Novedades

China is not just the size of the United States with four times the population. China is a civilization that has existed for roughly 5,000 years. For most of their history they were - by far - the largest economy and the most powerful and influential people on the planet. When China failed to modernize in the 19th century, Europeans and Americans soon dominated the world. At China's weakest moment during a civil war in the 1930s, Japan invaded - and lost. With the end of WWII, China's civil war resumed, ending in almost total victory for the communists. But their victory remains incomplete,...

After the tremendous success of The Spy Chronicles, A.S. Dulat and Asad Durrani participated in a series of conversations on the psychology of war and peace; these have evolved into this fascinating book, written with psychiatrist Neil K. Aggarwal. Covert takes the listener right into the head of the two spymasters. Delving into their personal and professional trajectories that moulded them in the early years, the conversation traces the extent to which their Indian and Pakistani identities have defined them.

La deuda nacional de EE.UU. superó la marca de los 35 billones de dólares a finales de julio de este año, y los pagos de intereses sobre ella serán inservibles con los actuales esquemas tributarios de EE.UU. para 2030. En términos nominales, la deuda es alta e impagable, pero en realidad no es nada. de qué preocuparse. En primer lugar, toda moneda es fiduciaria, y esto es bueno ya que nada restringe a un banco central excepto la producción económica del país que emite un billete fiduciario y su destreza militar. Históricamente, el dinero real ha sido oro y plata, pero el dinero ...

The US national debt passed the $35 trillion mark in late July of this year, and the interest payments on it will be unserviceable with current taxation schemes in the US by 2030. In nominal terms, the debt is high and unpayable, but it's really nothing to worry about. First, all currency is fiat, and this is a good thing as nothing is restraining a central bank except for the economic output of the country that is issuing a fiat banknote and its military prowess of it. Real money has historically been gold and silver, but money can be anything that two parties consider of value, that is, ...