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Krugman isn't even wrong. I lived in Korea from South Korea from 1983 to 1988. I wrote a book on this topic, Korea combined a market based economy with strong government controls on imports and direction of capital to export industries.
Krugman asserting that this transformation is comparable to a Stalinist approach is the "r" word, but to be polite I will say it is ridiculous.
Korea's rapid transformation from an agrarian to a global industrial powerhouse was based on acquiring foreign technology through joint ventures with advanced economy partners, optimizing production efficiency, and reinvesting profits labor intensive businesses into high-margin industries (starting with textiles and moving to heavy industry, electronics, and tech).
Korea’s focus on education, disciplined labor, and speed of execution was foundational.
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The audacity of @AbdulElSayed who became senator through blatant rigging to lecture Pakistan, the only democratic country in the world today, is astounding.
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Jensen is a cofounder-CEO not a CEO picked by the founders/board. His peer is Zuckerberg. Not Pichai or Nadella.
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Every year, we get pygmies question the stature of Iqbal as a poet and every year it must bear repeating:
Iqbal remains one of the finest poets the subcontinent has produced. One may disagree with his philosophy and the mythos the state has created, but as a poet? A master.
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Remembering the poet of the east, Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, on his 149th birth anniversary.
Comment your favourite sher of Iqbal 👇
#Iqbalday #allamaiqbalday #allamaiqbal #9Nov #poetoftheeast #shayaremashriq #allama #birthanniversary
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The wife, the side chick, and the girl who gives you handjobs at the office
Margaret Qualley, Madelyn Cline, and Sabrina Carpenter for Palantir
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The image is a real photo from the set of Sabrina Carpenter's "House Tour" music video (featuring Qualley and Cline), edited to add Palantir branding. @PalantirLetter states all posts are strictly satire.
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If someone turns a $300k loan into a trillion dollar company, they deserve to be a billionaire.
Every billionaire's "started in a garage" story conveniently skips the parental loans, elite connections, and safety nets. Bezos got $300k from his parents. Gates' mom sat on IBM's board. Musk's family owned an emerald mine. The garage is just aesthetics; the capital was inherited. Stop calling it self-made when it's generationally funded.
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It’s true… kinda crazy that THE Abdul El-Sayed came to one of my campaign events in South Woodford! I remember him telling me about the Governors race. So pleased that at least one of us has succeeded in politics!
"Now you get all the Labour MPs saying.. Abdul El-Sayed is so good. You would have 100% blocked him"
Yep! @michaeljswalker remembers how El-Sayed was in the UK in 2019 campaigning for Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen. Who was subsequently blocked by the Labour right leadership.
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The first speech of an American politician after being elected: Now let me tell you about my favourite people, the jews
