Why Magna Carta was Fundamentally a Financial Peace TreatyThe Conversation
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Last year I went to the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta in Runnymede. I was a bit disappointed with the snobbery especially the mayor who liked to let everybody know that he was the mayor, but I just had to go. That too was a warm day. Anyway, is this site ...
The comment above does not even merit the status of an argument, since it is unsupported by either evidence or reasons: it is merely an expression of opinion. That said, it would be a good idea if critical thinking in the above sense were to be taught as such as part of *every...
1.What’s the significance of the Great Charter?(1) Why and how was the Great Charter signed?(2) The Great Charter,or the Magna Carta is a most important document in English history.It is as important to the English people as the Declaration of Independence to the Americans.It has been...
And really, all of the bullshit legislation and asinine topics of discussion are akin to switching chairs around on the Titanic. We need to change the fundamental paradigms which western society is based upon. We need a monetary system that does not funnel wealth into the hands of a few. We...
(MIT) Why Nations Fail May 21, 2012. 2 / 47 Main Concepts Inclusive and Extractive Institutions Institutional Origins Framework based on Acemoglu and Robinson Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Economic growth brought forth by: Inclusive economic institutions: Secure ...
Today one needs only look at the way in which the political system, in the Western world, has been captured by the special interests of the bankers and the intellectual property monopolists, to understand the danger that our, currently inclusive, institutions may turn into something different ...
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It poses the important question of what afocus on the medieval might offer contemporary society, arguing that a significant dis-tinction should be drawn between‘usefulness’and‘relevance’. It contends that notonly does the medieval remain relevant but that that relevance is to be found in sur...