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Civil War - History and the USA

Civil War - History and the USA

Lobbying, Congressional Fundraising and Political Divisions - in the USA

a collection of articles and videos looking at Lobbying, Congressional Fundraising and Political ...

Venezuela and Zimbabwe - currency, inflation and Crypto

A collection of articles and videos looking at Zimbabwe and Venezuela, bitcoin and other crypto c...

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Classical liberalism vs. The New Right - Marginal REVOLUTION

It has become increasingly clear that the political Right in America is not what it used to be. In particular, my own preferred slant of classical ... (2022)


Article

“Instead of coronavirus, the hunger will kill us.” A global food crisis looms. — The New York Times

The world has never faced a hunger emergency like this, experts say. It could double the number of people facing acute hunger to 265 million by the... (2020)


Article

Sovereign shambles: Venezuela 2018-08-21 | The Economist

President Nicolás Maduro’s “great economic revolution” begins today when five zeros are (2018)


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David Brooks: The Root Causes of Populism, Authoritarianism and The Whole Global Mess

World On Fire: Right-wing populism is surging worldwide, in places as diverse as India, the Netherlands, Argentina, France and the United States. W... (2024)


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How Curiosity Will Save Us | Mónica Guzmán | TEDxSeattle

For Mónica Guzmán, curiosity isn’t a muse that flits by when we wonder about something. It’s the most powerful tool we have to navigate our world, ... (2022)


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Congressional Fundraising: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight Published on Apr 3, 2016 Lawmakers have to raise money to keep their jobs, but a surprising amount of their job now consists of r... (2019)


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Nationalism vs Globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari - TED Talks

TED Published on Feb 21, 2017 How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yu... (2017)


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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu

"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)


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