Plus ca change, or famous last words ? The psychology of imperialism

2004-02-16 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
From Humiliation to Hate, by Kevin C. Morris What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore -- and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over -- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? -

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2003-10-03 Thread michael
The Thursday Wall Street Journal has a piece by none other than Arthur Laffer, proving that California's progressive tax system is responsible for all of the ills of the state. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929

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2002-12-05 Thread Michael Perelman
Bradsher, Keith. 1989. UAL Board to Consider Its Next Step. New York Times (23 October): p. D1. The 190 point fall in October 1987 may have been triggered by the announcement that financing for the takeover of United Airlines was not going to be forthcoming. In interviews last week, 13

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2002-08-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Hadj Thami el Glaoui, pasha of the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, in 1944: American policy today stirs up everything and settles nothing. The result is that it creates a void, opening the way to new tyrannies instead of new freedoms. At the bottom of Americas attitude is the assumption that