Etiqueta: Middle East
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Millionaires Control 39% of the World’s Wealth
By Robert Frank Last year was another good year for millionaires – though their pace of growth is slowing. According to a new report by Boston Consulting Group out today, the number of millionaire households in the world grew by 12.2% in 2010, to 12.5 million. (BCG defines millionaires as those with $1 million or more in…
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The Repressed History of the United States
La historia reprimida de Estados Unidos (Spanish) The Repressed History of the United States Revolution, Egalitarianism and Anti-imperialism By Jorge Majfud Taking advantage of another anniversary of the birth of George Washington, president George W. Bush used the occasion to compare the American Revolution of the 18th century with the war in Iraq. …
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Fear of Freedom: On the Left and the Right
El miedo a la libertad, Sobre izquierdas y derechas (Spanish) Fear of Freedom: On the Left and the Right Jorge Majfud Generally, an historical phenomenon is naturalized thanks to an absence of memory (hence the political value of neutrality and forgetting). Obviously not always for political reasons: it was once assumed that…
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