Kategori: history

How do we know the history of extreme poverty?

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In considering long-run global poverty trends, people are at times too quick to present arguments on what has brought about progress, and what has undermined it. Some champion the increased role of the state, through social spending or the broader management of the economy. Others emphasize globalized trade and free markets. These debates on why this […]

TSMC at the head of history’s tide: two high walls and one sharp knife

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TSMC at the head of history’s tide: two high walls and one sharp knife *Note: This is a joint translation by Joy Dantong Ma and Jeffrey Ding — all credit for the original goes to the authors and the original text linked below. These are informal translations and all credit for the original work goes […]