Jinn of Quality and Risk (2002-Nov-01)


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Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant

2002-Oct-07 [this day]

The EU's scandalous agricultural policy

The Economist: The EU lavishes around 40 billion euros ($39 billion) a year on direct subsidies to European farmers. It is an expensive way to create surpluses, high food prices, environmental damage and harm to poor third-world farmers. [this item]

Pick the right fight

The Economist: Perverse though it may seem to some, America was right to reject the return of United Nations inspectors to Iraq under a deal negotiated with Iraqi officials by the revamped special inspectorate this week. New rules will be needed before any new inspections take place. But the war-or-peace issue that ought to be gripping the Security Council is not the return of inspectors. It is Iraq's solemn duty to disarm. Council members, America sometimes included, all too easily lose sight of that. [this item]

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