GST Original Articles
By Kim Scipes / 19 September 2023
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The United States in the World: Making Sense of the Past Forty Years (1981-2023)-Part 5
---Kim Scipes
SUMMARY
The preceding four parts have laid out a view that differs vastly from what we are consistently told by our corporate, government, media, and even many of our teachers. You, dear reader, are going to have to decide whether what has been laid out for you makes sense or not. If it doesn’t make sense to you, ignore it; throw it out. On the other hand, if it... Read more
By Kim Scipes / 19 September 2023
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The United States in the World: Making Sense of the Past Forty Years (1981-2023)-Part 4
--- Kim Scipes
NOTE TO READER: This is the fourth part of a five-part article. It follows the first section on “Neo-liberal Economics,” and is part of explaining essential concepts of this study plus elaborating on how they interact.
NEO-LIBERAL ECONOMICS (continued from preceding section)
What has been presented so far, regarding changes in income distribution, has been at... Read more
By Kim Scipes / 19 September 2023
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The United States in the World: Making Sense of the Past Forty Years (1981-2023)-Part 3
--- Kim Scipes
NOTE TO READER: This is the third part of a five-part article. It follows the section on “Globalization,” and is part of explaining essential concepts of this study plus elaborating on how they interact.
NEO-LIBERAL ECONOMICS[1]
By Kim Scipes / 19 September 2023
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The United States in the World: Making Sense of the Past Forty Years (1981-2023)-Part 2--- Kim ScipesNOTE TO READER: This is the second part of a five-part article. It follows the section on “Imperialism,” and is part of explaining essential concepts of this study plus elaborating on how they interact:GLOBALIZATION[1]
Globalization is an on-going process. Using the term means taking a planetary scope, no longer restricting one’s analysis to the level of... Read more
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