Terms and Conditions of Sale
The following General Terms and Conditions of Sale govern the offer and sale of products on our web site ("www.alanredunderwear.com"). The products purchased on www.alanredunderwear.com (hereby defined as the “Products” or the “Product”) are directly sold by Magir S.r.l. ("the Vendor"), with registered address at Via Aurelio Saffi 132 – Varese 21100 (Italy), VAT Number n. 00216790121, Share Capital Euro 10.471,00, fully paid up.
1. Our Business Policy
The Vendor offers products for sale on www.alanredunderwear.com and its e-commerce business services are available exclusively to its end users, i.e. the "Consumers".
"Consumer" shall mean any individual who is acting for purposes which are outside his or her trade, business or profession. If you are not a Consumer, please do not buy any products on www.alanredunderwear.com.
The Vendor reserves the right not to process orders received from users who are not "Consumers" and any other order which does not comply with the Vendor's business policy.
These General Terms and Conditions of Sale exclusively regulate the offer, transmission and acceptance of purchase orders relating to products on www.alanredunderwear.com between the users of the present website and the Vendor.
The General Terms and Conditions of Sale do not regulate the supply of services or the sale of products performed by third parties that are on www.alanredunderwear.com through links, banners or other hypertext links. Before sending orders and purchasing products and services from those third parties, we recommend that you verify the third party’s terms and conditions, since the Vendor shall under no circumstances be deemed liable for the supply of services provided by third parties or for the execution of e-commerce transactions between the users of www.alanredunderwear.com and third parties.
2. How to Execute a Contract with the Vendor
In order to place an order for the purchase of one or more Products following the consultation of the catalogue available at www.alanredunderwear.com, you must:
· Click on the “Add to cart” button;
· Fill in the order form with your personal data and your delivery address.[VM|LP1]
Before submitting your order form for the purchase of Products, you will be asked to carefully read the General Terms and Conditions of Sale. The order form contains a summary of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale, information on the main characteristics of each Product ordered and corresponding unit price (including all applicable fees and taxes), the type of payment that you may use in order to purchase each Product, shipping terms for the purchased Products, shipping and delivery costs, terms and conditions for returning purchased products, the Vendor contacts. [VM|LP2]
An order shall be deemed to have been submitted when the Vendor receives your order form electronically and the order information has been verified as correct. If the order is correct, you will receive a first email informing you about the execution of the order and a second email informing you about the shipment of the Product.
The order form will be filed in our database for the time required to process your order and as provided by law.
Before submitting the order form, you will be asked to identify and correct possible input errors.
English is the language used for executing contracts with the Vendor. On the present website is also available the italian version of such Terms and Conditions of Sale.
After your order form has been submitted, the Vendor will process your order.
The Vendor may not process purchases when orders are incomplete or incorrect, or the products are no longer available. In the above cases, we shall inform you by email that the contract has not been executed and that the Vendor has not carried out your purchase order specifying the reasons thereof. [VM|LP4] If the products displayed on www.alanredunderwear.com are no longer available at the time of your last access and once the Vendor has received your order form, the Vendor shall inform you of the unavailability of the ordered products within fourteen (14) days from the day after Vendor has received your order. If the order form has been sent and the price has been paid for items that are no longer available, the Vendor will refund the amount paid for those items.
By submitting an order form to and making a contract with the Vendor, you unconditionally accept and undertake to observe the provisions of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale. Should you not agree with certain provisions of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale, please do not submit your order form for the purchase of products on www.alanredunderwear.com.
3. Guarantees and Product Price Indication
The Vendor does not sell second-hand products, flawed products or products of lower quality than the corresponding market standards.
The main characteristics of products are shown on www.alanredunderwear.com on each product page. [VM|LP6]
Prices are subject to change. Check the final price of sale before sending the relevant order form.
Orders made from a Country site different from the one you are shipping to, or to addresses to which the Vendor cannot ship, will be automatically cancelled.
Should you decide to exercise your right to return purchased products, the Vendor has the right to not accept returned products that have been altered from their original status or damaged.
All products sold by the Vendor are covered by a guarantee for lack of conformity, as provided by the applicable law (for Italy 24 months). You shall inform the Vendor of the existence of any such lack of conformity within a period of two (2) months from the day when you detected the lack of conformity. Please contact the Vendor at the address mentioned at article 10 of the present Terms and Conditions of Sale.
In case of lack of conformity, you may choose between the repair or replacement of the product. If these remedies are impossible or disproportionate you are entitled to either require the Vendor to make an appropriate reduction in the price or to terminate the contract.
Payment of the product prices and relevant shipping costs must be made by using one of the payments method indicated in the order form. For this purpose it is specified that the methods of payment allowed are those included in the Visa Mastercard Maestro Circuit (except for Visa Commercial and Mastercard Commercial). It is also specified that the Bancomat circuit cannot be used for payment of the Products.
In case of payment by Credit Card, all details (for example, card number or expiration date) will be sent safely to the relevant bank, without third parties having any access thereto whatsoever. Such details will not be used by the Vendor except for performing the procedure relevant to your purchase or issuing refunds in the case of returns in compliance with the exercise of your return right or for reporting cases of fraud occurred on www.alanredunderwear.com to the police. The price for the purchase of products and the corresponding shipping costs, as indicated in the order form, will be charged to your current account only when the purchased products are actually shipped.
5. Shipping and Delivery of the Products
You can order items on our website and have them shipped to an address of your choice.
6. Customer Care
For any further information that you may need with reference to your order please contact us at the contacts mentioned in article 10.
7. Right of withdrawal
You may return products purchased from the Vendor, without any penalty and without specifying the reason, within fourteen (14) calendar days from receiving the products purchased on www.alanredunderwear.com
To return Products we invite you to alternatively:
fill in and send the withdrawal form according to article 49, par. 4 of the Italian Consumer Code available at the following link: https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/do/atto/serie_generale/caricaPdf?cdimg=14G0003300100010110001&dgu=2014-03-11&art.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=2014-03-11&art.codiceRedazionale=14G00033&art.num=1&art.tiposerie=SG
· send to the Vendor any other withdrawal declaration.
If you choose to use the withdrawal form, the Vendor will send you a confirmation email about the receipt of your request. If you choose to use other withdrawal declaration, you have to demonstrate the correct and timely exercise of your withdrawal right.
Once you exercise your withdrawal right according to article 7.2., you have to to return the items to the Vendor by giving them back to the courier within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date on which the items are delivered to you.
