Many of my IRL friends and acquaintances are pointing out that the United States is printing more money and using it to help alleviate our economic crisis. Other democracies like the UK and Japan are doing the same. So, does this mean we will go the way of Zimbabwe or post-WWI Germany? Isn’t printing new [...]
Quantitative Easing vs. Printing Money: Will the U.S. become Zimbabwe?
February 22nd, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Power Sharing in Zimbabwe; Elections in Israel
February 11th, 2009 · 10 Comments
I’ve been so wrapped up in the “stimulus” that I haven’t been paying much attention to world news. Here are some updates from CNN:
Power Sharing:
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A Nation Suffering:
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Election Results–or non-results in Israel. Also, good information on Israeli politics:
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
November 28th, 2008 · 25 Comments
See November 26th post to get the full story.
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Legacy of Imperialism: Zimbabwe
November 26th, 2008 · 20 Comments
This was the news a few days ago:
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So, what is going on in the former British colony of Rhodesia? Robert Mugabe has been Zimbabwe’s only ruler since indepence in 1980. In recent years his administration has been accused of voter fraud (oppostion leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared to win the presidential election [...]
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