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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?

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Intelligentsia in power

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

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Rich life

He would always set his alarm for 8.

2 weeks ago 13 votes
Do you want to be a synonym?

I had a dinner with a friend tonight and we spoke of how the new era which has just begun makes lots of our knowledge, or the ways of thinking, about international relations, economic policies, poverty and wealth etc.

3 weeks ago 19 votes

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A VERY Ancient Snapshot

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How the Roman Empire Lost its Gods

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A Stroll Through Amsterdam’s Red Light District by Huub Prickaert in the 1990s

Huub Prickaerts was walking around the De Wallen area of Amsterdam’s red light district between 1993 and 1996. Prickaerts moved to the Dutch capital in the early 1990s after a client agreed to let him stay in his home in exchange for keeping an eye on his restaurant. Things have changed since then. “Since … Continue reading "A Stroll Through Amsterdam’s Red Light District by Huub Prickaert in the 1990s" The post A Stroll Through Amsterdam’s Red Light District by Huub Prickaert in the 1990s appeared first on Flashbak.

15 hours ago 2 votes
The End?

There must be some way out of here ... surely?

yesterday 4 votes
6 Terrible Historical Facts About Typhus

Epidemic typhus is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humankind, and despite advances in modern medicine, it continues to be a contemporary concern. Often infiltrating human existence hand in hand with disasters such as war and weather phenomena, typhus has demonstrated a potential to change the course of history and dictate decision-making. […]

yesterday 2 votes