After the Bell: The Presidential Economic Advisory Council is good, but inadequate
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After the Bell: The Presidential Economic Advisory Council is good, but inadequate
The President blamed their hubris – ‘Those sons of bitches with all the fruit salad just sat there nodding, saying it would work’ – and repeatedly told his wife, ‘Oh my God, the bunch of advisors that we inherited!’ But he saved the greatest blame for himself. The advisors were just that – merely advisors – and the ultimate decision was his. He’d b
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Why Nations Fail is a bit longer than The Communist Manifesto , but it is essentially The Bourgeois Manifesto . Merchants having become wealthy from the Atlantic trade win property rights in England, already primed for this breakthrough. Resultant regime called inclusive , though the merchants were primarily slavers.
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