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A view of the world

After the Global Financial Crisis, the World Bank got more much involved in South-East Asian countries than before.

5 days ago 1 votes
‘Now, things are different, we must not look to the past’

Lenin in 1917 and 1922, applied to the present

a week ago 1 votes
The stock market fetish

The most recent turmoil in the stock market caused by Donald Trump’s ill-considered policy to impose tariffs on the entire world, has brought up one legitimate question: what is the correct attitude towards stock market declines and crashes?

3 weeks ago 12 votes
Intelligentsia in power

On Bukharin's critique of the Austrian school and John Bates Clark

3 weeks ago 13 votes
Rich life

He would always set his alarm for 8.

4 weeks ago 17 votes

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Details Avoid Bias

Long ago I noted:

16 hours ago 1 votes
International Graffiti Times – 1884-1994

Dedicated to New York City street art, International Graffiti Times – IGTimes (aka: Subway Sun, InterGalactic Times, GetHip International Times, Tight and IGT) announced itself with an image of the city’s Mayor Ed Koch covered in tags. After Koch, the arch enemy of “graffiti”, there were articles on artist Michael Stewart (May 9, 1958 – September … Continue reading "International Graffiti Times – 1884-1994" The post International Graffiti Times – 1884-1994 appeared first on Flashbak.

17 hours ago 1 votes
A nation’s rebirth after Nazism

Germany’s integration miracle and other stories

22 hours ago 1 votes
How Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton & Harold Lloyd Pulled Off Their Spectacular Stunts During Silent Film’s Golden Age

It can be tempting to view the box office’s domination by visual-effects-laden Hollywood spectacle as a recent phenomenon. And indeed, there have been periods during which that wasn’t the case: the “New Hollywood” that began in the late nineteen sixties, for instance, when the old studio system handed the reins to inventive young guns like […]

21 hours ago 1 votes
Everything You Need to Know About Hieronymus Bosch: Life, Art, Legacy

For most who hear the name “Hieronymus Bosch,” their thoughts go to The Garden of Earthly Delights or the fantastical figures birthed from the artist’s imagination. When considering the number of works cataloged in museums around the world, it stands to reason that viewers often associate artists with a few distinct pieces or common […]

2 days ago 1 votes