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Surprisingly few tussles occurred over the falling food. ... Only Push the puffer and Hammy the parrotfish regularly stole more than their fair share. But they argued that as they were bigger than the others, they deserved more.
“Plus,” Push said, “and I don’t mean to be indelicate here, but some of you eat our ordure. Thus if we get more, you get more.”
“Let’s face it,” added Hammy, wanting to add to Push’s words, “that is the way the world works.
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― FISH TANK: A Fable for Our Times
― FISH TANK: A Fable for Our Times
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The policy debate about sanctions has been repeated almost every decade since the [League of Nations] was created in the wake of World War I. At its core has been the perennial question: do economic sanctions work? While the success rate differs depending on the objective, the historical record is relatively clear: most economic sanctions have not worked. In the twentieth century, only one in three uses of sanctions was “at least partially successful.” More modest goals have better chances of su
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― The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War
― The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War
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