abstract:In the United States, the most notorious Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
As huge fans of both technology and art, our team decided to play around with some QR art concepts, borrowing some elements from traditional graffiti (drips), technology and toys (pixels made out of legos) and incorporating some rounded lines, added movement and bright colors to show that there is more to QR codes than black and white squares.
Mr Loureiro believes the way forward for Portugal is to focus on simplifying its corporate and income tax codes and bringing at least part of the non-taxpaying "black economy", estimated to account for more than 20 per cent of total output, into the system.