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" While nothing about democracy determines industrial development, the conditions under which it will start are quite different in the autocratic setting. " >"In the 20th century, a select cast of East Asian governments completely _...Read More_
" While nothing about democracy determines industrial development, the conditions under which it will start are quite different in the autocratic setting. " >"In the 20th century, a select cast of East Asian governments completely _...Read More_
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Some building trades unions are helping big Pharma fight a key plank of President Biden’s agenda, a sign of just how extensive the industry’s influence is.
Some building trades unions are helping big Pharma fight a key plank of President Biden’s agenda, a sign of just how extensive the industry’s influence is.
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"The hasty and chaotic Western retreat from Afghanistan provides several lessons. If the United States and Europe fail to heed them, the cause of liberal democracy in the twenty-first century could could go the way of the country they just _...Read More_
"The hasty and chaotic Western retreat from Afghanistan provides several lessons. If the United States and Europe fail to heed them, the cause of liberal democracy in the twenty-first century could could go the way of the country they just _...Read More_
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A must read for a general overview of political funding and it's distortions. Can we really call it 'democracy' with this status quo? Thanks to whoever posted it.
A must read for a general overview of political funding and it's distortions. Can we really call it 'democracy' with this status quo? Thanks to whoever posted it.
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"Whether economic times are good or bad, the lament for the old days of factories and mills never changes."
"Whether economic times are good or bad, the lament for the old days of factories and mills never changes."
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"The idea of central bank independence is today in crisis. The reason is not—as its own logic would have it—that prying politicians have managed to impose their wills after all. Instead, and more paradoxically, independent central banks _...Read More_
"The idea of central bank independence is today in crisis. The reason is not—as its own logic would have it—that prying politicians have managed to impose their wills after all. Instead, and more paradoxically, independent central banks _...Read More_
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"Recent years have seen the democratic spirit advancing at the expense of the meritocratic. Here’s why that’s a problem."
"Recent years have seen the democratic spirit advancing at the expense of the meritocratic. Here’s why that’s a problem."
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"The American tax code is kind to billionaires. And billionaires can afford to assemble teams of advisers dedicated to innovating bespoke schemes for making our tax laws even more generous. As a result, the very richest among us routinely _...Read More_
"The American tax code is kind to billionaires. And billionaires can afford to assemble teams of advisers dedicated to innovating bespoke schemes for making our tax laws even more generous. As a result, the very richest among us routinely _...Read More_
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"President Muhammadu Buhari's Twitter shutdown will be hard to enforce and could have dire consequences for Nigeria's fragile democratic institutions and economy."
"President Muhammadu Buhari's Twitter shutdown will be hard to enforce and could have dire consequences for Nigeria's fragile democratic institutions and economy."
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>"At the very heart of our capitalist economic system is something grotesque: labor exploitation. That’s immoral — and we need some form of workplace democracy to undo it."
>"At the very heart of our capitalist economic system is something grotesque: labor exploitation. That’s immoral — and we need some form of workplace democracy to undo it."
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Matt McManus not only shows the immoral form of capitalist economic system, i.e. labour exploitation, but also provides best form of workplace democracy to undo it in the industrial scale.
Matt McManus not only shows the immoral form of capitalist economic system, i.e. labour exploitation, but also provides best form of workplace democracy to undo it in the industrial scale.
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"On January 6, 2021, a man with a microphone in his hand, overlooking a crowd of inflamed followers carrying flags and paraphernalia of his movement, shouted at, this line explains many things."
"On January 6, 2021, a man with a microphone in his hand, overlooking a crowd of inflamed followers carrying flags and paraphernalia of his movement, shouted at, this line explains many things."
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>"BP and other companies have expressed outrage over the Capitol riot, but they have a history of supporting authoritarians in other countries."
>"BP and other companies have expressed outrage over the Capitol riot, but they have a history of supporting authoritarians in other countries."
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"The new EU-China agreement underscores a fundamental question of the post-pandemic world order: How should strategic and economic relations between major powers with very different institutional and political arrangements be managed? Can _...Read More_
"The new EU-China agreement underscores a fundamental question of the post-pandemic world order: How should strategic and economic relations between major powers with very different institutional and political arrangements be managed? Can _...Read More_
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"Arrests in Hong Kong and Europe’s trade deal show the West is on the back foot"
"Arrests in Hong Kong and Europe’s trade deal show the West is on the back foot"