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** FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023
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Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.
– Thomas Paine, Common Sense ([link removed]) [1776]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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March 24, 2023
Are Supply Chains and Oil Shocks Driving Zimbabwe's Inflation? ([link removed])
According to an article in the New York Times, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says that current rapid price growth in the economy is due to such factors as “snarled supply chains, an oil shock following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a shift among American consumers from spending money on services like travel and dining out to goods like furniture.” In ...
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Blood and Treasure: Documenting the Costs of Iraq War from Civilian Casualties to Trillions Spent ([link removed])
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A Million Lives Later, I Cannot Forgive What American Terrorism Did to My Country, Iraq ([link removed])
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The 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq Brought Terrorism to My Country ([link removed])
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I Was Tortured at Abu Ghraib. After 20 Years, I’m Still Seeking Justice ([link removed])
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