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Blog Entries by Jonathan Weiler from 02/2011

Why Ronald Reagan Didn't Really Win the Cold War

| Posted 02.07.2011 | Politics
Read More: Star Wars, Ronald Reagan, Strategic Defense Initiative, Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union, Politics News

On perhaps no part of Ronald Reagan's legacy is there more consensus than the belief that he won the Cold War. But the reasoning behind this is flawed in fundamental respects.

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America's Staggering Inequality and Our Strong Preference for a Swedish Alternative

| Posted 02.11.2011 | Politics
Read More: " Sweden, Dan Ariely, Jacob Hacker, United States, Michael Norton, "Trickle-Up, Paul-Pierson, Inequality, Politics News

Most Americans realize that the U.S. has become more unequal over the past three decades or so. But it's unlikely that most Americans have a full grasp of the sheer magnitude of the change in the distribution of wealth since the end of the 1970.

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