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  The Velvet Bulwark: Why Europe Bought Its Way Out of Revolution If you want to understand why a German CEO and a French factory worker bot...

  The Floor vs. The Ladder: Two Ways to Buy a Nation's Soul If you want to understand how to keep millions of people from revolting, you...

  The Westphalian Peace: Drawing Lines in Blood Before 1648, Europe was being torn apart by the  Thirty Years' War .  This wasn't ju...

  The Meat Grinder vs. The Monopoly: Why Your Ancestors Either Stayed Put or Set Sail History is often written by winners, but it’s dictated...

The Sovereign's Debt: Why "Paying Back" Built the Modern World When we study history, we often focus on kings, battles, and ma...

  Why Decriminalizing the Bribe-Giver is the Key to Ending Global Corruption For decades, the global consensus on anti-corruption has been ...

  The Southern Cradle: Why the South of the Huai River Birthed China’s Great Rebellions For the past five centuries, the political geography...

  The Tao of the Oval Office: Reagan, Carter, and Lao Tzu 1. Ronald Reagan: The Practitioner of "Wu Wei" Lao Tzu taught that the g...

  Smarter, Not Just Smaller: Holistic Solutions to Government Spending Inefficiency The debate over government spending often simplifies int...