13 April 2010
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At the edge of the precipice
After the end of the Cold War, every indication suggested that the nuclear weapon would soon cease to be a reason for being.
9 April 2010
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Microfinancing
The existence and aim of microfinance are justified by one goal—the fight against poverty, humanity’s key concern today. Out of the 6.7 billion inhabitants on the planet, three billion people live on less than US$2 per day, and 80% of the world’s population has no access to financial services.
6 April 2010
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Dishonor and war
Everyone knows the famous words pronounced in late September of 1938 by
Winston Churchill intended for British Prime Minister, at the time, Neville
Chamberlain, after the Munich agreement by which Great Britain and France
had abandoned Czechoslovakia to Hitler: “You had the choice between war and
dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.”[]
30 March 2010
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The great debate
In any democratic society, the unique role of the state is to provide
citizens with security, and for that, make them pay for insurance, known as
tax or social contribution. The question is whether a society can force its members to consider these as
public goods.
23 March 2010
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Bis Repetitat?
If there is a constant in the last 30 years in France, it is indeed the
defeat in the main election of the winner of the intermediate election.
Thus, when the left or right-wing wins legislative and regional elections,
it loses the next presidential election.