The only cost at your expense will be the ones for Product return, unless otherwise accorded by the Vendor, provided that you will use the same shipping agent used by the Vendor for sending you the Products.
The return right - besides compliance with the terms and procedures described at par. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 above - shall be deemed correctly exercised once the following conditions have been fully met:
a) you filled in and submitted the withdrawal form or other withdrawal declaration within fourteen (14) days from the date you received the Products;
b) the products must not have been used, worn, washed;
c) the products must be returned in their original packaging;
d) return items must be shipped back to fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of withdrawal according to article 7.2;
e) the products must not have been damaged.
The Vendor shall refund amounts already paid as soon as possible and in any case within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date on which we became aware of your decision to exercise your withdrawal right. After having confirmed that the terms and conditions stated above have been duly complied with, we will promptly start the refund procedure as indicated in section 7.5.
The value date for the credit shall be the same as the value date of the original debit and consequently you shall not lose bank interest.
If the provisions of the present article will not be obeyed, you will be not entitled to be refunded by the Vendor. After fourteen (14) calendar days from the email of the Vendor concerning the refund refusal, you can ask the Vendor to get the Products back “as they were”. Otherwise, the Vendor will retain the Products, as well as the sums already paid for their purchase.
8. Return Policy
In additon to the abovementioned right of withdrawal, the Products purchased on the present website can be returned within 14 days from receipt of delivery, provided that they will be received in the same conditions they were shipped.
The Products must be returned according to the following instructions:
- the request must be written and must contain one of the following reasons of return:
· Product purchased by mistake;
· Wrong size (specify if it’s too small or too big);
· Product or packaging damaged;
· The shipped product is wrong;
· The shipped product wasn’t ordered;
· Product no longer needed;
· Don’t like the Product;
· Other. In this case please specificy the reason of return (other than those mentioned here above).
- the request must be sent at email@example.com
- once the existence of the right of return has been verified, the Vendor will inform you via email at the address you used to send the request of return;
- you must reserve the return of the Product within 14 days from the date you receive the communication from the Vendor, according to the instructions given by the latter.
In this case we will refund only the Price of the Product you purchased but not the expenses for the return of the Product. The risks deriving from trasnportation and return will be at your own expense. Such provisions are additional and do not preclude the right of withdrawal as described at article 7.
10. Governing Law
These General Terms and Conditions of Sale are governed by Italian law and in particular by legislative decree no. 206 of 6 September 2005 (Italian Consumer Code, Part I°) and by Italian legislative decree no. 70 of 9 April 2003 on certain aspects related to e-commerce.
Please note that the European Commission provides a platform for alternative extra-judicial resolution of disputes, available on the website http://ec.europa.eu/odr, without prejudice for the judicial remedies that the Consumer may exercise for the disputes arising from the present Terms and Conditions of Sale.
If the consumer is not italian, he/she can also apply for the procedure established by the European Council (EU Regulation 861/2007) regarding small claims (that is to say, the ones that do not exceed 2.000,00 Euros). The abovementioned regulation is available at the following link: eur-lex.europa.eu.
phone number: +39 (0)332 226038.
12. Amendments and updates
The General Terms and Conditions of Sale may be amended from time to time due to new laws and regulations or other reasons. The new General Terms and Conditions of Sale shall be effective as of the date of publication on www.alanredunderwear.com.
Prices displayed on the www.alanredunderwear.com website are quoted in Euros. While we try to ensure that all prices on our website are accurate, errors may occur.
Last update: November 11th 2019


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USTDA Awards Grant to Lekela to Explore Potential for Senegal’s First Grid-Scale Battery Storage SystemWednesday 7th October 2020
- Battery study in partnership with Senelec at 158.7MW Taiba N’Diaye wind farm aims to provide increased grid stability and pave the way for more renewable energy capacity in Senegal
- 10-month study will provide the technical, economic, legal, and environmental analysis necessary to implement and operate the battery storage system
- 7MW Taiba wind farm commenced operations earlier in 2020 and will provide power for over 2 million Senegalese once final phase is complete
28 September 2020 – Lekela has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to fund a feasibility study in partnership with Senelec for Senegal’s first grid-scale battery electric storage system. The study will focus on how to provide increased grid stability and integrate intermittent renewable energy into Senelec’s electricity grid. The battery will be located at Lekela’s 158.7MW Parc Eolien Taiba N’Diaye (PETN) project, which is itself the first utility-scale wind farm in Senegal.
The project is expected to be one of the first stand-alone battery storage projects built on an independent power producer basis and one of the first large-scale applications of battery storage in Senegal. The study, which will take approximately 10 months, will provide the technical, economic, legal, and environmental analysis necessary to implement and operate the battery storage system. If the system then goes ahead, it will help manage variable renewable energy generation in Senegal, paving the way for further wind and solar projects in the country.
Chris Antonopoulos, Chief Executive of Lekela, said: “If successful, this project has the potential to catapult Senegal to the forefront of renewable energy usage in modern day grids. Wind power has been deployed for decades in some countries, yet only months after turning on Senegal’s first ever wind farm, we are now investigating how to integrate battery storage to the site. This is the logical next step to utilise wind and solar and bring clean, cheap power to Senegal’s citizens. We’re delighted that the USTDA has awarded a grant to Lekela to advance this project in partnership with Senelec, which will be one of the largest battery IPPs in Africa.”
Once complete by the end of 2020, PETN will deliver 158.7MW of clean, renewable wind power to over 2 million people in Senegal. It forms a critical component of Senelec’s energy mix and part of the Government’s “Plan Senegal Emergent”. The wind farm will help avoid the release of 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. The project is one of several being built across Africa by Lekela which in total has 1,300MW of wind power in operation, construction and development.
Chris Antonopoulos continued: “As West Africa’s largest wind farm, our Parc Eolien Taiba N’Diaye project places Senegal at the forefront of countries committed to the development of renewable energy. It’s fantastic to be involved in furthering this progress through this project and we are grateful to Senelec for their support and collaboration in making this project happen.”
As well as creating up to 400 employment opportunities during construction, PETN is deploying a broader socio-economic programme in the Taiba N’Diaye area creating sustainable livelihoods in the local community. Projects to improve local agriculture, provide vocational training opportunities, and refurbish or build local infrastructure is the start of this 20-year programme that will invest up to $20 million over the lifetime of the wind farm. Already, a new marketplace has been constructed for Taiba N’Diaye’s farming community and a new IT centre has been built for local schoolchildren.


By LAUREN LOUDERMILK
For Beverly Morton, the Friends of the Garden annual flea market has an origin close to heart.
