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| With few exceptions, human history can be viewed as an upward trend in population density. We evolved from nomadic ��쐆unting and gathering��� societies to tribal villages, then to small towns, and ultimately to the grand and glittering cities we see today throughout the industrialized world. |
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The Increasingly Bin |
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| Over the past 15 years, the United States has become the world��셲 sole superpower, dwarfing every other nation in terms of economic and military might. And while Japan, Russia, and the EU have fallen further behind, one nation has emerged to join the U.S. as the primary driver of global prosperity: China. In astronomical terms, we might envision the U.S. and Chinese economies as two stars revolving about each other, while accelerating and pulling a host of planets along with them. |
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Farm-Shoring Brings |
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| As widely reported, senior managers ?focused on cost-cutting ?have been sending jobs off-shore to places like Bangalore, for more than a decade. |
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The U.S. Economy Kee |
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| When a natural disaster practically wipes a major city off the map ?at least temporarily ?it should be expected to have a catastrophic effect on a nation萸� economy. But although there was a Katrina-induced fourth-quarter lull, there is no question that the economy is once more surging. |
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Kill All the Trial L |
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| If any elected official stood before Congress and proposed raising taxes for the average family of four by $3,380 per year, he or she would find himself voted out of office in the next election. |
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