Alexander Jung: “Ponzi Planet: The Danger Debt Poses to the Western World”
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Alexander Jung: “Ponzi Planet: The Danger Debt Poses to the Western World”
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Abstract
When Carlo Ponzi, a dishwasher from Parma, Italy, immigrated to the United States in 1903, he had $2.50 in his pocket and a million-dollar dream in his head. He was able to fulfill that dream, at least temporarily. Ponzi promised people that he would multiply their money in a miraculous way: by 50 percent in six weeks. With his carefully parted hair and charming accent, Ponzi beguiled investors and fueled their avarice.
Contents
- Globalization
- Deng Xiaoping: “Emancipate the Mind”
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “A World Split Apart”
- Nelson Mandela: “We Have Waited Too Long for Our Freedom”
- Aung San Suu Kyi: “Freedom from Fear”
- Benjamin R. Barber: “Jihad vs. McWorld”
- Nelson Mandela: Inaugural Address
- UN Human Rights Report on Zaire
- Osama bin Laden: Declaration of Jihad against Americans
- Interview with the Dalai Lama on China, Hatred, and Optimism
- Óscar Arias: “Thoughts on Peace”
- Condoleezza Rice: Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
- Joschka Fischer: From Confederacy to Federation
- Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US
- Robert C. Byrd: “We Stand Passively Mute” Speech
- George W. Bush: Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq
- Hugo Chávez: Speech at the Opening of the Twelfth G-15 Summit
- Taguba Report
- 9/11 Commission Report
- Ariel Sharon: Speech to the UN General Assembly
- Condoleezza Rice: “International Support for Iraqi Democracy”
- M. Jay Wells: “Why the Mortgage Crisis Happened”
- Geir Haarde: Statement on Financial Crisis in Iceland
- Alexander Jung: “Ponzi Planet: The Danger Debt Poses to the Western World”
- UN Arms Trade Treaty
- Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech to the UN General Assembly
- Hassan Rouhani: Letter to the UN General Assembly
- Abdullah II: Remarks to the UN General Assembly
- Viktor Orbán: Speech at the 25th Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp
- Alexis Tsipras: Speech on Debt Referendum