Politics, Sociology & Economy

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Data from 2011

I don’t get how somebody can seriously hold the view that Iran is a great threat to Israel. Looks more like the other way around.

See more here http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-comparison-detail.asp?form=form&country1=iran&country2=israel&Submit=COMPARE

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The first ideas of anarcho-communism can be traced back to the mid 1600s ‘Diggers’ movement in England. I recommend reading the first and second manifesto.

see more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_communism

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How Rich Am I?

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Incredibly great differences within the Euro zone alone.

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A really interesting short story on modern work and consume ethics.

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All of the World's Money and Markets in One Visualization

How much money is there in the world? This visualization compares the world's richest people, companies, and stock markets with the world's money supply.

Great site on money visualisation.

According to this page, the world debt is approximately 199 Trillion USD, which amounts to around 200% of Global GDP (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_world_product)

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Yanis Varoufakis @ Valve

Yanis Varoufakis the former finance minister of Greece, was Economist-in-Residence at Valve Corporation (Yes the Videogame Company). He researched the virtual economy on the Steam digital delivery platform, according to his Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanis_Varoufakis

I think it’s pretty astonishing how somebody can change fields like that.

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Iraqi women at university in Iraq in the 1970s - don’t forget that the rise of religious fundamentalism is a quite recent phenomenon.

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One of Noam Chomsky’s interviews where he states that if the Nuremberg principles were applied, every US-President would be indictable.

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Mid December 1989 the USA invaded Panama in order to remove Manuel Noriega from office. The justification for likely more than 2000 deaths was defending democracy and human rights in Panama. 

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Manifesto issued by Marx in 1848, regarded as founding documents of Communism

I recommend reading the Manifesto at least once, I’d consider this a must-read since the ideas of this work did influence a lot of people in the 19th century and laid down a lot of cornerstones for the political development of the 20th century. Besides it’s only around 30 pages.

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Median Household Income by Race and Origin (USA)

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The German American ethnic group, is with more than 50 million people one of the largest ethnic group in the US and accounts for a total of 17.1% of the entire population.