Decline and fall?

An inherent contradiction exists in the the liberal world economy.  The current globalization of the capitalist market system is transforming the world economic structure and diffusing wealth to a score of countries other than the previously dominant West.   This is having the inevitable effect of undermining the hegemony of thwe United States at so rapid …

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Conservatives and global climate change

The more Democrats know about global warming, the more concerned they are. But Republicans who consider themselves well informed on the topic are no more worried than those who profess ignorance. This is because conservative news sources are highly sceptical of climate science, say a pair of political psychologists at Stanford University. (New Scientist, 31 …

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