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The Longing for Utopia By David Boaz March-April, 2014, CATO Institute Back in the early 1980s I was walking through Boston Common and paused to watch an antiwar rally. An activist on the fringe handed me a flyer extolling the benefits of socialism. “Like in China and the Soviet Union?” I asked her. “We’re more interested in the experiments taking place in Nicaragua and..

South Korea and its conglomerates The wages of atonement Apr 20th 2006 | SEOUL From The Economist print edition Saying sorry is a delicate business?and an expensive one IN NO capitalist country is economic power so concentrated as in South Korea?and you would probably have to look to North Korea for a greater concentration in Communist ones. Industrial production, in particular..

Happiness and economics Economics discovers its feelings Dec 19th 2006 From The Economist print edition Not quite as dismal as it was ECONOMICS is “not a ‘gay science’,” wrote Thomas Carlyle in 1849. No, it is “a dreary, desolate, and indeed quite abject and distressing one; what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science.” Carlyle was a fine one to talk...

The price of beauty in South Korea By Charles Scanlon BBC News, South Korea, 3 February, 2005 The South Korean capital, Seoul, has a reputation as the place to go for a nip or a tuck. But despite being an unregulated industry, thousands seem willing to risk injury in pursuit of a perfect body. Surgeons Peer pressure is encouraging young South Koreans to have surgery Even the m..

Samsung's Family Feud By Jun Yang on June 07, 2012, Business Week During his long and controversial career, Samsung Electronics (005930) Chairman Lee Kun Hee has transformed his family’s dried fish and produce company into the world’s biggest maker of televisions and mobile phones, besting Sony (SNE) and Apple (AAPL) in the process. Now he must contend with rivals closer to..

[이봉구 칼럼] 한국인이 사라진다? 출산율 크게 높아질 가능성 희박 다민족·다문화 시대 열어나가야 통계청이 엊그제 내놓은 인구통계 전망은 충격적이다. 전혀 예상치 못한 바는 아니지만 인구감소 추세가 생각보다 훨씬 빠를 것으로 예측된 까닭이다. 우리나라 인구는 2018년 4934만명을..

386세대 심리학자의 분석 - 盧武鉉 과거사 청산의 논리와 心理 「1984년」(조지 오웰)의 大兄을 연상시키는 말장난들 「당신의 조상이나 부모가 저지른 잘못된 과거를 고백하라. 그러면 당신은 자신감을 갖고 행복한 미래를 맞을 수 있다」 혹시 조지 오웰의 「1984년」에 나오는 大兄의 슬..

시인 김지하, 시대를 논하다 “박근혜 ‘인혁당 인식’, 민주주의 기본도 몰라” “치명적 재앙 부를 ‘이명박 운하’ 폐기해야” 조성식 동아일보 신동아 기자 mairso2@donga.com ● 베트남 패망 없었다면 ‘인혁당 사형’ 없었을 것 ● 긴급조치 유죄판결 판사들, 자리에서 물러나야 ● 박..

지식인 사회 실명비판, 파급력? 단순한 세력다툼? 동아일보 2006년 한국 지식인사회는 치열한 논쟁의 바다에 뛰어들었다. 이들 논쟁은 비판의 대상을 직접 호명하는 실명비판이라는 점에서 대중의 관심을 불러일으켰고, 논쟁의 긴장도를 끌어올렸다. 그러나 과거 자유냐 평등이냐, 성장이..

US Allies Join China’s AIIB: What Now? World Affairs 6 April 2015 March 31st marked the deadline for countries to join the China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as founding members. A surprising number of American allies, including Taiwan, South Korea, Germany, and Australia, joined over Washington’s objections, emboldened, it seems, by Great Britain..