ABSTRACT This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is in two parts. In the first part it lays the historical background of the response of capital in the face …
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Саркози, конечно, немного жаль, но — лишение свободы за незаконное финансирование президентской компании 2012 года… Ах, как это прекрасно звучит! Только немного смущает сумма: сто пятьдесят тысяч евро. Это детский сад какой-то. Это — на карманные расходы. А еще великая страна, называется… Где размах, Николя? А трахнуть Конституцию и пойти …
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