Lin Li, in Building the Rule of Law in China, 2017 1.1.1 What is Democracy? Democracy is a controversial concept, as different people have different interpretations of it. According to the original meaning of the term “democracy” from ancient Greece, “Democracy meant rule by the people or...
“If there’s one thing they do right in Cuba, it’s health care,” said Michael Moore in a 2007 interview. “Cuba has the best health care system in the entire area,” according to Angela Davis… It’s a testament to the effectiveness of the Castro regime’s propaganda apparatus that...
The application is neither precise nor accurate; but it is use and wont that determine the meaning of words, and this seems to be the tendency of use and wont. Definitions of leading writers. Even economic writers differ greatly in the meaning they attach to the word. The great German econ...
In the absence of the competitive process, according to Hayek, there is no practical way to insure that individuals will reveal their preferences for goods and services. See Hayek, “The Meaning of Competition,” Individualism and Economic Order, 92–106; and “Competition as a Discovery ...
Lastly, the real meaning attached to the terms “Christianity” and “Socialism”, by those who profess to reconcile these doctrines, must always be elicited before it is possible to estimate either what doctrines are being reconciled or how far that reconciliation is of any practical adequacy. ...
In economics, explain the term "economic development". Explain the economic term, "conscious capitalism". Provide an example. In economics what is the meaning of macro-economics? Define the word "capital" as it is used in economics. What do you mean by private goods in economics? Explain th...
Almost as an afterthought, he added: “The only problem is that the boy is a Mischling of the first degree” (Nazi jargon meaning that he had one Jewish parent)—a piece of information that under the circumstances was extremely dangerous for the boy.Footnote 57 Racial stereotyping became—...
“A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.”[10] Sacrificed toIdols Idol oridolatryis from the Greek wordeidololatreia.[11]It is from two words. The first is from word meaningimage, shape or fashionedand the second part is from a word that means "service rendered for hire". ...
determinism and fixation on the proletariat to the privileging of culture, identity, and lifestyles will help us understand better how and why literally every aspect of human life became politicized in the eyes of the current left. In other words, the history of the cultural turn will shed ...
To effect that control they have to change the meaning of words… like “democracy,” for example. Where ”democracy” once meant a system of civic governance where the majority ruled – right or wrong – it now means “when Democrats rule… right or wrong.” So, when non-Democrats are ...