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Kaiser Wilhelm and Trump, similaries between Germany and the U.S. (part 2)

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(A bit long but scary reading and hopefully worth your time) For starters, both countries exhibit the familiar warning signs of excessive military influence. In Germany, the Army was essentially “a state within the state,” and scholars have all documented how military dominance distorted German thinking about its security and led to an overreliance on …

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The Kaiser and Donald Trump

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Stephen M. Walt, in the October 12, 2017 edition of Foreign Policy, (http://foreignpolicy.com/author/stephen-m-walt/) comments on the the parallels between Trump and the last Hohenzollern emperor: Kaiser Wilhelm II. The common features go beyond their individual characteristics. Not only do Trump and the kaiser share some unfortunate personality traits, but there are also striking similarities between …

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China is way ahead of us on clean energy

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“The war on coal is over.” So declared Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, as he announced plans to repeal the Obama-era law limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. China, meanwhile, is moving in completely the opposite direction. That country, which suffers more than a million deaths a year because of poor air quality, …

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The anatomy of a typical British CEO

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Background 55% of FTSE 100 chiefs have a background in finance or accounting, (which helps explain why they slip down the international ranks relentlessly). Only 15% come from marketing; 14% technology. The best industries for working through the ranks are retail and hospitality, where around 21% of bosses started out in lowly roles. Education The …

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The right to roam

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“In Sweden, they call it allemansrätt,” says Ken Ilgunas. In Finland, it’s jokamiehenoikeus; in Scotland, “the right to roam”. In these countries, you’re free to walk almost anywhere you want. Not so in America. In rural areas of the US you see “no trespassing” signs everywhere. It wasn’t always thus. When the US began, everyone …

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