“Eunice Robertson, who was on the original Friends board, and I were talking one day about the fact that my husband and I go to the flea markets and we find all these neat things,” said Morton, membership services coordinator for Friends of the Garden. “And, we thought we ought to have one at the garden so the Friends got together and we did it.”
Friends, a charitable, nonprofit organization formed in 1972, holds its annual flea market to benefit the State Botanical Garden. It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year, mostly due to the effort of Friends associates.
And the work is endless.
“When this flea market ends on Saturday, we’ll start talking about next year’s flea market,” Morton said. “We first solicit to Friends members who donate things and then they tell their friends and they donate things.”
Planning the event is a group affair, pulling work from Friends members and volunteers alike. One volunteer in particular, B.J. Garrett, teamed up with Morton after Robertson retired.
“Beverly and I work so well together, it just seems we think alike and things get done in a hurry,” Garrett said.
The Friends’ flea market raises $5,000 to $6,000 just in the one day event, with all proceeds from the donated goods directly benefiting the Botanical Garden. The market boasts a wide selection of items including antiques, jewelry, luggage, gardening tools, toys, electronics and books.
While Garrett doesn’t have a favorite item to donate, she loves seeing what other people buy.
“Things you think will not sell are the first things to be bought,” Garrett said. “It’s fun to watch.”
They don’t take clothing donations, but other big sellers continue to be furniture and linens. Morton encourages students looking to decorate to stop by.
“A student could come in here and furnish an apartment easily,” Morton said. “For students coming back in the fall this is a great place to come.”
The flea market is a bazaar of eclectic items that will appeal to everyone. But, it’s Friends and the volunteers at the heart of the event who really bring it to life.
“The same people have worked with Beverly and me for most of the sales,” Garrett said. “We have fun and laugh a lot. Our workers are the greatest.”
All donations can be dropped off Aug. 13 to 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Botanical Garden.
What: Friends of the Garden’s 8th Annual Flea Market
When: August 18, 8 am to 1 pm
Where: The Botanical Garden’s Visitor Center


Owen Toews is the author of Stolen City: Racial Capitalism and the Making of Winnipeg, published by ARP Books in 2018. He received his PhD in geography from the City University of New York and held the University of Alberta’s Grant Notley Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in politics, history, economy, or society of Western Canada. His work examines regional geographies of racial capitalism and the local alliances, development plans, and modes of consciousness mobilized to mediate processes of economic restructuring and to achieve regional dominance. His research documents how a regional tradition of settler colonialism – as a specific expression of racial capitalism – has made and remade Winnipeg and the Canadian North-West over the past one hundred and fifty years. Through a combination of archival and ethnographic research, Stolen City examines the capitalist development plans and buried counter-plans that have established Winnipeg’s current geography of extreme racial and economic inequality. This work draws parallels between present-day dynamics of state-led gentrification and classic late-1800s Canadian settler colonialism yet goes beyond such comparisons to trace how successive economic development plans have responded to both the intended and unintended effects of earlier regional agendas to accomplish serial dispossession. He is a founding member of the DIY museum collective Winnipeg Arcades Project, a member of the abolitionist prisoner solidarity group Bar None, and acquisitions editor for ARP Books‘ Semaphore series. Born and raised in Winnipeg, he is descended from Russian Mennonites.
Contact: otoews [at] gmail.com


After consulting with many local businesses in the Gulf Coast
area, Phillip Long and Kevin Welch, owners of Business Information Solutions, realized the local market had a need
for a reliable and professional web design company. Although there were local design companies, none could create a
top-dollar, custom-designed website at an affordable price.
In 2009, Phillip and Kevin joined forces with expert designer, Donald Johansson, to found BIS Designs, a division of BIS Technology Group. Since then, BIS Designs has grown from
a one-man web design company into a fully-staffed digital marketing firm.


Our fourth CSI Conference & Awards Ceremony will take place in Manchester, at the Gorton Monastery on Thursday October 26th 2017. Book your Place…
We anticipate a strong submission of nominees for each of the 2017 Awards and for places at the CSI Conference & Awards Ceremony 2017 and will therefore be making up to 300 places available for landlords, tenants and high profile guests and speakers.
For 2017 our plan is to make the CSI Awards into and Conference and Awards Ceremony. The event will start at 11.00am with the conference and discussion panels and the Awards Ceremony will take place after a lunch. The programme – speakers and discussions panels will be announced in July 2017.
The conference and discussion panel will take a broader view of the social housing sector, fitting in with the HCA consultation on changes to the Tenant Involvement and Empowerment Standard to ensure that tenants are meaningfully consulted. The conference will have one main objective, to establish: "What opportunities can tenants have to influence their landlords in the face of changing national picture". The focus will be on two big issues, firstly mergers – and the role or tenant and landlord in the context of the new TEI standard and secondly, how landlords fund new build - given that the White Paper hints at potential rent increases post 2020 in exchange for landlords building more new homes.
Awards will be presented by the awards judges, sponsoring organisations and additional high profile figures from housing sector.
Individual places can be booked and are available at £125.00 (+VAT), or tables for 10 at £995 (+VAT).
Individual bookings will be seated on mixed tables of 8-10 people. The Conference & Awards will comprise of tea & coffee, 3 course lunch with drinks.


Shorewest, REALTORS® Reports Record Year in 2021
Shorewest, REALTORS® had its best year on record, closing $3.26 billion in real estate sales in 2021. This is the highest annual sales ever recorded for the company in its 75-year history of selling real estate.
Shorewest sales associates helped 10,880 families in 2021 by successfully negotiating for their clients in this competitive market.
“Our success in 2021 is due to the hard work and diligence of our industry-leading sales associates, management and support teams,” says Joseph A. Horning, president of Shorewest, REALTORS®. “They truly put their clients first, and are committed to delivering outstanding results no matter what is happening in the market. We can’t thank them enough for all they do for their communities and clients.”
As the #1 independent, family-owned brokerage in Wisconsin, this impressive achievement in sales volume continues to secure the company as the largest firm in Wisconsin.
A market with low inventory and strong buyer demand helped drive the average sales price of homes up 9.5% (median sales price per Sq. Ft.) to $319,573. Multiple offers – often well over asking price — became the norm in 2021. With many buyers missing out on securing a home in 2021, sales are expected to be strong well into 2022.
About Shorewest REALTORS®
Through over 75 years and three generations of leadership, Shorewest, REALTORS® has served the housing needs of Wisconsin. From the vision of one man to the power of 1,200, Shorewest has grown to include 25 sales offices and a family of in-house relocation, property management, rentals, mortgage, title and insurance services. In 2021, Shorewest was named the Wisconsin’s #1 Real Estate Top Workplace for the tenth consecutive year.
