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The End of Capitalism is Announced
The Decider announces the end of triumphalist capitalism. Whose zoo do these simians belong in now? (International Herald Tribune 19 September 2008) The Soviet behemoth with its official fantasy of the communist brotherhood of man looked after by apparatchiks who … Continue reading
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Covert & Overt Values
My own first introduction to Chinese thought and political economy was a university course in New Zealand in 1974. I especially recall one book, Mark Elvin’s “The Pattern of the Chinese Past”. If you are not familiar with the arguments … Continue reading