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I took a double major in Economics and History in college in the 1970s. My "sweet spot" probably lies at the intersection of those two subjects. For instance, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" was really an "economic" admonition--to conserve ammunition.
I am the published author of "A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing" (Wiley, 2004), an (economic) "history of the future," and the unpublished author of "Axis Overstretch," an economic analysis of World War II.
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Mar 10 |
answered | Has any other book in history been as “prescriptive” as Mein Kampf? |
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Mar 9 |
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At the end of WWII, were nazis working on any other super weapon besides V-2? Actually, Fermi wasn't Jewish. But his WIFE was. And that was (bad) "enough" for the Nazis to have him ostracized in the European atomic world. |
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Mar 9 |
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At the end of WWII, were nazis working on any other super weapon besides V-2? @davidjwest: The Nazis lost the atomic race when they chased away Einstein, who started the U.S. atomic effort instead. They would have gotten the atomic bomb if he had been working on a GERMAN bomb. See my answer below. |
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Mar 9 |
answered | At the end of WWII, were nazis working on any other super weapon besides V-2? |
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Mar 9 |
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Has any other book in history been as “prescriptive” as Mein Kampf? jwenting: Ok, added HE to "Has any other leader (or CEO) in history (political, commercial, religious) similarly followed the script of a book HE published BEFORE his coming to power?" |
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Mar 9 |
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Has any other book in history been as “prescriptive” as Mein Kampf? added 3 characters in body |
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Mar 9 |
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Has any other book in history been as “prescriptive” as Mein Kampf? Pretty good answer, and an upvote. But my "real" question was not, did someone accurately predict something, but rather, did someone faithfully follow his own script? Orwell and Marx didn't make THEMSELVES dictators (even though they reasonably predicted dictatorships by OTHERS). |
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Mar 9 |
asked | Has any other book in history been as “prescriptive” as Mein Kampf? |
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Mar 8 |
answered | Did Erwin König Exist? |
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Mar 8 |
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Was the battle of Stalingrad “unique” in the annals of history? Good try, but I wasn't really talking about "one-sided" battles. My question was about battles where BOTH sides were ready to sacrifice large percentages (more than 50%) of their troops. |
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Mar 8 |
asked | Was the battle of Stalingrad “unique” in the annals of history? |
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Mar 7 |
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What did Rothschild actually mean by this famous quote? added 21 characters in body |
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Mar 7 |
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What did Rothschild actually mean by this famous quote? @fredsbend: No, the second "quote" is my interpretation of Rothschild's quote, not the original. The key word in my answer is "meaning," |
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Mar 7 |
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What did Rothschild actually mean by this famous quote? added 62 characters in body |
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Mar 7 |
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What did Rothschild actually mean by this famous quote? @fredsbend: The Keynes quote is from "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. " I'm using Keynes to interpret Rothschild, not Rothschild himself. The money creators quote in 1935 is contemporaneous with Keynes' 1936 work. |
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Mar 7 |
answered | Clear picture of casaulties of jewish people under third reich |
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Mar 7 |
answered | What did Rothschild actually mean by this famous quote? |
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Mar 7 |
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What advantages have motorized infantry enjoyed over standard infantry besides speed? @FelixGoldberg: I'd be willing to have the question moved to the military site if and when it opens. For now, this is the "best" place for it. |
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Mar 7 |
accepted | What advantages have motorized infantry enjoyed over standard infantry besides speed? |
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Mar 6 |
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Why did George H. W. Bush select Dan Quayle as his running mate in 1988? added 238 characters in body |