Shorewest, Realtors® is Wisconsin’s Largest Home Seller™, a position it’s held since 1951. Shorewest currently controls more than 27% of the metro-Milwaukee real estate market, according to Metro Milwaukee MLS.
With innovative services such as its comprehensive internet site and apps for Apple IOS and Android devices, Shorewest leads in using technology to exceed customer experience and usability. Shorewest, REALTORS® also specializes in marketing fine homes. As a founding member of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, it is a part of Luxury Portfolio International®, which features the most comprehensive marketing program and network of luxury-tier properties throughout the world.
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Official: Phillips Will Be The New Sleeve Sponsor For Barcelona From May 28
In a major development, Dutch multinational company, Philips, have officially announced that they have agreed a deal with FC Barcelona to become of their main sponsors.
As part of the agreement, the logo of Ambilight TV, a technology developed by Philips, will appear on the sleeves of the Barcelona first-team jersey, starting from this weekend’s home match against RCD Mallorca on May 28.
The official statement announced by the company read: “TP Vision, the company responsible for the design, manufacturing and sales of Philips TV, Philips Sound and AOC Audio products has announced a new partnership with legendary global football team, FC Barcelona, as a Main Partner for TV, Display and Audio devices.
“As one of the club’s three Main Partners, Ambilight TV will appear on the sleeve of the men’s first-team football shirt from May 28th to coincide with the final matches of the 2022/23 season.”
Welcoming the agreement, Barcelona’s marketing vice-president Juli Guiu, said: “We are very proud to welcome TP Vision as a new Main Partner of FC Barcelona.
“Barça has always stood out for its committed quest for excellence, both on and off the field of play, and this agreement is another successful example of this because we are partnering with a world-leading company in the field of electronics and audiovisual technology.”
As part of the agreement, TP Vision will also become the TV & Display provider for the audiovisual infrastructure of the new Spotify Camp Nou once the stadium reconstruction is complete.
While the statement from Philips does not announce the duration of the agreement, it has been previously reported that they will be signing a three-year contract with Barcelona, with an additional option of two more.
Barça would earn €8 million for the first year of the contract, while the revenue will increase to €10 million for the second year and €12 million for the third.
If the option of the additional two years is taken up, the Blaugrana will earn €12 million in the fourth year and €14 million in the fifth year of the agreement.


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BACKGROUND. The Lisbon Treaty provides the framework for reforms in the European Union, which would mean deeper integration in foreign policy and defense issues, institutional changes and tighter cooperation between member states in several other areas. The Irish vote for the Lisbon Treaty is therefore crucial to the future of the EU and even more relevant in the recent financial crisis which already triggered protectionist tendencies in every EU-country.
Ireland was the only EU member-state which decided to hold a referendum to ratify the Treaty. The referendum was voted down on 12 June 2008. There were 53% ‘No’ votes refusing the treaty versus 47% in favor by the participation of 53.1 per cent.
ANALYSIS. The most important reasons for the rejection are believed to be:
- The political and economic environment:
On the one hand, there was a general distrust against politicians, first of all against the government. On 6 May 2008 the Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern resigned due to a corruption scandal and the new Taoiseach, Brian Cowen came from the same party (Fianna Fáil) and it set back the trust towards politicians just weeks before the referendum. On the other hand, Irish people already perceived the effects of the financial crisis – rising unemployment and slowing down of the economy.
- The campaign and the public opinion:
The Eurobarometer poll which was released on 18 June 2008 showed that there was a general lack of knowledge in the Irish society, respondents did not understand the offerings of the Treaty, and were not well informed about the issues at stake which were believed to be too complex and not so much worth for consideration. Furthermore, Sinn Féin, Libertas, Catholic fundamentalists and neo-conservatives clustered into an effective platform to block the Treaty while the ‘YES’-campaign with the governing parties came too late and showed inconsistency in its message and means.
- Regarding the substance of the Treaty, its critics opposed vehemently the followings:
Ireland could not maintain its military neutrality in the future according to the tighter cooperation in the CFSP while the country will loose its Irish Commissioner according to changes in the composition of the EU Commission. Besides, the Irish government could not determine the corporate tax rates independently according to changes in taxation issues and meanwhile it should implement some more liberal regulations on social issues like abortion, euthanasia or gay-marriage.
With the rejection of the Treaty Ireland blocked EU institutions and the reform process, euroscepticism rose in every country and there are difficulties in the governmental acceptance of the Treaty in other EU countries such as the Czech Republic. On the other hand, however, Ireland created a possibility to renegotiate the ‘exceptions’ within the Treaty, besides it generated a negative attitude toward the country and the government.
On the EU Summit in Brussels on 11-12 December 2008 the leaders of the EU made provisions to Ireland about the question of neutrality, social and taxation issues. Besides, there was an agreement about the withdrawal of the changes in the composition of the EU Commission – without the need of re-ratifying the Treaty in every single EU member state where the Lisbon Treaty is already accepted. Ireland promised to set a date for a second referendum before November 2009 since there is an agreement on EU-level that the ratification-process should end before January 2010. There are widespread fears speculating if the process is not concluded before general elections are held in Britain (currently scheduled for 2010), the notoriously eurosceptic British Tories might decline the British participation in the Lisbon Treaty.
Recent opinion polls show a slightly increase in favor of the Lisbon Treaty: TNS/mrbi & Irish Times 9 February – 60.7 per cent in favor; Sunday Business Post 1 February – 58 per cent in favor, and hence the government is considering a second referendum. It has at least three reasons for that, firstly the Irish society supported the Treaty of Nice in its re-run – so it gives a positive example, secondly the provisions created by the EU make the Treaty much more acceptable for the society and finally, Ireland considers the EU as essential in dealing with the financial crisis. Therefore the government aired the idea of an advanced date for the second referendum, but it is questionable whether the recent situation in Ireland enables an early date.
Three options are discussed and the decision will depend first of all on the situation of the government – whether it will be able to deal with the financial crisis and create such an environment in which a decision could be made about the referendum as well.
In the case of a pre-summer date Ireland could restore its reputation in the international financial and political communities and the recent opinion polls give a chance to a positive result. However, it is less likely to happen, because there is not enough time to explain the Treaty to the people and to hold public debates about the issue – surveys showed that last time lack of appreciation was one of the main reasons for the rejection. Besides opinion polls are very volatile due to the uncertain domestic situation and an occasional rejection would cause a far worse situation to the country and to the EU.
