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Social contract theory was used to critique a form of the state, but was also used to legitimize the modern nation-state.
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The contemporary school system operates as a direct administrative descendant of the nineteenth-century Prussian factory model.
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Bob sits down with economist Emmanuel Maggiori to discuss his new book that engages MMT on its own terms, drawing on the MMTers’ own...
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Social contract theory was used to critique a form of the state, but was also used to legitimize the modern nation-state.
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Jai Kedia and Norbert J. Michel Kevin Warsh was sworn in as the new Federal Reserve chair today. He has described his goal as...
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