Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2008 |
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Economy,
Aftershocks,
Best Selling Book,
Collapse Of Communism,
Counterfeit Drugs,
Credit Crisis,
Credit Crunch,
Economic Forces,
Eurasian Studies,
Excesses,
Fall Of The Berlin Wall,
Global Economic Transformation,
Global Terrorism,
Globalization,
Globalized Markets,
Interview 1,
Introductory Remarks,
Italian Economist,
Loretta Napoleoni,
New Era,
New Reality,
Newsweek,
Risk Agency,
Senior Partner,
Seven Stories,
Sex Slaves,
Sex Trafficking,
Southeastern Europe,
Temma,
Trafficking Women,
Ukraine And Russia
What does the collapse of communism have to do with the credit crunch? According to Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni, author of the best-selling book “Terror Inc: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism,” the fall of the Berlin wall set off a global economic transformation that led directly to the turmoil on Wall Street and will [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 17th, 2008 |
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Published in
Russia,
Buffoonery,
Centuries,
Collapse Of Communism,
Cynicism,
Dna,
empire,
Fatalism,
Human Psyche,
Prayers,
Psychological Toll,
putin,
Revolutions,
Russia,
Russian Soul,
Thrall,
Totalitarian Regime,
Tsar
Despite the fact that Putin’s Russia is increasingly autocratic and irredeemably corrupt, the man himself - their born-again Tsar - is overwhelmingly regarded as the answer to the nation’s prayers.
Russia has a bloody and tormented history. Its centuries of suffering - its brutalities, its wars and revolutions, culminating in the collapse of communism and the [...]
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