There is an existing date for the EU parliamentary elections: 5 June 2009 and there were talks about the possibility to hold the second referendum and the EU parliamentary elections together, however it seems to be the least likely solution due to the possible misleading linkages and there would be higher political risks at stake.
The most likely date for the referendum will be in the time period after the EU parliamentary elections and before 31 October 2009 since the factor of uncertainty is significant in the recent months due to the public opinion which is extremely volatile and influenced by the governmental decisions about the restrictions and packages. A positive vote is more possible at a time when public opinion could calm down and there is time for the government to concentrate only on this issue.
The re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum and a positive outcome is crucial in the continuation of the EU reform process; it could determine the future of the EU and the future of the possible common measures concerning the financial crisis as well, so a carefully selected date for the re-run of the Treaty is as crucial as never before.


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McLachlan & Co.
Core Business: Commercial and Residential Mortgage Broking Category: Financial Services
McLachlan & Co. is a Commercial and Residential Mortgage Broking practice that can assist you to achieve the best possible outcome for your business or personal finances. We aim to be a trusted advisor and deliver an excellent level of authentic customer service.
Jonathon McLachlan, the founder of McLachlan & Co., has worked in Corporate and Commercial Banking for over 16 years.
During his banking career he worked as a Relationship Director for 3 of the main Australian Commercial Banks in Adelaide, Regional SA and Sydney.
Jonathon has significant experience in a number of different industries, with key expertise in;
• Professional Practice
• Manufacturing and Wholesale
• Building and Construction Services
• Property Development / Investment
Jonathon has a passion for helping his clients to achieve the best possible outcome for their financing arrangements and likes to maintain close and authentic customer relationships. As a Finance Broker, his aim is to be considered an ongoing resource for guidance and advice for all his clients.
Address: 161 Wakefield St, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Mobile:0438 036 389
To build on our strong sense of community, the UPSConnect website has been established to enable those connected to UPS to find, utilise and support businesses linked to the school. It offers families/parents with businesses the chance to list their business, and for other members of the UPS community to access this information.


INFORMATION ABOUT THE MERGER
On 31 August 2023 the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, 14th Commercial Department of the National Court Register, registered the merger between SPOKKO sp. z o.o. with its registered seat in Warsaw (KRS: 0000746503, NIP: 1132981811) (the “Target Company“) and the company CD PROJEKT S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw (KRS: 0000006865, NIP: 7342867148) (the “Surviving Company”).
The merger was carried out in accordance with the merger plan published on 20 April 2023, i.e. by transferring the entirety of Target Company assets to the Surviving Company under Art. 492 § 1 item 1 of the Commercial Companies Code (merger by acquisition) in conjunction with Art. 516 § 6 of the Commercial Companies Code. The merger took place without increasing the Surviving Company’s share capital and without exchanging shares of the Target Company for shares of the Surviving Company, due to the fact that the Surviving Company held 100% of the shares in the Target Company.
As a result of the merger, the Surviving Company enters into rights and obligations of the Target Company. The registration of the merger has the effect of deleting the Target Company from the register of entrepreneurs.


OutGROW OutPLAY FRANCHISE SYSTEMS
A PROUD 100% HOMEGROWN CANADIAN COMPANY IN A RAPIDLY GROWING GENTLY-USED INDUSTRY!
Welcome to the wonderful world of OutGROW OutPLAY! We have the distinction of being the Nation’s Leading Children’s Consignment Sale Event™ franchise. Today’s Moms are more savvy and astute than ever! They want their hard earned dollars to go farther without compromising on the quality they demand. They are choosing to do business with brands that stand for more than just selling products/services - brands that are socially and environmentally responsible with a passion for bettering the world just like them. They are looking for a brand like OutGROW OutPLAY!
RESALE OR RETAIL? CAN YOU SPOT THE DIFFERENCE? PROBABLY NOT!
The only difference between buying brand new vs buying gently-used children’s items is a much lower price. Gently-used items offer the same great quality as new but at a fraction of retail making it the smart option for savvy parents! Our event sales are organized, categorized and the hottest ticket in town because they only “pop-up” a few times a year - parents love the thrill of getting a great deal. With an incredible upscale selection of children's items like clothing, toys, baby gear, books, furniture, electronics and so much more, shopping is fun, exciting and most importantly... affordable.
WHAT IS OutGROW OutPLAY?
SAVVY MOMS UNITE - OutGROW OutPLAY IS YOUR sale!
All of our success and growth we’ve had to-date is a direct result of our customers! Our Consignors, Shoppers and Volunteers have taken ownership of every sale through participation, great feedback, and most flattering...they continue to spread the word telling their friends/family how much they ♥ our sales!
Simply put, we are a group of Parent-Preneurs who are passionate about helping families within our communities to recycle all the gently-used items children OutGROW and OutPLAY seasonally. An awesome bonus is that they make money - and save a lot of money - by going green. Our Franchise Partners are the quarterbacks of the team, leading our army of Moms to tremendous savings each and every event. They coordinate and hold at least two “pop-up” MEGA children’s consignment sale events annually: one in Spring/Summer and another in Fall/Winter.
SELLERS: Parents who want to recycle and sell their gently-used children’s clothing, toys and gear, register as a Consignor on our website. They log in to Consignors Corner™ where they manage their merchandise: they learn how to consign, prepare/price and enter their items into our inventory, book a drop-off time, volunteer for a shift (if they want!), and view detailed schedules, earnings and sold/unsold items reports. Consignors drop off their items before our sale starts, where we check it for quality and then sell it for them. Sellers earn 60% to 75% of what their items sell for, and their cheque is ready within 5 business days. Easy peasy!
BUYERS: Parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles, daycare providers and teachers looking to save substantially on their children’s clothing, toys and gear, line-up to shop our highly anticipated sales - knowing that they will save 50%-90% off retail and reduce their carbon footprints a considerable amount.
OGOP: Our Franchise Partners provide a valuable, sustainable solution to parents, and earn a nice margin and generate revenue the following ways:
- 25% to 40% on every item sold
- Consignor registration fees
- Friday Night Prime Time Pre-Sale EXTRAVAGANZA passes
- Business vendors
- Consigning our own gently-used items
- OGOP Direct
- Selection of new company merchandise
As Franchise Owners, we also get first crack at the cat (5 minutes after our 4 shift volunteers shop!), which means we also save big on everything our kids need each season!
