Questions tagged [political-economy]
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Why did Marx write Das Kapital altough he believed revolution doesn't come by reading books? [closed]
https://www.unm.edu/~soc101/quotemarx.htm
The mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the ...
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Were there universities that treated socioeconomic status as a major factor in college admissions? [closed]
For many years I have been asking myself the same question: Are there universities that treat socioeconomic status as a major factor in college admissions (without taking race into consideration at ...
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Who is the "celebrated author" of this quote?
"We who are only the people will not cease to tell Kings, or Governments, that to them alone wars are profitable: that the true and just conquests are those which each makes at home, by ...
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Where can I find primary sources about the 1973 Arab oil embargo? Specifically from a non western perspective?
I'm trying to compare U.S/British media portrayals (newspaper articles, speeches, etc.) to ones coming from the Middle East at the time, but it's very difficult to find the latter, especially ...
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Do we know how much the Aurelian Wall would have cost to build?
I've been reading about the Aurelian Wall and it's very fascinating, though I wonder how much, in denarii, sestercii, or other, it would have cost the Romans. Is there any way we could possibly ...
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Why did China not become a democracy to cure involution? [closed]
I am new to politics-related questions, then please be kind if I am not asking a good question here(from your perspective). To get rid of being caught and involved in trouble I cannot not post this ...
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Why didn't the Black Death made the peasants more desperate and more accepting of exploitation? [closed]
The Black Death is said to have made labor more expensive and the peasants free. But why hasn't the opposite happened?
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Was Ludwig von Mises a holocaust survivor? [closed]
Von Mises left Europe to avoid the Nazis. Does that make him a Holocaust Survivor?
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What is the social history of British popular opposition to Thatcher over the miner’s strike?
I tend to watch a lot of UK panel shows and while most of the comedians are Labour/liberal I'm still surprised at just how much they seem to hate Margaret Thatcher. Particularly this seems to be about ...
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Why has mechanized mining never developed in Congo?
Lack of infrastructure has often been cited as one of the main reasons for the conflicts in eastern Congo. The mining areas are hard to reach, mining work is done by hand and simple, makeshift tools ...
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Which tax year was used to identify former Confederates belonging to the $20,000 exception of the 1865 Amnesty Proclamation?
The Amnesty Proclamation of 1865 granted near-universal amnesty to former Confederates in exchange for taking a loyalty oath; however, fourteen classes of individuals were excepted from amnesty, ...
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Did defeated countries pay their war bonds? [closed]
This related question approaches how beneficial war bonds were to US during WWII.
I would like to know what happen with war bonds when a country is defeated.
What did happen in similar experiences?
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What is it called when a Corporation purchases the rights to something to prevent it's production, to increase profit [closed]
What is it called, when a Large Business or Corporation sees that some product, invention, or medicine will destroy or reduce the size of their market or consumer base; and they either purchase the ...
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Has the USA offered aid to every sovereign nation? [closed]
My history teacher said that the USA has offered aid to every other sovereign nation that has existed the same time at us. He defines aid as being humanitarian, economical, or militaristic. Is this ...
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Was there really a labor shortage in the USA until 1970?
After watching several video lectures made by Richard D. Wolff I noticed he frequently draws historical events as evidence to base his arguments on. One thing he mentions frequently (in several videos)...
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