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The Life and Ideas of Jean-Baptiste Say: The Greatest French Economist

Many young libertarians are familiar with Frédéric Bastiat, but few are aware of his most significant predecessor, who is also one of the greatest "classical" economists - Jean-Baptiste Say. Nowadays, Say is one of those figures in the history of economic science who is systematically ignored, despite his ...

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The European Union – with/without France after the elections

Author: Rositsa Garcheva There is only one day left until the first round of the presidential elections in France. On April 23, 47 million voters will give their preference to one of the 11 candidates, because in French politics the maxim applies: “In the first round – you elect, in the second – you eliminate”. That is, all eleven have their own greater …

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"The Chained Duck"[1] and the Art of Communication

I'll start with a little linguistics. The original meaning of the word "art" with the Latin root ars, artis is "dexterity, craft, technical skill", but also "approach, cunning, way of behaving". Only much later did the modern interpretation of the word appear as "creation of a work". And the word canard is translated as duck, but there is ...

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After the primaries – expectations for the troubled future of the French left

Rositsa Garcheva Sunday 29.01.2017 the "official" French left organized the final phase of the vote for the nomination of its presidential candidate. Approximately two million citizens participated. The result: a victory with 58.8% for the representative of the left spectrum of the coalition "Beautiful People's Alliance" Benoit Ammon against a little more than 41% for his opponent - the former Prime Minister ...

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Our Very Dear Emirs – A Story of French Corruption

How Qatar is buying up part of the French political class. Look at this Old Europe, which invented a “Cooperation and Verification Mechanism” to criticize and teach backward Eastern Europeans about democracy and Euro-Atlantic values. On October 20, 2016, a scandalous book with the intriguing title “Our Very Dear …

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