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Luis Baldomero-Quintana
luisbq_
Can large reductions in trade costs break the path dependence of the location of economic activity? Can a large reduction in trade costs promote economic development? @SebEllingsen JMP uses a
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Doug Saunders
DougSaunders
When I hear a CEO going on about “becoming an interplanetary species,” I consider that it’s 2021 and the entire continent of Antarctica still has a permanent population of zero,
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Bill Holohan
BillHolohanSolr
Ever wondered how it came about that in Irish legal history before the establishment of the State, the ultimate Court in Ireland was the UK House of Lords? Well, 215
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nameisnic0le 🇯🇲
nameisnic0le
Sorry, but you expect us to cut some slack and show sympathy for a Racist, Sexist, Homophobic Islamaphobe who if he could at any given chance he’d put us all
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Michael Hattem
MichaelHattem
I’m going to share some vague similarities I’ve been noticing between our current moment and the 1760s/1770s. During the imperial crisis, Parliament passed unprecedented legislation aimed at greater control of
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Diamanda Hagan
Diamandahagan
In the 18th century the British army fought a brutal series of battles with the rebel Jacobites (they were mostly Highland Scots). The Jacobites had much less tech than the
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celibate bimbo
CUIDADX
the government of the US can't become meaningfully fascist because it already incorporates fascists as one of its aspects. "the cops and klan go hand in hand" is not just
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Jason Hickel
jasonhickel
Since Boris Johnson is now so keen that we do not "photo shop" British history, I thought I would take a minute to tell the full, unedited story of that
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Read Old Books Club
OldBookClub
#NowReading America's Protectionist Takeoff, 1815-1914: The Neglected American School of Political Economy (2010) by Michael Hudson Bush Calls More Open Trade a 'Moral Imperative' for U.S.By David Stout, May 7,
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Brian Niemeier
BrianNiemeier
I've seen a lot of folks doing apologetics for Chick-Fil-A. Nothing against them. I understand the urge to cope.Social issues aside, here's why the chain is in big trouble if
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SHAL!
G00DBYEG0R0
are you smarter than a 5th grader? questions for stan twtdont google these, try to answer them yourself! how many quarts are in a pint? name the 13 british colonies
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Dan the Gnome
brewergnome
It's important to remember, that while in the U.S. we're now having conversations about when/if you can go unmasked (I'm still not, because random people don't know I'm actually vaxed),
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt
nadinebh_
The British Empire was evil.It killed tens of millions (if not more), committed genocides, enslaved millions, it's legacy continues to cause serious socio-economic issues in former colonies, it inspired other
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tedward b wang 5'2'' 52 IQ
TedwardWang
haven't done a book thread in a whileObservations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, & etc. By Benjamin Franklin Even in the 18th century anyone studying it noticed
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Onye Nkuzi
cchukudebelu
Empire is not merely about economics. When the British acquired India, they had to control the route to India (Gibraltar, Suez, Cape Town), establish and control coaling stations on the
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a sci-fi bitch loves a GENERAL STRIKE
cyborgmemoirs
please pretty please write that dream world down. get serious about it. dream up every aspect of how it works and what it feels and looks and smells and tastes
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