economic independence prevalent in the modern Western [[culture]] is responsible for ...argues that the early growth of social movements was connected to broad [[economic]] and political changes including parliamentarization, market capitalizatio
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• 2013-03-10-Equality and Untapped Potential
  ...of this world, and in doing so, you will witness the greatest expansion of economic development, sustainability, and peace the world has ever known. Look at th ...ee another person as something less than himself? You see, herein lies the problem – it is in those individuals that see it not, and know it not, that conti
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• Exceptionalism
  ...describe surprising developments in [[economic]] [[progress]], such as the economic growth of post-[[World War II]] Western Europe [1] or the ability of Sweden *Michael Kammen, "The Problem of American Exceptionalism: A Reconsideration," American Quarterly, Vol. 45
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• Analysis
  ...at solving these smaller parts will lead to a solution of the more complex problem as well. Although taken for granted as a method of advancing understanding * Financial analysis, the analysis of the accounts and the economic prospects of a firm
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• 2016-10-03-New Era Transitions 4
  ...h toward the Days of Light and Life and social peace, political peace, and economic peace. We have become more active in these developments such that individu ...nt orientation towards amending the problem. Doing so only aggravates the problem and eliminates the possibility of peaceful solutions within a democratic so
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• 2008-12-06-Weathering the Economic Storm
  ===Topic: ''Weathering the Economic Storm''=== There are many people facing worse challenges than economic challenges. There are many among you who are virtually unaffected, who can
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• 126:2 The Death of Joseph
  ...n him, and he carried them [[faithfully]] to the end. At least one great [[problem]] and [[anticipated]] difficulty in his life had been tragically solved—h 126:2.7 The [[economic]] affairs of the [[family]] continued to run fairly smoothly as there was q
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• 70:8 Social Classes
  *4. 70:8.6 ''[[Economic]]'' —rich and [[poor]]. [[Wealth]] and the [[possession]] of [[slaves]] w ...diminishment of [[personal]] [[initiative]]. Social [[caste]] solves the [[problem]] of finding one's place in [[industry]], but it also sharply curtails [[in
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• 2019-01-24-Critical Transparency
  ...ulous characterizations of each other. She asked if you would address this problem and maybe give us a way out. Thank you. ...ure” when you think about it. Right within yourself you’re recognizing the problem of this polarization and so, entertaining to the best of your ability at le
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• 2011-06-26-Mercy and Dissolving Fear
  ...t with. If we had an idea of what the future could hold with regards to an economic system, that could allay many of the fears that we currently have. Could yo ...our creativity and provides the information of how to build a constructive economic model that can be replicated throughout the world and be regenerative in it
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• Slang
  ...to which it is used, tends to vary widely across [[social]], [[ethnic]], [[economic]], and geographic strata. Slang may fall into disuse over time; sometimes, ...now the word (and use it); if they do, it is a colloquialism. However, the problem is that this is not a discrete, quantized system but a continuum. Although
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• Social Status
  ...curs when one’s position in the stratification structure is based on their economic status in the world. This is based on income, education, and occupation. ...ans obtain. Although this sounds good on the surface, it actually poses a problem because millions of Americans are in credit card debt due to conspicuous co
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• 2016-03-11-New Era Conversations 64
  ...answers to that problem, and then discover and discern the causes for the problem, and then to heal those errors. This is a type-2 learning organization, wh ...nk you, thank you! Another question is: Would you please talk about what economic adjustments, combined with religion are needed to avoid cultural disaster?
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• 2018-01-25-Meeting and Responding to Censorship
  Student: Yes, I have a question, Michael. I don’t have a problem accepting other people’s opinions, no matter how antithetical they may be ...erent organizations within it whether they are religious, or political, or economic. These are all in play all the time.
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• 2013-10-18-New Era Conversations 9
  ...small increment of change that brings pressure upon those social/political/economic systems that are non-functional, or do not work very well. You will find t ...inst the greed and avarice of chief executives and intentional destructive economic and market actions of large corporations. Do not necessarily focus your at
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• 2016-11-14-New Era Transition 7
  ..., and our forces of light, to quell any major global social, political, or economic disruptions that would hinder our working to bring this implementation toge ...of those who wish to recede into the past and into social, political, and economic isolationism whereas the future of the world is “oneness with all.” We
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• Paper 99 - The Social Problems of Religion
  ...il]] with [[good]] within the existing social order of [[political]] and [[economic]] [[culture]]. [[Religion]] has thus indirectly tended to perpetuate the [[ ...society]] to adapt its usages and [[adjust]] its [[institutions]] to new [[economic]] conditions and cultural requirements.
