Since President Richard Nixon took the US off what was left of the gold standard in the fall of 1971, the dollar’s value against gold has shrunk by 98 percent. No one believes that this debasement will end or even slow down. In fact, the US seems determined to accelerate the dollar’...
The American empire is not enforced by walls with armed guards to prevent its citizens from escaping but, instead, by the almighty dollar. Since the enthronement of the dollar as a reserve currency in 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference and then the establishment of the petrodollar in the ea...
From the War of 1812 until the end of World War II, however, they were conferred celebrity status and were also the "subjects of folklore, envy, and political vilification, and notorious symbols of wealth and power." They sold Union war bonds to fund the Civil War, financed the first ...
Robert S. Becker
Box Office Preview: ‘Gentlemen’ No Match for ‘Bad Boys’ Following his billion-dollar blockbuster 'Aladdin,' Guy Ritchie returns to North American theaters this weekend with 'The Gentlemen,' a comedic crime-caper whose star-studded ensemble cast is led by Matthew McConaughey. ...
“To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing,” the Canadian poet Anne Carson once said. With Trump, America finds itself at the end of its myth. * * * To talk about the frontier is also to talk about capitalism, about its power and possibility and its promise of bound...
剧本 台词 字幕 笔记 中英文对照 纯英文 学英语 文本 PDF 文档 电子版 纸质版 历史频道的纪录片[展开全文] 历史频道的纪录片 【剧本】: 1 - (gunshot) - (shouting and indistinct clamor) - NARRATOR: Just five days after the end of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln is the final of the ...
I have written repeatedly about the Endgame in the weekly letter, as well as in a New York Times best-seller on the same topic. By Endgame I mean the period…
economic and trade cooperation, China re- ceives capital, technology and management experience from the United States, while the United States has gained market share in China and occupied the high end of the global industrial chain and value chain. Both countries have benefited greatly from their...
Five weeks later, at the end of October, Haskew had prepared a draft report for the Board of Regents, which declared that “an Alumni House of distinctive character and outstanding convenience is of great importance to The University and that one should be provided as soon as possible.” The...