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Why Nations Fail

Posted on July 9, 2017 by carilynn27

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, 2012 The book applies insights from institutional economics, development economics and economic history to understand why nations develop differently, with some succeeding in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Politics/Economics | Tagged 1800s, 1900s, 2002, 2012, Agriculture, Arab Spring, Argentina, Blog, China, City-States, Colonies, Colonization, Daron Acemoglu, Destabilization, Developing Countries, Dictatorship, Dutch East India Trading Company, East India Trading Company, Economics, Egypt, England, Exclusive, Extractive, Fail, Fixed Elections, flounder, France, Freedom of the Press, French Revolution, Geography, Glorious Revolution, Government, Growth, Ignorance, Inclusive, industrial revolution, Italy, James A. Robinson, Japan, Journalists, Korea, Land Grants, Magna Carta, Maya, Mayans, Mexico, Monarchy, Monopolies, Mudracker, Negative Feedback, North Korea, Northern Hemisphere, Oligarchy, Parliament, Patents, Patriarchy, Peron, Peru, Poor Education, Positive Feedback, Power, President Karismov, Prosperity, prosperous, Rebound, Roosevelt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serfdom, Sierra Leon, Social Work Class, Somalia, South Korea, Southern Hemisphere, Soviet Union, Stagnant, Sub-Saharan, Tax Breaks For the Wealthy, Taxation, Taxing the Poor, The Black Plague, The New Deal, The Silk Road, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, thrive, UNCG, US Barons, USA, Uzbekistan, Venice, Vicious Circle, Virtuous Circle, Why Nations Fail, Wilson | 1 Comment

The Age of American Unreason

Posted on April 20, 2017 by carilynn27

The Age of American Unreason By Susan Jacoby, 2009 Jacoby writes about anti-intellectualism in America. She was inspired by the book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter, which was published in 1963. Jacoby points out that more than half … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, History, Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Pedagogy, Politics/Economics, Religion, Science/Philosophy | Tagged 1800s, 1960s, Alan Bloom, America, Ann Coulter, Anti-Intellectual, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Book of the Month Club, Bush, Campus Crusades, Cheap Books, Christianity, Clinton, College, Common Sense, Communisim, Communist, Cristina Hoff Summer, Culture, Debate, Democrat, Don Imus, Dumbed Down, English Language, Founding Fathers, Government, Guilded Age, High Brow, Internet, Junk Media, Junk Science, Learning, Lectures, Left Wing, liberal, Literacy, Low Brow, Middle Brow, Nixon, Patriotic, Pop Culture, President, Protests, Publishers, Reason, Regan, Republican, Richard Dawkins, Richard Hofstadter, right wing, Russia, Science Versus Religion, Seperation of Church and State, Socialism, Socialist, Soviet Union, Television, The Closing of the American Mind, The Constitution, The Rights of Man, The Supreme Court, Thomas Paine, United States, Unpatriotic, Unreason, Vietnam War, Working Class | 1 Comment

The Americans

Posted on April 18, 2014 by carilynn27

April 17, 2014 Spy Vs Spy Spy vs Spy is a comic strip in Mad Magazine, but it seemed appropriate this week. I’ve been watching The Americans. The Americans is an FX show that began May of 2013. It stars … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1853, 1856, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2014, Agression, Alias, America, Annex, Big Pharmicuticals, Brothers and Sisters, Capitalism, Car Insurance, CIA, Communism, Concessions International, Crimea, Crimean War, Demonstrations, Early 90s, Entitlement, Felicity, FX, Glasnost, Google, Greed, Greg, Health Care, Health Insurance, Heritage, History, J.J. Abrams, Joe Weisburg, Keri Russell, KGB, Mad Magazine, Mathew Ryes, Medicaid, Medical Industries, Memory, Obama, Perestroika, Putin, Religion, Russian, Salmon Bagel, Self-Defense, Socialism, Soviet Union, Spies, Spy Vs Spy, The Americans, USSR, Winter Olympics, Yetsin | Leave a comment

Lust in Translation

Posted on June 28, 2013 by carilynn27

Lust in Translation Lust in Translation: Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee by Pamela Drukerman came out in 2008. Former foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal now living in Paris, Druckerman offers an anecdotal exploration of the international etiquette … Continue reading →

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