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Monthly Archives: December 2009
The Causes of Poverty (30): Lack of Economic Growth
As stated in a previous post on the same subject, when a country achieves a certain level of economic growth – or, more precisely, rising levels of GDP per capita because economic growth as such can be the result of rising population levels – … Continue reading
Posted in causes of poverty, economics, education, health, poverty
Tagged brazil, china, correlation, economic growth, GDP, income inequality, india, redistribution, statistics
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Political Graffiti (78b): Save Me From Objectification
(source) More on objectification of women here, here and here. And here is something on the Kantian rule regarding the instrumentalization of human beings. More political graffiti here.
Posted in art, equality, political graffiti
Tagged dehumanization, equality, feminism, graffiti, guerilla art, kant, objectification, politics, urban art, women's rights
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Why Do Countries Become/Remain Democracies? Or Don’t? (7): Education and Prosperity
(This is a follow-up from a previous post). There aren’t many questions in political science that are more important than this one: which are the factors that determine whether a country becomes or doesn’t become a democracy, and that determine … Continue reading
Human Rights Stories (12): Alexander the Great in India
Alexander the Great, when conquering parts of India in 325 BC, frequently held conversations with local sages and philosophers. In one of those, he asked them why they didn’t show enthusiasm for what he accomplished. The answer: King Alexander, every … Continue reading
Posted in globalization, human rights story, international relations, intervention
Tagged Alexander the Great, conquest, history, human rights, imperialism, india, mosaic, story
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What is This Graph About? (3)
The answer is here. More mystery graphs.
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (20): “Dare to Call Us Terrorists? We’ll Blow You Up!”
A Pakistani Taliban group sent two letters to the Lahore Press Club – one on October 12 and the other on October 14 – warning that if the media “does not stop portraying us as terrorists … we will blow … Continue reading
Posted in most absurd human rights violations
Tagged absurd, human rights violations, Pakistan, taliban, terrorism
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Capital Punishment (24): The Probability of Capital Punishment in the U.S., by Race
The U.S. population is about 300,000,000. Whites represent about 80%, or roughly 240,000,000. If you check the numbers of executions in the U.S., you’ll see that there were about 1,000 in the period from 1977 to 2005. 584 of those … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, discrimination and hate, justice, law
Tagged african americans, death penalty, discrimination, executions, injustice, legal representation, poverty, probability, race, racism, statistics, u.s.
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Political Graffiti (78): USA Go To Heal!
More political graffiti here.
Posted in comedy, political graffiti
Tagged go to heal, go to hell, hell, political graffiti, politics, u.s.
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The Indian Caste System, A Collection of Images
More information on the Indian Caste system is here. Other collections of human rights images here. (source) (source)
Posted in culture, discrimination and hate, equality, human rights images
Tagged brahmin, caste, caste system, dalit, Devadasi, images, india, jogini, kshatryia, sudra, untouchable, viasya
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