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The task is to investigate and gauge future trends of production and economy in the town and in Europe as a whole, talking with business people, workers, politicians and officials
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The increasing global competition causes rapid changes within almost all branches and<br /> especially within production and economy. A country, wanting to be a part of the world<br /> market, cannot block for eventual cheaper products from abroad and have to make its<br /> products competitive in either prize or/and quality to secure its economy. In this way, what<br /> happens in general in the world, can have a decisive effect on how the production and the<br /> economy is organized locally. The question is to how extent a town, a region, a country can<br /> organize its production and decide its economic fundament?<br /> <br /> The main parts of production, of trade and of investments are done by transnational or<br /> multinational corporations. They do not have a specific local or national concern unless it<br /> is profitable. This leaves little space for local or national politicians to decide upon and<br /> influence the production and the economy. The market-orientated or neo-liberal point of<br /> view upon this issue points at that all have to adjust to the market, follow or die, or find<br /> something with which they can compete. A social-liberal attitude could have as a major<br /> concern that the economy and the production must be organized so that people in the area,<br /> the country can survive, stay and eventually develop the area. Two policies that often<br /> contradict each other.<br /> <br /> One trend for the town and for Europe as a whole could thus be more centralization in<br /> general, because the big companies overtake smaller companies to position themselves in<br /> the mutual competition with other big companies. A diagram of the world´s transnational<br /> companies will illustrate their growth. This centralization has been fortified by the<br /> economic crisis since 2008. A clear example is how the bank sector has “swallowed”<br /> smaller banks throughout Europe. Many towns, areas have lost their local option for<br /> investing or saving. The limit for this centralization is the regulations made to avoid cartels so to<br /> secure some kind of competition.<br /> <br /> This trend favours the production and financial centres, the big cities, where the big<br /> companies are situated and the transactions of money and commodities take place.<br /> Mumbai, Lagos, Paris etc. are steadily growing, the surrounding rural areas are de-<br /> populated, businesses disappear and the local crafts are out-competed by industrial<br /> products from the cities. This is the background for all the many marginalized areas all<br /> over the world, with people left aside from the general development.<br /> <br /> Another trend could be that the towns, the regions try to survive by special initiatives that<br /> could generate new economical initiatives or maybe safeguard what is already. This will<br /> need political initiatives, and maybe use of tax money to start extensive consulting<br /> services, establish cheaper conditions for businesses to settle, support local trades etc. They<br /> have to make sure they do not disregard the rules for competition laid out by the national<br /> parliament or the EU, and this can be tricky, and sometimes the necessary tax money is not<br /> even there.<br /> <br /> The general picture is that the global market and the transnational companies have the<br /> decisive say, with several important consequences. The companies place their production<br /> where it is most favourable for them. The consequence is a strong pressure to all employed<br /> in Europe to lower down their salaries, a weakening of the working conditions, and a<br /> pressure for less political regulation. Another strong consequence is the centralization and<br /> the generating of marginalized areas. The national states and the EU support financially the<br /> poorer areas, but so far it has not changed the development.<br /> <br /> What about people in general? This development really emphasises that alone you can do<br /> nothing. There have been many examples of workers pressed to lower down the salaries<br /> because the company have asked about this for its survival. There are many examples of<br /> people leaving the areas because of lack of education possibilities, services etc.<br /> <br /> There have also been examples on towns where people have gathered and organized the<br /> town to be a better place for people to settle and thus support the local economy.<br /> There have also been examples of workers taking over the company, when closed by the<br /> owners and managed to continue the production.<br /> <br /> There have been many examples of people protesting against a general worsening of their<br /> conditions.<br /> <br /> The global market – and the people. A dual that seemed decided on beforehand, but maybe<br /> it is not so obvious.
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Read the introduction and the questions and make clear the overall aim of the task.<br /> <br /> Read the files. Use additional sources if you find it beneficial. The origin of additional<br /> sources must be noted for control.<br /> <br /> There are two options for solving the task:<br /> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Option 1</strong> by studying the files and follow the directives.<br /> <br /> <strong>Option 2</strong> by investigating, interviewing the involved groups of people, including using file<br /> no1.</div> <br /> <strong>Option 1</strong><br /> <br /> <u>Product:</u> Your considerations about the issues in the directives to the teacher, 3 pages<br /> The issues to work with:<br /> <br /> Read file 1: About restoring Europe´s economy<br /> <div style="margin-left: 80px;">-Take a stand to the two approaches discussed in the article.<br /> -What needs to be done?<br /> -Who “pays” if it is not done right, and why?<br /> </div> Read file 2: Some economic developments<br /> <br /> • What would be the 3 main principles for an economic, industrial policy in Europe and what<br /> are the arguments?<br /> <br /> • How come a massive privatization takes place and why do the article claim this to<br /> be an unwanted development?<br /> <br /> • Describe what is tax avoidance, who are the main “avoiders”, briefly the<br /> consequences and what to do about it?<br /> <br /> • From the articles: Will outsourcing continue as it has started – why or why not?<br /> Note main consequences in the countries in both end of the line.<br /> <br /> Read file 3: Some political developments<br /> <br /> • Sum up the main critics towards the development of the European Union in the<br /> two articles<br /> <br /> • What is the content of the title, and what are the political changes and solutions<br /> that the people mentioned want?<br /> <br /> • What is the essence of the title of the article? Does it count for Europe?<br /> <br /> Read file 4: The labour market and the youth<br /> <br /> • What is the background for poverty returning and what could/should be done<br /> according to the article?<br /> <br /> • What other problems concern the European youth besides unemployment?<br /> <br /> Read file 5: Europe going green<br /> <br /> • Make a short summary of the points in the article<br /> <br /> • Why does Europe receive critics concerning climate changes?<br /> <br /> <strong>Option 2:</strong><br /> <br /> Product: A conclusion upon the investigations and interviews done related to the wording<br /> of the task to the teacher, 3 pages<br /> <br /> Read file 1: About restoring Europe´s economy:<br /> <div style="margin-left: 120px;">-Take a stand to the two approaches discussed in the article.<br /> -What needs to be done?<br /> -Who “pays” if it is not done right, and why?<br /> </div> • Investigations, interviews<br /> The investigations and interviews are always related to the specific situation.<br /> Some topics are though general:<br /> <br /> • How to deal with, get out of the economic crisis<br /> <br /> • How to cope with the global competition<br /> <br /> • The risk of being overtaken by bigger companies<br /> <br /> • The possibility for making influence locally<br /> <br /> • Interview relevant official from the municipality, community<br /> E.g. the mayor or those working with economy and jobs<br /> <br /> • Interview business owners<br /> Eventually both a business working locally and a business with international activities:<br /> <br /> • Meeting workers:<br /> -Their situation and their future as they see it<br /> -Their possibility for acting according to their needs/wishes<br /> <br /> • Meeting people without job:<br /> -Their present and future situation<br /> -What to so according to them?
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