Trashy's World: 恭喜發財

Or 新年快樂. I found a couple of different translations. Gong Xi Fa Ca! Gong Hei Fat Choy! Anyhow, Happy Lunar New Year to all my colleagues in the Middle Kingdom! (assuming that I haven’t been flagged by the Great Firewall) and all of my Chinese, Thai (สวัสดีปีใหม่) and Vietnamese (chúc

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Canada II: Douchebag Economics

I have no argument with the vast majority of mainstream economic theory. In fact I will quickly suggest that I understand and agree with the following items: Competitive advantage: trading partners generate higher overall productivity via trade. Free market efficiency: free markets are very efficient at allocating capital between profitable

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Canada II: Douchebag Economics

I have no argument with the vast majority of mainstream economic theory. In fact I will quickly suggest that I understand and agree with the following items: Competitive advantage: trading partners generate higher overall productivity via trade. Free market efficiency: free markets are very efficient at allocating capital between profitable

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Canada II: Why? Why? Why?

Gwynne Dwyer is obviously wondering why world powers are clinging to so much military capacity. Defence Budgets and Cave Men For the first time in history, NO great power is planning to attack any other great power. War between great powers became economic nonsense more than a century ago, and

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Canada II: Why? Why? Why?

Gwynne Dwyer is obviously wondering why world powers are clinging to so much military capacity. Defence Budgets and Cave Men For the first time in history, NO great power is planning to attack any other great power. War between great powers became economic nonsense more than a century ago, and

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Canada II: Why? Why? Why?

Gwynne Dwyer is obviously wondering why world powers are clinging to so much military capacity.

Defence Budgets and Cave Men
For the first time in history, NO great power is planning to attack any other great power. War between great powers became eco…

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