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3 giorni fa · Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. 5 Shares. InThe Road to Freedom , Joseph Stiglitzconsiders the relationship between capitalism and freedom, evaluating democracy, economics and what constitutes a good society. According to Danny Dorling, the book’s lack of a coherent structure and an outline of what measures could enable a more free and ...
2 giorni fa · The Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek is recognized as one of the most important advocates of liberty in the 20th century. The work that earned him this distinction was The Road to Serfdom, published in 1944 and dedicated “To the socialists of all parties.” The central thesis of the book is the incompatibility of central economic planning and a society of free individuals. This ...
1 giorno fa · “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” Friedrich August von Hayek First released in 1944, Friedrich August von Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom serves as a powerful cautionary tale against totalitarianism while also presenting a robust advocacy for individual
2 giorni fa · The autostrade (Italian: [ˌautoˈstraːde]; sg. autostrada [ˌautoˈstraːda]) are roads forming the Italian national system of motorways. The total length of the system is about 7,016 kilometres (4,360 mi), as of 30 July 2022. To these data are added 13 motorway spur routes, which extend for 355 kilometres (221 mi).
5 giorni fa · The Roads to Rome is a nuanced and perceptive book that interrogates “the stories that we tell ourselves about who we are”. Mark Gilbert’s Italy Reborn deals with the immediate aftermath of Mussolini’s “ventennio”. His is a revisionist book that attempts to rehabilitate the reputation of Alcide De Gasperi, the Christian Democrat ...
3 giorni fa · Selma to Montgomery marches. The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
1 giorno fa · Three escapees are completely successful. Danny and Willie get away in a rowboat en route to a steamer bound for Sweden. Sedgwick, who fabricated the tools for the escape, steals a bicycle, rides it into France, stops at a café, witnesses the Resistance ambush a trio of German officers, and heads to Spain. The others aren’t so fortunate.