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• 136:8 The Fourth Decision
  136:8.1 The next great [[problem]] with which this [[God]]-[[man]] wrestled and which he presently [[decided ...d fostered by, the actual [[intellectual]] [[status]] and [[social]] and [[economic]] conditions of that day and [[generation]]. While in the [[experience]] of
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• Microfinance
  ...ystem is an important goal and catalyst for the broader goal of national [[economic development]] However, the efforts of national planners and experts to deve Although much progress has been made, the problem has not been solved yet, and the overwhelming majority of people who earn l
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• 2016-12-05-New Era Transition 8
  ...ll aware, overpopulation of the world aggravates the social, political and economic situations. If you are a student of history, you may have come to the conc ...have spoken about is cultural evolution. Cultural, social, political, and economic evolution must become conscious in order to have a future that you can move
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• 2009-06-23-Nature of the Unqualified Absolute
  ...f what they might see so they avoid the inevitable until it becomes such a problem that it begins to affect others who are in relationship. ...king for a spiritual solution to a human problem you must begin to see the problem within its spiritual component. At first you see that there are no spiritua
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• Complexity
  Weaver perceived and addressed this problem, in at least a preliminary way, in drawing a distinction between 'disorgani ...orithm (e.g., cells of the tape) that it takes to solve an instance of the problem as a function of the size of the input (usually measured in bits), using th
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• 2013-06-24-Conversations with Monjoronson 78
  ...have a tremendous impact upon the economic structure of your world and the economic survival of many nations. ...ative design teams? And is this habit of filling one day to the maximum a problem in other countries?
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• 2013-08-31-New Era Conversations 7
  ...mic and health movements—health as in pandemics and so on. Eventually the economic breakdown of the world will prevent the containment of pandemics that will ...ide a standard of performance for every social organization, whether it is economic, political or social. Through these words, become partners with us. We kn
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• 2015-11-16-New Era Conversations 57
  ...of Light and Life until many of the topics of social issues—political and economic issues—have been legislated in your congresses, parliaments, and state an ...ur organizations and into your political systems, and eventually into your economic/financial systems. The first place it begins is in the personal life of ea
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• 2014-08-03-Monjoronson Dialogues
  ...ns. The Earth is severely out of [[balance]], as is man’s governance and [[economic]] systems, and the [[accelerating]] vibration that is [[cosmic]] in origin ...s of [[Higher Intelligence]] are coming through many at this [[time]]. The problem of [[discernment]], sorting out what is congruent and needed for [[evolutio
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• 132:5 Counseling the Rich Man
  ...u in the just and impartial settlement of every recurring [[problem]] of [[economic]] rewards and [[social]] [[justice]]. ...ght of a [[trust]] to be expended for the benefit of one's [[social]] or [[economic]] group. The possessors of such [[wealth]] should be accorded the major [[v
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• 2015-09-07-New Era Conversations 52
  ...viduals to engage with others to provide ideas concerning solutions to the problem. If you have no inclination to do so, and none comes forward, then you hav ...le under leadership to move society or their group forward to resolve some problem. Leadership is often seen as a lonely place and position; truly in most in
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• 2003-01-24-Role of Prophet
  ...h the forces of the [[status quo]], whether that arena be [[political]], [[economic]], [[moral]], or [[spiritual]]. The lethargy of the [[comfort]] of doing th ...ion start a [[dialogue]] about how to solve certain problems in the world, economic, environmental and really to talk about these including teacher input philo
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• 2014-04-23-New Era Conversations 19
  ...s a common-ground meeting place where there is not any particular issue or problem to be overcome, but simply an information exchange to raise the level of aw ...esent in a group—this is a telephonic group—and that there is not a common problem that you wish to overcome, or a new social organization you wish to design
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• Design
  ** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_solving Problem solving] - [[concept]]ualizing and documenting design solutions # Includes economic, environmental and political issues.
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