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  NG = no good. Main reason is it’s poorly written. Any topic can be fascinating if the book is well written. Most books quickly get into details and tangentials. Almost always do not post sections from all the way to the end of the sample, only The Devil and Communist China in this list. One or two sections satisfy interest and want to move on to next book. For the sections I post always do some editing, including: -delete the word “that” if “you know” can be substituted, almost every paragraph has at least a few -change words when think of a better word that should have been used -rewrite sloppily written sentences -delete whole paragraphs such as those with too much detail and tangential off-subject information The same with article sections I post.

  Review of book The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi. Stephen Mosher. 2024. Kindle online sample. Section 6. Chiang Kai-shek, determined to excise the cancer of Communism from China once and for all, launched an encirclement campaign against the largest Red base in 1933. As the noose gradually tightened around the Communist “capital” of Ruijin, THE PARTY LEADERSHIP, FACING ANNIHILATION, DECIDED TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT the following year. They hoped to make their way close enough to the border of the Soviet Union so their “Soviet Older Brothers” could resupply them with weapons and ammunition. … Constantly harried by Nationalist forces, it took the Red Army over a year to reach the northern city of Yan’an. Only a few thousand troops survived the six-thousand-mile journey, but in the course of it, Mao’s fortunes dramatically improved. For IT WAS DURING THIS “LONG MARCH,” AS IT WAS LATER ROMANTICIZED IN COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA, THAT MAO ZEDONG FINALLY SEIZED CONTROL OF THE CCP. O

  Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART II How Markets Work Chapter 4 of 36 The Market Forces of Supply and Demand Section 1 of 16 … Chapter 4 Topics: Markets and Competition What Is a Market? What Is Competition? The Demand Curve: The Relationship Between Price and Quantity Demanded Market Demand Versus Individual Demand Shifts In The Demand Curve Two Ways To Reduce The Quantity of Smoking Demanded The Supply Curve: The Relationship Between Price and Quantity Supplied Market Supply Versus Individual Supply Shifts In The Supply Curve Equilibrium of Supply and Demand Three Steps To Analyzing Changes In Equilibrium … … supply and demand kyōkyū to juyō 供給と需要

From article DEI Cronyism and Woke Grifters. Victor Davis Hanson. April 11, 2024. When ideology replaces meritocracy or provides immunity from the consequences of illegal behavior, systemic mediocrity follows. Under toxic National Socialism, Stalinism, and Maoism, millions of cronies and grifters mouthed party lines in hopes their approved ideology would allow them to advance their careers and excuse their lawbreaking . The same thing has happened with the woke movement and the now-huge Diversity/Equity/Inclusion conglomerate. … DEI-espousing grifters and opportunists mask their selfish agendas under the cloak of neo-Marxist care for the underprivileged or victimized minorities. Meanwhile, they seek to profit illegally as if they were old-fashioned crony capitalists. … During the disastrous COVID-19 lockdown, California governor Gavin Newsom pontificated about leveraging the quarantine to ensure greater equality: “There is opportunity for reimagining a more progressive

  FB is great except for constant fear of unknowingly posting something considered offensive and suddenly being permanently suspended. Recently I was temporarily suspended for some unspecified reason and warned it might be permanent. I follow my town's What's Up Munster FB page for local happenings, and have family group talks on Messenger, would be tough to lose these and others. At least for a while will post only here on Blogger sections and comments that could conceivably be deemed not adherent to “community standards.” Once was warned about my post of a picture showing a cloud over President Biden’s head.

  c3s11 240429M, 201103, 151130 posted Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART I Introduction Chapter 3 of 36 Interdependence and the Gains from Trade Section 11 of 11 … Suppose Tiger Woods can mow his lawn faster than anyone else. Just because he can mow his lawn fastest, does this mean he should? To answer we use the concepts of opportunity cost and comparative advantage. Woods can mow his lawn in 2 hours. In that same 2 hours, he could film a television commercial for Nike and earn $10,000. The boy next door Leon can mow Woods' lawn in 4 hours. In that same 4 hours, Leon could work at McDonald's and earn $30. Woods has an absolute advantage in mowing lawns because he can do the work with a lower input of time. Yet because Woods' opportunity cost of mowing the lawn is $10,000 and Leon’s opportunity cost is only $30, Leon has a comparative advantage in lawn mowing. Rather than mowing his own lawn, Woods should make the Nike commercial

  Thomas Robert Malthus economics, details Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) was an English economist and cleric best known for his theory of population growth and its relationship with economic development. His ideas, articulated in his work "An Essay on the Principle of Population" published in 1798, had a significant impact on subsequent economic thought. Here are some key details about Malthus's economics: Population Growth: Malthus argued population tends to grow at a geometric rate (exponential growth), while the means of subsistence (food, resources) tend to grow at an arithmetic rate (linear growth). This would inevitably lead to a situation where population growth would outstrip the ability to produce enough food to sustain everyone. Malthusian Trap: Malthus proposed the concept of a "Malthusian trap," wherein population growth would eventually be checked by factors such as famine, disease, and war. These "checks" would serve to keep populatio

  Review of book The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi. Stephen Mosher. 2024. Kindle online sample. Section 5. The nineteenth century saw China’s last dynasty, the Qing dynasty (1644~1912), in terminal decline. The corruption of the imperial court and the ineptitude of its officials had led to widespread poverty and runaway inflation. Rebellions broke out in different parts of the Qing Empire; chief among these was the Taiping Rebellion, which engulfed the country from 1850 to 1864. RUSSIA, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, JAPAN, AND OTHER IMPERIAL POWERS ALL TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE GROWING WEAKNESS OF THE QING. They forced the emperor to sign “unequal treaties,” ceding trade, territory, and legal rights to them. Rapidly modernizing Japan was particularly aggressive, seizing Taiwan and a Qing tributary state, Korea, in 1895, and wresting Manchuria away from Russia a decade later. … The tottering remains of the Qing finally fell to the republican revolution of 1911–12, and six-year-ol