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The Conquest of Poverty by Gerald Grattan McGeer 1935

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Table of Contents Conquest of Poverty Foreword I. Democracy or Money Power II. Money is Economic Power III. War and Usury IV. Signs of Emancipation V. ... published 17 months ago

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[Science Fiction] The Domination by S.M. Stirling (the Utopian/Dysutopian Draka Society)

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The Domination from S/M. Stirling is about an Utopian/Dysutopian society called Draka Society. I haven't read this book yet but I intend to because I think it's more entertaining - this is the secret reason... published 17 months ago

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The Rockefellers by a Rockefeller

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Reviewed By Russell Baker David Rockefeller has a wonderful story to tell: a family saga, and the family is not just another run-of-the-mill saga-type family either, but one of the world's richest, a family... published 17 months ago

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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy

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She is a handsome and animated young woman ... but as she tells me her story ... the tears come: I was raised by my grandmother in Mali, and when I was still a little girl a woman my family knew came and... published 17 months ago

1 comment    education politics book

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THE HITLER I KNEW: A Young Girl’s Memoirs of WW II in Germany

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If you're like me and always wonder how people could have fallen into the trap of Hitlerism, this book is interesting as a direct testimony of a real person who has been endoctrined by Nazism. I regret that at... published 13 months ago

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Would-be-worlds: How Simulation Is Changing The Frontier Of Science

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I bought this book written by John Casti - a member of Santa Fe Institute - a few years ago already. If you like Science and Computer this is a must read. It's written in laymen's terms and I found his... published 18 months ago

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[Humoristic Book] Principia Discordia or the Hegelian Dialectic for the Masses

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How propaganda works: the ruse of Hegelian Dialectic [Better than Da Vinci Code !!!] Two cards from the Illuminati Card Game created in 1995 ... several If the Hegelian Dialectic is too abstract for you, then... published 11 months ago

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[Book] The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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I read this book - the french version - about 20 years ago. History never repeats like a parrot but often occurs again with some variants. The Grapes of Wrath is a classic book published in 1939 and written... published 17 months ago

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The Malthus Factor: Poverty, Politics and Population in Capitalist Development

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"The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the World. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed" -- George Orwell in 1984, Chapter III -... published 18 months ago

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H.G. Wells on "a scientific investigation of the origins of the Banking System"

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"There are no doubt many bankers and many practices in banking which make for personal or group advantage to the general detriment... And another large part of that banking world follows routine and... published 18 months ago

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