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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Marxian alienation and modern workplace
A question from Yahoo! Answers: How can Karl Marx’s theory of alienation (and his other labour market theories) apply to the MODERN workplace? Also, what are the instances where Karl Marx’s labour market theories FAIL to be of relevance to … Continue reading
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Does inflation help the rich?
A question from Yahoo! Answers: Inflation Helps the Rich? This question is for the people who have read the book “Poor Dad, Rich Dad,” by Robert Kiyosaki. In his book, he states that inflation actually benefits the rich while making … Continue reading
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The plight of Paulus
A question from Yahoo! Answers: What was the plight of Paulus after his surrender at Stalingrad? He remained in Soviet captivity until 1953. After he was released, he lived in Dresden (East Germany), where he served as a police inspector … Continue reading
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If Germany signed a separate peace with the USSR…
A question from Yahoo! Answers: Will Normandy’s landing still be a success if Germany made peace pact with USSR? Highly unlikely. Whatever the Allies did during World War II was relatively minor compared to what’s been happening at the Russian … Continue reading
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What is comparative history?
A question from Yahoo! Answers: What is comparitive history? This may seem like a dumb question, I understand the basic concept, comparing events in two or more places/times, but much of the comparative history I have encountered seems to be … Continue reading
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Starting a hedge fund (again)
A question from Yahoo! Answers: How is a hedge fund started? What are the requirements/regulations? How to file for company’s broker license? I would really appreciate it if you could provide me some links to official sites that would answer … Continue reading
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Was Hiroshima justifiable?
A question from Yahoo! Answers: Were American atomic drop on Nagasaki and Hiroshima justifiable? Esp. with respect to the tremendous amount of destructive energy released. No doubt the Imperial Japanese army atrocities were beyond human comprehension but is this anything … Continue reading
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Classical and Keynesian economics
A question from Yahoo! Answers: Describe and differentiate between Classical and Keynesian economics.? In a nutshell, they had very different views on rigidity of wages and the nature of economy’s response to recession. During classical times (1770-1850), wages were downward-flexible, … Continue reading
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On national competitiveness
A question from Yahoo! Answers: How can the U.S. economy succeed competitively when it is so expensive to produce in this country? It seems that producing anything in the United States becomes more expensive every year and beyond the normal … Continue reading
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The impact of automobiles on American society
A question from Yahoo! Answers: Discuss the impact that automobiles have had on U.S. society.? Wow… Where do you even begin? Automobiles were the single most important enabling factor in urban sprawl. Before automobile, cities grew mostly up, not out. … Continue reading
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