“Our unique pop-up consignment sale concept is on trend and makes us a one of a kind seasonal work-from-home franchise!” says Casandra Robinson, co-founder and CEO of OutGROW OutPLAY. “With a low franchise fee starting at just $9,799, our business is crazy affordable for anyone who has a dream to run their own family business!”
Our opportunity is an absolute fit for both working Moms and stay at home Moms alike, because our business is easy-to-manage and flexible, fitting around your hectic schedule. This allows you to ALWAYS put what's important first: your family!
You can choose to start out with a single-unit franchise which provides an excellent option to generate supplemental (working the business part-time) or full-time income. We need to note that we believe strongly in the old school principle, “You Get Back What You Put In”. ALL revenue potential is directly related to a Franchise Partners efforts - especially during the startup phase. If you are looking to maximize your investment, change your life pace (exit the rat race), and run your own full-time family-oriented business, a mutli-unit franchise may be the opportunity you’ve been searching for.
Business is booming, and OGOP is on it’s way to becoming a nationally recognized brand. Join our team of savvy Moms and start growing and playing in our eco-friendly sandbox today!
We absolutely ♥ helping families Sell, Shop and Save™. As a parent, we know and you do too (first hand!), that newborn to age six, children OutGROW the majority of their items before the “new” even wears off. Savvy Moms know that buying like-new children’s items offers them substantial savings of 50-90% off retail. Being thrifty and saving your family’s hard-earned money is not a trend - it is being embraced by budget conscious parents coast-to-coast!
HOTTEST NEW FRANCHISE SYSTEM IN CANADA!
Since 2008, OutGROW OutPLAY has been helping families take back their space by recycling and selling all the items children OutGROW and OutPLAY each season. The need for affordable children’s clothing and toys is why we’ve been able to grow from our first sale in Nepean ($16k), to $1.4 million in company revenue in 2015. Season over season (we compare apples to apples) sales have increased, and 15 sales later our Nepean location alone grossed over $250,000 in 2015. Not bad for only two sales a year! Our ability to listen to our customers, evolve our business, and meet the demands of savvy families wanting to buy and or sell their children’s clothing and gear, positions us as one of the hottest new franchise systems in the country!
Moms telling Moms, and Moms wanting to bring us to their community, was why we started expanding and offering franchises in 2011. Today OGOP is in 4 provinces with 11 OGOP sale events in Nepean, Kanata, Orleans, Saskatoon, Halifax, Mississauga, Oshawa, Barrie, Kitchener/Waterloo, Scarborough, Vaughan and Kelowna. We are super excited to be able to help you start your own OGOP sale!
We believe that every community (big and small) from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland needs an OutGROW OutPLAY children's consignment sale! Our concept is new and exciting! Instead of using the "traditional franchising" model, we have made it extremely affordable and simple for you to own your own business and get started.
“OutGROW OutPLAY has grown organically because of the positive buzz Moms are generating via old school word-of-mouth. The excitement you see from someone who walks through our doors for the first time... is incredible!” says Cas. “It’s like a switch was flicked and they are hooked. The most astonishing aspect of our business is that the majority of our first time shoppers and consignors discover us because a friend told them about their fun OGOP experience and how much money they made and saved. Moms love OGOP and we love them too because OGOP is THEIR sale!”
OutGROW OutPLAY IS A RECESSION PROOF BUSINESS THAT THRIVES IN GOOD + TOUGH TIMES TOO!
HOW BIG IS THE OGOP OPPORTUNITY?
It’s pretty BIG! Canadian parents spend an enormous amount of money providing all the extras their children want and need. On average, parents spend $785 (add 11% more if you’ve girls!) on clothing per child over two. Tack on another $515 if you’ve children under two for a whopping total of $1,300 a year. This doesn’t even include baby gear, toys, books, sports equipment, furniture and so much more!
Times are tough for Canadian families with the average household owing $1.64 (as of Jan 2016, Financial Post) for every dollar earned. In 2015 alone, Canadians spent $34 billion on second hand durables! According to MoneySense.ca, the average cost of raising a child to age 18 is a whopping $243,660. Break down that number, and that's $12,825 per child, per year -- or $1,070 per month - and that's before you send them off to university!
At over $200 billion annually, the global children’s market is bigger than the fast food industry and rapidly growing. Broken down, the baby care product market was worth 44.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2011 and is expected to increase total sales to 66.8 billion U.S. dollars by 2017, while the children's wear market is estimated to hit a value of US $173.6 billion by 2017. Right now a huge shift is happening, and buying gently-used children’s items is no longer taboo. Parents are looking for ways to save money without compromising quality.
“I believe our brand is growing because of our people, our smooth and easy process and all the amazing items our sellers consign! Consignors, shoppers and volunteers are vested in an event’s success, and they pour their heart and soul into each one.” says Cas. “Parents connect with our business because they save oodles of money without compromising quality. It makes you feel incredibly good to save a bundle, all the while knowing that they are actually making a positive and measurable environmental difference.” Check out our SUSTAINABILITY page to find exactly what OutGROW OutPLAY is doing and how we, together with our customers, are making a huge difference!
A quick glance at any facebook parenting, or buy/sell group, and you’ll be bombarded with Moms trying to sell children’s clothing, toys and gear. Right now on Kijiji there is over 150k children’s items posted for sale by their owners. In Ontario alone, 96,000 parents are re-selling children’s items daily! Every year a child outgrows more than $1,000 worth of toys, clothing and equipment. That translates into a whole lot of parents who need quality children’s products at affordable prices. This represents a TREMENDOUS growth opportunity for OutGROW OutPLAY Franchise Partners!
OutGROW OutPLAY is a simple solution to recycling and reselling all the gently-used items your kids OutGROW and OutPLAY each season!
ARE YOU A PART OF THE ECO-REVOLUTION YET?
Today's Millennial Moms are on a mission: they are savvy, socially smart, and eager to make a difference in the world. All Moms want the best for their children, and a better future to grow up in ranks at the top of their list. Since day one, OutGROW OutPLAY has been committed to supporting families by having a positive, sustainable, social and environmental impact within our communities!
- 100,000+ items change hands annually at OutGROW OutPLAY sales - with minimal packing and waste.
OutGROW OutPLAY shoppers have donated over 75,000 lbs of non-perishable food items for local food banks.
- 60,000+ children’s items - representing over $300,000 - have been donated to families in need.
- 92% of Millennial Moms want to buy products and services that support charities or bigger causes (exponential.com).
From collecting non-perishable food items to donating unsold items to families in need, to the profound environmental impact our business is making, OGOP is earning parents’ trust, one family at a time, province by province. We are a grassroots kind of company and we are building our business right!
