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His approach to development economics is one that appeals to generals. Because the policies required to carry it out--massive cutbacks both in government spending and regulation of business--result in soaring unemployment and a widening gulf between rich and poor, they are hard to carry through in democratic societies...
Television, of course, sold out to commercial interests long ago. With the exceptions of All in the Family and some of its spinoffs, an occasional made-for-TV movie or "mini series", some of the news analyses and documentaries, and most of the public television BBC imports, the decade was...
The 1970s also saw a widening of the gap between scientists and the rest of society. Public understanding of science may be on the rise, but science itself is advancing even more rapidly. The same can be said of technology. Quick scans of the daily newspapers demonstrate the public to...
Islam is not inherently or inevitably antiWestern, despite the often bloody encounters of the past. Muslims have historically occupied a geographically vulnerable position, which may account for their militant touchiness. But the religion has become the vehicle for certain antiWestern, anti-American resentments and antipathies. In some ways, the specifically...
Meaden wrote two Mod anthems, Zoot Suit and I'm the Face, for the group's first single, which was no particular success. Shortly after, the band switched managers, changed its name to The Who, and Townshend started writing his own tunes, widening the focus past Mod to take in...