Sunday, May 24, 2009
Chemical and Energy Companies vs. Country [324]
Some company’s yearly gross income is larger than the entire GNP of a given country. Fifty-one of the top 100 economies are corporations not countries. 90% of all oil production capacity is owned by states.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Japanese Empire (Dai-tō-a Kyōeiken) [304]
The concept of a Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere ( 大東亜共栄圏 Dai-tō-a Kyōeiken) was an Japanese attempt to create a Great East Asia free of Western Colonialism. The concept was also used to justify Japanese military conquests during the Great Asia War or Pacific War (roughly corresponding to WWII and preceding conflicts 1937 to 1945).
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