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Edwards: To The Mad House With Them
Commentary, April, 16 2001
David Edwards
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In his study of obedience in modern society, psychologist Stanley Milgram wrote, "There is always some element of bad form in objecting to the destructive course of events, or indeed, in making it a topic of conversation." Milgram noted that even ...
Drda: Elementary Economic Education
Graphic, April, 15 2001
Darrin Drda
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elementary, economic, education, free trade, Greenspan
Rosenberg: Back to the Arms Race
Graphic, April, 15 2001
Martha Rosenberg
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cold war, nuclear proliferation
Landau: Bay of Pigs Lessons
Commentary, April, 15 2001
Saul Landau
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What have we learned from what historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr dubbed "the perfect failure?" Schlesinger, who served as a high level adviser to president John F. Kennedy, opposed the CIA backed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs by a brigade of anti C...
Healy: Is Globalization Inevitable
Commentary, April, 15 2001
Sean Healy
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ÒThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.Ó Ñ Roger ÒVerbalÓ Kint (Kevin Spacey), The Usual Suspects, 1995. ÒM1 can be as big as it likesÓ, someone recently said to me, Òbut isn't opposing globalisati...
Thrupkaew: Going Geisha
Commentary, April, 14 2001
Noy Thrupkaew
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After returning from Japan a few years ago, I was surprised to see that the States was in a lather over "geisha chic"-which persists to this day. Chopsticks were stuck in heads fair and dark. Madonna, that fashion chameleon, appeared in a red viny...
Bond: The World Bank in the time of cholera
Commentary, April, 13 2001
Patrick Bond
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One of the most painful preventable diseases known to humankind, cholera, continues to spread in South Africa, affecting hundreds of people a day. More than 80,000 people have been infected over the last eight months, and approximately 180 have lo...
Group: Shoddy Workmanship
Graphic, April, 12 2001
Contagion Media Group
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blair, new labour, third way
Rosenberg: Start the e-covery
Graphic, April, 12 2001
Martha Rosenberg
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dot com meltdown, economy
