Puzzling facets of US economy's decade-long growth
This June US economy has marked its decade-long growth which started in June 2009 soon after the financial meltdown when the country had experienced severe financial crisis. In order to overcome that crisis, US government had to undertake massive regulatory measures and billions dollars bailout package which eventually helped reverse...
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The Asian Century hype: The Tower of Babel
Bab-ilu (the "gates of heaven') was another name for Babylon. It translated as "bavel" in Hebrew, wherefrom Babel evolved. One mythological tower was built there, so tall it was said to have ascended into the heavens. To block unnecessary (or illegitimate) mortal intrusions, God, the narrative continues, turned to language....
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