Category Archives: Government & Politics
Virtual Princes, Virtual Wealth
I start by asserting that the fundamental sources of true wealth are in the earth and the sea. Some people create new wealth by transforming the lives and minerals grown in and extracted from these two sources into useful things … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Economics, Government & Politics, History, wealth
Tagged land, the land, The Leopard by Tomasi di Lampedusa, the sea, wealth
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“… at last the world knows America as the savior of the world!”
The words in the heading for this article are those of President Woodrow Wilson, given to an audience in Portland, Oregon, 1919, referencing the USA’s role in the establishment of the League of Nations after the end of World War … Continue reading
Posted in Government & Politics, War & Peace
Tagged Danzig corridor, Democracy, First World War, Human Rights and Democracy Fund, League of Nations, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies, the war to end war, The Warsaw Declaration, Treaty of Versailles, US State Department
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