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19 October

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From one piece Why Europe Is Burning 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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European welfare models are heading toward insolvency.

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With a few exceptions, the various European models are in the early phase of a nosedive into insolvency.

Why Europe Is Burningniallferguson.substack.com
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The French fiscal crisis is fundamentally caused by generational imbalances in welfare and tax systems.

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The French (and British and Italian) fiscal crisis is at root due to generational imbalances in welfare and tax systems, exacerbated by reflexive Keynesian spending every time anything nasty happens (a financial crisis, a pandemic, a war, an energy shock).

Why Europe Is Burningniallferguson.substack.com

7 October

Niall FergusonKorrents 7 Oct

From one piece The Nixon Tapes, Unlocked 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The Nixon tapes suggest that the actions of the Nixon administration were not uniquely wicked compared to other presidencies.

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On the contrary, rather than reaffirming the old narrative, now half a century old, that there was something uniquely wicked about Richard Nixon's administration, they make the listener suspect that most of what went on in Nixon's Oval Office was probably not very different from what has gone on, before and since, when other presidents sat in the same place.

The Nixon Tapes, Unlockedniallferguson.substack.com
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The Nixon audio files provide the most comprehensive behind-the-scenes documentation of an American presidency ever.

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The result is approximately 3,400 hours of audio files that provide the most comprehensive, behind-the-scenes documentation of an American presidency that there has ever been, or ever will be.

The Nixon Tapes, Unlockedniallferguson.substack.com

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