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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: Sometimes the truth does not lie "somewhere in between"

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Sometimes the truth does not lie somewhere in between. Many readers are irritated, including with my reporting on Ukraine. Their suspicion is legitimate. But not every view of the war is equally true. BY ALICE BOTA, editor for the German weekly Die Zeit. Translated by Charles Kirchofer. Re-posted with the author's permission. The original article appeared in German. On March 13, 2015. There is no evidence! But ev...

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: Dollars do not make people into zombies

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Dollars do not make people into zombies. The influence of the USA on the Maidan protests is grossly overestimated. Mass movements are not so easily bought—and the US has other priorities. Editor for the German weekly Die Zeit. Translated by Charles Kirchofer. Originally published in German. On 21 May 2015 at 07:26 AM CEST. Protests in Ukraine in 2014? Only that this time, the people were stirred up. The role of t...

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: Economics Basics

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Yup, everyone's heard of it somewhere. Supply and demand is at the root of everything in economics, from transactions at a local shop right on up to complex financial derivatives. If you understand S&D, you're a lot closer to understanding economics. Let's have a look with an example. Will obviously benefit more from raising the price, but I will argue that your customers. When monopolies or oligopolies run things (as described above)&#...

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: March 2015

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Monday, March 30, 2015. War between countries is over? Source: Indian Navy, CC license. Rather than a cause. The Iraq Wars have shown how quickly the US can win interstate wars and, in the case of the second Iraq War, how quickly it can become bogged down in a "war amongst the people". But how much of this is related to unipolarity rather than a fundamental shift in the types of wars now possible? This is, of course, the simplified vers...

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: November 2014

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Friday, November 21, 2014. Hamas in the back seat- for now. Jerusalem is Israel's Achilles Heel and Palestinian resistance may have moved into a new phase. Hamas's involvement in this has been minimal so far. Its ability to affect politics remains, however. Is the new threat from within the ‘wall’ now greater? As attention focuses on Jerusalem, then, might Gaza and Hamas slip into the background? Tuesday, November 4, 2014. German transl...

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: September 2014

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Shame is a powerful weapon. Like all powerful weapons, it should be used with great caution. Don't worry about it. He's just a builder. He probably doesn't even have a bachelor's degree.". I should have put him in his place. Those who live in glass houses. Too often, I fear that much of the real goal is the feeling of moral superiority and strength that comes from telling someone off. No lofty goal. In my ex...

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: It's the accumulating wealth at the top of the pyramid, stupid!

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Its the accumulating wealth at the top of the pyramid, stupid! The accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few can explain many of the rich world's current economic ills. The solution is redistribution, but not in the old, socialist style. It's time for a tax on non-productive assets, a removal of inefficient tax breaks, and the liberalization of laws on who can build what when, where, and how high. Wealth do...

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: Liberalism and Cultural Imperialism

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Monday, August 17, 2015. Liberalism and Cultural Imperialism. Liberals rightly fear being culturally imperialist. But there is a difference between promoting the superiority of one's own culture and promoting the idea. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe by email and never miss a post! Publications, Presentations, Consultations. German translation and tutoring website. Database of Hamas terror attacks. View my complete profile.

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs: October 2014

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Charles Kirchofer on politics, economics, and international affairs. Monday, October 20, 2014. Right Reasons, Wrong Response? US Action against Islamic State. Photo: Creative Commons via Voice of America. Islamic State (IS, aka ISIL, aka ISIS) is a brutal, deadly organization operating in Syria and Iraq. It is intensifying the refugee crisis. In the region, which in itself threatens to destabilize countries like Lebanon. Now involved, however, with the stated aim. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my comp...