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It is capitalism, not democracy, that the Arab world needs most

Jul 10, 2013

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in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, International Affairs, Politics, Public Policy

Telegraph: It is capitalism, not democracy, that the Arab world needs most Property rights for aid: this could be the most effective anti-poverty strategy in history … But the Arab Spring was a demand for freedom, not necessarily democracy – and the distinction between the two is crucial. Take, for example, the case of Mohammed…

Chinese Academics Are Openly Warning Of ‘Violent Revolution’ Without Reform

Jan 2, 2013

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in China, Economic Development, International Affairs, Politics, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Business Insider: Chinese Academics Are Openly Warning Of 'Violent Revolution' Without Reform A group of Chinese intellectuals has called on the government to implement urgent political reforms and respect human rights or risk "violent revolution". In an open letter 71 top academics warned that growing economic imbalances were fuelling social unrest and an uprising could…

Two Theories of Change

May 26, 2010

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mwkruse

in Politics, Public Policy, Sociology

New York Times: Two Theories of Change David Brooks … What Descartes was doing for knowledge, others would do for politics: sweep away the old precedents and write new constitutions based on reason. This was the aim of the French Revolution. But there wasn’t just one Enlightenment, headquartered in France. There was another, headquartered in…

The API revolution (Social media in Iran)

Jun 17, 2009

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mwkruse

in Culture, Social Media, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

BuzzMachine: The API revolution It soon will be – if it not already is – known as the Twitter revolution in Iran. But I’ll think of it as the API revolution. For it’s Twitter’s architecture – which enables anyone to create applications that call and feed into it – that makes it all but impervious…

Faith Revolutionaries Stand Out From the Crowd

Mar 7, 2006

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mwkruse

in Emerging Church, Religion, Sociology

Faith Revolutionaries Stand Out From the Crowd is a piece at the Barna Group website I found linked today at Presbyweb. It is an update and expansion on the information he published in his book Revolution. Interesting stuff!

There’s No Pulpit Like Home

Mar 2, 2006

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mwkruse

in Ecclesia

There's No Pulpit Like Home is a Time article I found linked at Presbyweb today, about house churches. It ties in with what George Barna was saying in his book Revolution earlier this year.

Barna’s “Revolution”

Nov 4, 2005

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mwkruse

in Books, Emerging Church

I just finished reading George Barna's Revolution. In some ways, I was disappointed until I realized I probably was not his intended audience. I wanted some stats and research, but the book is more about giving you a feel for what is happening in the life of the US church. He is trying to explain…

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It is capitalism, not democracy, that the Arab world needs most

Chinese Academics Are Openly Warning Of ‘Violent Revolution’ Without Reform

Two Theories of Change

The API revolution (Social media in Iran)

Faith Revolutionaries Stand Out From the Crowd

There’s No Pulpit Like Home

Barna’s “Revolution”