Showing posts with label people power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people power. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Egypt’s Arab Spring: From Tyranny to Tyranny

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How events can move so swiftly. In Egypt, following the overthrow of ousted President Hosni Mubarak in a popular ‘Arab Spring’ protests...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Cartoon of the Day: People Power

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‎”I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Does Growing Signs of People Power Upheavals in China Presage a ‘China Spring’?

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Popular unrest or increasing signs of a ‘China Spring’ appears to be proliferating in China. From the Wall Street Journal , (bold emphasis...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

North Korea: Education for All Except under the Threat of Revolt

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In North Korea, threats of a "Jasmine revolution" or "Arab Spring" may have prompted the government to suspend classes f...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Political Repression: Sacrificing Lives of Constituents and Mind Control

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Here is another example of the myth of good government . When political leaders are faced with the risks of losing their power, they will ...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Are Dictatorships Bullish For the Markets?

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Dictatorships are bullish for the markets, David Kotok of Cumberland Advisers says so, (bold highlights mine) In the reality check cur...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Is the Enthusiasm for Democracy Sustainable?

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Because of the ongoing revolutions in the MENA region, Pew Research attempts to distill on the sustainability of enthusiasm for democracy us...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Video: Egypt's Wael Ghonim On The Egyptian People Power Revolt

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Egypt's Wael Ghonim in a TED talk says Egypt's revolution is about People, Technology, Knowledge and Freedom. (Hat tip Mises Blog) &...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Middle East Stock Market Meltdown: Likely Driven By (Political Economic) Insider Selling

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I wouldn’t deny that the meltdown in Saudi stocks, which had been down for 21% for 13 consecutive days have been politically driven. This ap...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

MENA Revolts: Unfit For Democracy?

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One of the most bigoted statements I’ve recently heard is that countries like the MENA are unfit or unprepared for democracy. I’m glad to ...

MENA’s Third Wave-Knowledge Revolts

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The Heritage Foundation partly channels Alvin Toffler’s Third Wave and what I have called as the Hayekian knowledge revolution via the web/i...
Friday, February 25, 2011

MENA’s Revolt Has Neo (Classical) Liberalism Roots?

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Many pundits say that the revolt in MENA isn’t about neo (classical) liberalism, but simply about regime (figurehead) change. Maybe. Thi...

Remembering The Philippines’ People Power

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In the midst of the ongoing string of upheavals in MENA, today, the Philippines celebrate our version of nonviolent revolution which also to...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Emergent Signs Of People Power In China

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The Web based People Power revolution appears to have diffused into China. From AP/Yahoo, Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any dom...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

MENA Revolutions Are Not People Power!

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That’s according to some pundits who claim that unfolding events in the Middle East and Africa have not accounted for as People’s Power. T...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Failed People Power: Lessons From Kyrgyzstan

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Political turmoil recently swept Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian nation which has previously benefited from a non-violent struggle or their own...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Philippine Markets And Elections: What People Do Against What People Say

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``Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply th...