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“Italia Cashless”
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The slow, stealthy but steady spread of absolutism
Share this articlePart I of II by Claudio Grass, Switzerland The struggle and rivalry between the “West and the rest” might be grabbing news headlines due to the Ukraine war these days, but in truth, it is anything but newsworthy. This antagonism, this battle for geopolitical, physical dominance, for moral supremacy,…
“There is no such thing as a free lunch, but the temptation to distribute one or to get one seems to be too strong”
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The Untold History of Black Gold
Share this articleThis article appeared in Global Gold’s Clean Slate report, produced and published by Global Gold. The Middle East is historically known as a turbulent region with great instability and even greater Western military interventionism. Wars and conflicts in the region have been numerous. But ever since the 2003…