Creating a win/win in every community we are proud to serve comes naturally to us. Bottom line is that parents feel good selling, shopping and saving a bundle with us.
THE SURVEY SAYS...
- Volunteer Shifts: 85% filled by our Consignors and 15% by non-consignors (people who want to shop sooner)
- 66% of Consignors have consigned with OGOP over 6 times (3 years)
Consignors who have sold items at more than one sale: 82%
- 70% ... the average amount of inventory sold per Consignor
- When asked, “What OGOP can do better?”, 95% of shoppers say “Have more sales” and 62% of Consignors say “Have a Women’s Sale”
- Consignors who shop OGOP’s Pre-Sale EXTRAVAGANZA: 81%
- 92% of shoppers said they ♥ OGOP, will continue shopping our sales and can’t wait for the next one
- 97% of 1st Time Parents that shop our sale say they will absolutely consign with OGOP when their children OutGROW and OutPLAY their items
- Who will tell their friends about OGOP? 98% of all OGOP customers... that’s who!
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
Sonia G, ON: “I wanted to thank you for all the hard work you guys do to help us moms recycle our baby products. You guys are amazing and I'm proud to be one of your volunteers. I wanted to make sure you know how appreciated you are. Thank you! Can't wait till the fall sales!!”
Dana D, ON: “I just wanted to take a moment to thank you, as well as everyone else involved, for all your hard work and countless hours of preparation/execution/follow-up with these events. I remain impressed by the entire organization and all that it achieves. I was lucky that my first experience was rewarding up until the very end. Though my heart sank for some consignors who were clearly disappointed with their sales (newbies over pricing), I commend you on your continued level of respect, support and professionalism every step throughout. I have learned a lot from this process and hope to continue being part of the OGOP community in the future.”
Tammy M, ON: “Do you by chance know the dates for the Kanata sale in sept yet? Trying to book a family trip but don't want to miss that weekend!”
Sherry, SK: “Thank you all so much for the opportunity to consign with you. Most of my items sold and feel I received a better profit than if I had sold at home on my front lawn. I enjoy shopping at your sales and look forward to more shopping and consigning in the years to come! Thanks again so much.”
Gina d’E, ON: “Love your sales! Any plans to ever hold one in the summer, early July let’s say? I miss them now since I moved to New York and would love to catch one!“
Joanne R, ON: “Thanks very much for everything! This was the first time that I had items in the sale and the opportunity to volunteer. I couldn't believe how organized everything was and how well everything was organized! Thanks very much! I will be doing the spring sale as well!”
Paula D, ON: “This was my first time participating in the sale as a consignor. I can't tell you how great an experience it was for me. I love how organized and structured everything was. I will certainly take part again as my little one grows out of stuff.”
Ron G, ON: “Thank you for allowing NMHA Minor Bantam B Team White to participate in the recent OutGrow OutPlay children's sale at the Ben Franklin Dome. The boys enjoyed assisting shoppers to their cars with purchased goods. The tips received as well as your sharing proceeds with us will assist in reducing our costs this year. It was a positive experience. All the best in your future ventures!”
WHAT DOES IT COST TO BUY AN OutGROW OutPLAY FRANCHISE?
OutGROW OutPLAY’s franchise fee is minimal compared to the average Canadian franchise fees of $25,000 and up, royalties of 6% to 10%, and six figure start-up costs. It would cost you more to try and start your own sale from scratch - we know because we've been there and done it!
With the flexibility of two sales a year and our easy-to-manage systems, our franchise is sure to fit your lifestyle and schedule. You can choose to work the business part-time creating supplemental income, or you can go for it and make your dream career path being your own boss - your level of involvement will dictate your pay cheque :)
- Liquid Capital Required - $20,000 to $25,000
- Net Worth Required - $34,000 to $38,000
- Training and Support - Absolutely Included!
- Franchise Fee - $7,799 to $9,799
- Royalties - 5% of total revenue. Just like everything in life...gvt taxes are extra
- Startup Investment (everything you need to launch your business) is $8,500 to $19,000


It is GEM’s mission to assist with medical and educational projects in developing countries. During 2002 GEM was able to provide the following educational and medical assistance:
- Funded six (6) cleft lip/palate reconstruction surgeries.
- Funded forty eight (48) outreach medical clinics which treated approximately 1,000 patients.
- Provided medical coverage for approximately 200 destitute patients who could not pay any or all of their hospital costs.
- Provided financial assistance to send a triple amputee to Australia for prostheses fitting and training.
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For 2003 we would like to continue with the projects we supported last year and add two others; namely; support for orphans and support for Women’s Empowerment through literacy and vocational training. Due to the civil unrest/terrorism in Nepal there is a growing number of orphans who need our help. In Nepal there is an organization that cares for battered women and their children. GEM would like to start a literacy/vocational training program for these women and a schooling assistance program for their children.
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- $420 or a pledge of $35/month will cover the cost of the Women’s Empowerment project for one month.
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Ed Glaeser on the Future of Employment, Inequality, Poverty, and Joblessness in America
July 2018. GrowthPolicy’s Devjani Roy interviewed Ed Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, on the future of employment, inequality, poverty, and joblessness in America. | Click here for more interviews like this one.
Growthpolicy.org. Where will the jobs of the future come from?
Ed Glaeser: Over the past sixty years, the U.S. has experienced an enormous shift from manufacturing employment to services. Europe has also followed along that trajectory. At the same time, decreasing transportation costs and an increasingly connected global economy has enabled East Asian economies, like China, to increase their manufacturing employment, but I suspect that in the medium term, machines will replace humans in Chinese industry as well.
These facts suggest that the world is looking at a future of employment largely in the service economy, especially for less-educated workers, but there are some big questions about this process. Most notably, will there be enough service jobs that can be done at a distance from the rich and skilled, or will unskilled workers need to live near skilled workers to find service jobs? Some service jobs can be done by phone or Skype, but many rely upon face-to-face connection.
In the U.S., this question is particularly important because it relates to the economic future of the poorer parts of America. There are good service jobs in San Francisco, but not in West Virginia. If long-distance service jobs are rare, then either the less skilled will need to move to San Francisco, which is hard given restrictions on housing construction, or the wealthy will need to move to West Virginia, which seems unlikely.
These same issues show up when we think about sub-Saharan Africa. It is possible that Africa will never be able to compete in manufacturing. Its low labor costs may just not be important enough as mechanization continues to proceed. If that is so, then Africa must find its own path towards prosperity through services, but that is terra incognita. Certainly, though that path is only imaginable in urban areas, which makes the urbanization of Africa particularly crucial.
