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Lessons from the 1000 years of history of trade and war - “One striking feature of today’s international economy is that, as in the 19th century, regions with very different factor endowments are being drawn into closer contact with each other, as what used to be known as the Third World opens up to the rich countries of the North. Will the modern day equivalents of the farmers of 19th century Europe, namely unskilled workers in the OECD, eventually press for and obtain a rolling back of trade liberalisation?”
Surprise! Germany now outsourcing to USA to cut costs - “Analysts say that by building more vehicles in its South Carolina plants, Munich-based BMW can pay less wages in euros and will also save money by sourcing locally for parts used by its US factories.”
Enormous Canadian robot heads to space station - “Dextre will be flying up aboard Endeavour in pieces, and it will be up to a team of spacewalking astronauts to assemble the 3,400-pound robot and attach it to the outside of the space station.”
Nixon was batshit insane. And he acted even crazier on purpose - Wired discusses the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of acting like lunatic mad men to achieve U.S. strategic interests.

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