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...Which takes us to the second, the foreign-political part of the story. That tale is driven by another familiar dynamic. Let's call it "First rich, then rowdy." The best example is Wilhelmine Germany (along with late-19th century Japan). After unification in 1871, the Second Reich turned into the economic powerhouse of Europe, overtaking the established players like France and Britain in all those growth categories (like steel and energy) that fed into military power...
...Assets bred ambition, and soon Wilhelm II's Germany was clamoring for colonies, a blue-water navy, "a place in the sun." Her Majesty's Britain was not amused, and neither were Russia and France. Armament begat counter-armament, alliances spawned counter-alliances. Domestically, too, the Reich resembled contemporary China. Having unleashed irrepressible economic growth, the Kaiser and his aristocracy found themselves in the same deadly dilemma as Deng's heirs today: How to keep power away from the rising middle classes? The answer: nationalism and chauvinism, which exacerbated diplomatic conflicts with Berlin's neighbors...
...Saturday afternoon rally drew more than 200 protesters to Harvard Yard and an impromptu appearance from former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, who was next door at Harvard Hall for an event sponsored by the College Democrats...
...Reich said the living wage is not just an economic, but also a moral issue...
Before leaving, Reich-like Kennedy-shook hands through the windows with the students inside Mass. Hall...