Growthpolicy.org. What should we do about income inequality?
Ed Glaeser: I worry much less about income inequality than many of my colleagues. I worry about poverty. I worry particularly about the rising tide of joblessness in America. I think we should tax the rich more, not because it is bad that they are rich, but because we can use the money to fund pre-schools and employment subsidies.
I have a strong view that the policy discussion has overemphasized income inequality relative to joblessness in the U.S., and that overemphasis reflects a misunderstanding of what matters most in life. When we look at happiness data, or data on suicide, joblessness just looks far worse than earning even significantly less money. As an economist, I firmly believe that more money is preferred to less, but it is not a substitute for a sense of purpose, a sense of achievement, or the social connections that are often tied to the workplace.
In many cases, promoting employment and promoting equality are both sides of the same coin. Investing in education for less-privileged children achieves both aims. Promoting job creation with employment subsidies in lower-income areas should reduce both inequality and promote employment.
But policies that make it less attractive to hire new workers, such as higher minimum wages or more employer-based benefit mandates, may increase equality and decrease employment simultaneously, as the recent work of Jeff Clemens suggests. We need to be extremely careful about any policies that make it less attractive to hire marginal workers.
Growthpolicy.org. Your most-recent New York Times op-ed (with Professor Lawrence Summers and Ben Austin) and your Brookings paper have both received considerable press mileage. I want to point our attention to one particular passage in the op-ed which has some stark statistics: “In Flint, Mich., over 35 percent of prime-aged men — between 25 and 54 — are not employed. In Charleston, W.Va., the joblessness rate for this group is 25 percent.” I have two follow-up questions: Why do we need to focus on the topic of male joblessness as opposed to, say, that of both men and women in the work force combined? Second, I’m curious about lexicon: why “joblessness” instead of “unemployment,” or should we understand these as separate issues for economists, with different implications?
Ed Glaeser: The two questions are linked. We use the words joblessness and non-employment interchangeably, meaning not having a formal employer or being self-employed. These words are different from unemployment, because unemployment also means that you are actively looking for a job. Unemployment in this country is quite low, but joblessness is still high among men, because so many prime-aged men have left the labor force entirely. They have given up hope or gone on disability. Ignoring the population that has left the labor force means that we are ignoring one of the most problematic aspects in American society today.
If we were comparing unemployed men and women, then gender doesn’t loom so large. The two groups are both out of a job and eager to get one. But women and men often leave the labor force for different reasons; consequently, female non-employment is just trickier.
For most of the last 75 years, female employment-to-population ratios have increased steadily as women have entered the labor market. There has been some decrease in that ratio since the peak about twenty years ago. In some cases, female non-employment is quite similar to male non-employment and in that case, it deserves exactly the same policy attention. In other cases, female non-employment is quite different and reflects a relatively voluntary decision to be productive in the home.
The geography of female non-employment is quite different. Rates of female employment follow a north-south division. Rates of male non-employment are highest in the eastern heartland which starts in Louisiana and Mississippi, runs through Appalachia and then ends in the Rust Belt.
When female non-employment occurs for the same reasons and has the same outcomes as male non-employment, it is just as problematic and needs the same attention. When women leave the labor force for family-related reasons, there are also profound policy concerns, such as whether employers are providing appropriate levels of work flexibility. Those issues are also worthy of attention, but they are somewhat different from the issues that surround long-term male joblessness in the eastern American heartland.
Growthpolicy.org. Your essay “The War on Work—and How to End It” depicts such a heartbreakingly poignant picture of joblessness in America it reminds the reader of James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. I was struck by your argument that “American entrepreneurs can solve our joblessness crisis only if the U.S. stops incentivizing joblessness” and that “every underemployed American represents a failure of entrepreneurial imagination.” What policy measures, both immediate and over the long term, do you believe would get us out of the morass of the present situation?
Ed Glaeser: I think that the most important step is to start subsidizing employment, especially in America’s most distressed regions. This can be done with a wage subsidy that goes directly to workers, effectively increasing the minimum wage without putting a burden on workers. Alternatively, the money can be paid directly to employers and workers may not see their wages increase so much. Columbia economist Ned Phelps deserves the most credit for pushing the general idea of a wage subsidy. I think that there is at least some case for making such a subsidy larger in regions where joblessness is more prevalent.
A similar policy would be to reduce or eliminate the payroll tax for America’s poorest workers, which was done temporarily after the onset of the Great Recession. This would also effectively reduce the payments that firms need to make and increase what workers take home. Again, the goal is to make it more attractive for firms to create jobs and for workers to come to those jobs.
A third lever is to focus on other barriers to entrepreneurship. We regulate the entrepreneurship of rich people in this country much more lightly than we regulate the entrepreneurship of poor people. It is much easier to start your internet phenomenon in a Harvard dorm room than to open a grocery store in Dorchester. We need to make it easier for those people who would create jobs in the urban service economy to get the permits they need.
Finally, education remains extremely important. We need better vocational training in the U.S. I tend to support vocation programs that wrap around traditional schooling, over summers and on weekends and after school. These skills can be provided by independent entities, including labor unions, professional educators, and private companies. The skills they provide can be readily evaluated at the time of graduation and payment can be made contingent on performance.
Growthpolicy.org. You have written some landmark research papers in the field of urban economics. What are some policy interventions or workable legislation you would like to see related to housing supply and housing regulations?
Ed Glaeser: As you clearly know, I am passionate about over-restriction of new construction in the wealthier parts of the U.S. It will be much easier for poorer Americans to find a future in the service economy if they live near richer Americans. It will be much easier for them to live near rich Americans if there is more housing built in richer metropolitan areas.
There are two plausible reforms. First, within big cities there is already some momentum to allow more construction. I know that Mayor Walsh and BPDA Chief Brian Golden want to create more affordable housing for ordinary Bostonians. The main need is to have a city-wide zoning plan that allows significant densification AS OF RIGHT. If we can avoid a seven-year permitting battle for every project, this will make things much easier.
In the suburbs, there is no appetite for much up-zoning, and so the question is how to create more of an appetite. There are two main possible paths. Following Massachusetts Chapter 40B, the state can just override local zoning. In think that this may make some sense close to state-provided public transportation, where densification is particularly natural. Following Massachusetts Chapters 40R and 40S, the state can also essentially bribe NIMBYist communities to build. My preferred strategy would be to levy from rich communities that don’t build and transfer resources to poorer communities that do build. As in many cases, promoting affordability through increased supply can be both progressive and libertarian.


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