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by randomafrican 13y ago
Yes. But the biggest point is that Iceland has taken a very different path from Ireland, Spain or Greece with very different outcomes. (of course, the situations were not exactly similar at the beginning but comparable enough to draw those
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by randomafrican 13y ago
There's no other way to prevent capital flight, right ?
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by randomafrican 13y ago
That's exactly what the OP said though..
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by randomafrican 13y ago
I think Iceland is used as a coutner-example to Greece, Ireland or Spain and not the US. Notice as they keep comparing the Icelandic unemployment rate to the EU average unemployment rate ?
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by randomafrican 13y ago
One quick fact: the root of the word Ukraine is a word meaning "border".
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by randomafrican 13y ago
The length is more important than the outcome, IMO
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by randomafrican 13y ago
>who sent the previous president to jail on trumped up charges Previous Prime Minister. And I'm not 100% sure the charges are totally trumped up. Not that it changes anything.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
On the other hand, while there was a lot of trade between European powers, part of the point of colonization was to have the colonies "trade" manly with the colonizer.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Many Tennis or Formula 1 stars do. Money earned abroad and individual sports. Soccer players have to live where they play and their teams have to be located somewhere too. So taxes are paid based on that location. HOWEVER: Most soccer playe
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by randomafrican 13y ago
But the oil-related infrastructure will stay and will keep generating some revenue. I live in an oil city and the number of Scottish workers or companies that have regional headquarters or major locations in Aberdeen is huge.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Iceland !
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by randomafrican 13y ago
FAO, UNHCR
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by randomafrican 13y ago
isnt that the desease that basically only exists in Northern Nigeria and the Gange Valley ? They have a lot more to fight than the desease to win in those places.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
America does have a quite liberal attitude about gender roles. As far as France and immigrants go, I'm not sure relevant studies are available (since France has very specific policies about not mentionning race/origin in its offic
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Cars nowadays are vastly more ressource-efficient than they were in the 70's. That evolution can be triggered by higher prices for ressources. And as they get rarer prices do go up.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
It's more an imbalance between social expectations and modern living. More conservative societies see a steeper decline in birthrate as women participation in the workforce increases. That's why France has one of the highest birth
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by randomafrican 13y ago
We're not Pandas. Ressource depletion is only a problem if our ressource consumption doesnt evolve. And it will evolve.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Poorer and more idle people are also more dangerous.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
While i agree on the relatively poor part, i'm not so sure about this: >>Plus, poverty stifles political activism. It's very likely that the goalfor the Chinese government is to avoid being overthrown by keeping control on h
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by randomafrican 13y ago
I think the outcome you outline is very well understood by the author. He clearly says: > This is Chinese industrial policy and it is conducted for domestic Chinese political reasons and will end some day for domestic Chinese political r
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by randomafrican 13y ago
No
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Two raids don't make a policy. What happened recently is that 3 countries that happen to be in Africa became frontlines in the War On Terror.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Nope. The Apple ID is necessary to restore in iOS 7.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
I'm sure you've heard the BMW analogy before...
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by randomafrican 13y ago
The landing was shown live in the USSR. On USSR TV owned by the USSR government. In the middle of the cold war.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Depens on what you think about when you think about colonialism. If you're thinking about the period when Africa was ruled by European power, I'd say it didnt help (mostly because of the deeply authoritarian aspect of that rule) b
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by randomafrican 13y ago
Differences in traditional institutions ? While it makes sense NOW, nobody would have had predicted that outcome in 1964. And those institutions dont exist in a vacum either. The importance of clanic indentity has increased in Somalia becau
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by randomafrican 13y ago
This is not really true btw: >The problem with SS Africa vs. the Middle East is that the African countries, having no history of large-scale states before the Europeans came, have so many national divisions that it becomes impractical La
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by randomafrican 13y ago
That's why they should NOT try to cover everything. Strategic investments. Infrastructure before law enforcement. Education before health care.
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by randomafrican 13y ago
The issue of diversity is overblown. The most failed state in Africa is the most homegenous one: Somalia. But then again, Botswana is very homogenous and does pretty well. Rwanda, Lesotho, Burundi and Swaziland are countries that actually f

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