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Does standard of living really correlate with higher education?
Not sure if this should be here or on the Philosophy SE but feel free to redirect.
This question aims at the correlation between a societies standard of living and standard of formal education.
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Are there secret/classified documents belonging to UN?
Are there secret/classified documents available to all UN member states but closed from general public?
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Which Arab countries grant immigration to non-Arabs?
I like to know which Arab countries in the Middle East and the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) do grant immigration (residency and/or political rights) to non-Arabs. What are the policies and terms and ...
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How to test or prove a theory of political economy?
John Maynard Keynes famously said, “Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for the reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.” He was referring to economists, but could ...
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What are the possible actions against a signatory that fails to follow the Kyoto Protocol?
What will be the possible consequences if a Kyoto Protocol signatory nation does not follow the treaty? Are there any documented cases?
Also in other treaties, has any country faced serious ...
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What is constructivism in international relations?
Understanding realism and liberalism is quite simple (to me at least) but, what is constructivism? It is definitely not a little bit of both realism and liberalism as I falsely assumed. I have tried ...
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Is It Illegal For The IRS To Target Groups Based On Political Views?
This morning Steven Miller, outgoing IRS Commissioner, testified in front of Congress that it is not illegal for the IRS to target certain groups based on their political ideology:
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Legalization of drugs
Suppose someday it is enacted a law saying something like "The use of chemical substances, natural or artificial, when used for recreational purposes, it is authorized" or "will not be criminally ...
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Can a sportive competition convey a political message too?
Reuter reports:
The United States, Iran and Russia may be at odds over issues including Syria's civil war and Tehran's nuclear ambitions, but on Tuesday their wrestling teams formed an unlikely ...
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All options are on the table (over Iran) , truth or myth? [closed]
Obama quote:
All options are on the table.
Obama is not able to change Syria's regime when Syria is much more weaker than Iran, how could an option be on the table for a military attack?
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How to remove Cast (SC/ST, General , Minority) factor from India? [closed]
I thought that Person is identified with his/her income not for cast.
Government does not support Cast factor.
Three type of Class only in future.
Higher Class - high income
Middle Class - Average ...
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Why is targeted scrutiny from the IRS bad?
There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about the IRS targeting various applications for tax-exempt organizations and scrutinizing their application more closely. These applications ...
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Why do comparable states differ in corruption?
Given the 2012 Corruption Perception Index from Transparency International, why do states commonly considered equivalent in terms of geo-political or economic situation vary in terms of perceived ...
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Why is the corruption in Mexico allowed to continue? [closed]
So, we've seen and heard reports of people being kidnapped for ransoms, murdered outright, and all the drug trafficking. We've also seen the reports that the majority of these things are being ...
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What can overcome/kill corruption? [closed]
Considering a country where democracy is praised yet election commission responsible for fair election is corrupt itself. Because of unfair election, corrupt leaders repeat their tenure again and ...
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What is the Benghazi scandal?
recently, I've been hearing bits and pieces regarding some scandal involving the 2012 Benghazi embassy attack
Although It's not hard to find stories about the scandal, I've found it considerably ...
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What age group is more likely to participate in social change/protesting movements/actions?
The 68' movement consisted of students and the occupy movement seems to mainly consist of people younger than 40 (source).
I'm wondering if there is an age group that is more likely to protest the ...
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Are there studies showing correllation between partisan leanings and color/race-blindedness in policy positions?
The Democrat party promotes equal rights and opportunity for all people, regardless of race. The Republican Party also promotes equal rights and opportunity for all people, regardless of race.
Are ...
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What prevents a large corporation from subdividing itself in order to avoid internet sales taxes?
I'm afraid I'm not overly familiar with the bill or the minutiae of it, particularly as a foreigner to US politics. From what I understand, though, US businesses trading online and with annual sales ...
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Which parties in the European parliaments publicly endorse racial discrimination? [closed]
Racial discrimination as in
the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin that ...
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What is meant by 'Strategic Dialogue'?
John Kerry, US Secretary of State, is coming to India in the last week of June 2013 for the third strategic dialogue. He will co-chair this dialogue along with his counterpart Salman Khurshid, ...
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Was there any specific motivation for the “Shanghai Fugu Agreement”?
On a wiki walk from the Wikipedia article on Fugu, I came across the Shanghai Fugu Agreement:
The Shanghai Fugu Agreement (German: Shanghaier Kugelfisch-Abkommen)
was a successful 1985 political ...
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How nudism can be legal in public places?
I have been watched some pornographic video that made me shocked. I have seen many videos that a nude girl was walking in very crowded public places under looking of other people. I have been actually ...
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Is retrospective legislation legal in Australia?
In 2011, the Commonwealth passed legislation making it a crime for recipients of social security to fail to report changes to their financial circumstances to Centrelink (our social security agency) ...
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Why U.S grants visa via lottery?
It is reasonable to grant visa for education or investment but granting it by chance seems odd.
I'm not sure if any other country does the same but there should be reason(s) for this (except giving a ...
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Is there a practical way to implement wealth redistribution that isn't currently implemented?
A common goal of Marxist and other socialists is to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor. Is there a practical way to accomplish this that isn't already being done?
We already have an ...
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What purposes do vehicle registration renewals serve in the United States?
Any reasons other than collecting $50 per year per vehicle (which is essentially a tax) would be appreciated.
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Was Gerald Ford's experience of losing a close election after being given a chance to correct a speech and failing to do so, unusal?
In a 1976 debate with Governor Jimmy Carter, (sitting) President Jerry Ford (in)famously said, "Eastern Europe is not under Soviet domination."
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“Illegal immigrant”
The Associated Press decided to recommend against the use of the phrase "illegal immigrant".
What is the legal term for someone who crosses a border and resides in a country that they are not ...
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How would a Marxist classify an entrepreneur that starts their own company?
This would probably apply equally to all software engineers that formed their own company, whether it is Mark Zuckerburg, Noland Bushnell, or David Crane. These entrepreneurs started their companies ...
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What would be considered a middle class salary in the UK?
There is a lot of talk about the squeezed middle in the UK, Is class based mainly on income and if so what is considered to be a middle class salary ?
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Do new Italian citizens get to vote for the Senate?
In Italy when you come of age you can't immediately vote for the Senate: you have to wait till you are 25 for that (you can normally vote for pretty much everything else).
If you acquire your ...
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Has any major politician recently called for a “New Rome?”
I am working on a "geopolitical" novel in which Italy, Greece, and Turkey combine to form a "New Roman Republic." (Spain joins later.) These are self-consciously "Mediterranean" countries tht define ...
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Fully specify major theories of the category of “worker” or “working class” in capitalism
Multiple competing theories within sociology, political science, or history describe a category of people in capitalism as "workers." This category is usually described as a "class."
What is the ...
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Do/did non-dictatorial Capitalist societies exist?
This question is sparked by another one about Communism.
Was there any Capitalist society (that is having market economy) where all power (including power over means of production) belonged to ...
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Why are Anglophone right-wing working class discourses fixated on taxation, state expenditure, and the state generally?
Anglophone settler society working class discourses vary considerably, with left and right wing discourses, religious and secular discourses, national or racial and cosmopolitan discourses.
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How did the term “Liberal” become “Progressive”?
Democrats and similar left affiliations used to be known universally as liberals. In recent years, I've heard them referred to as progressives.
Why the change?
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Could Jesus get a Visa from any country? [closed]
My question has two parts...
Are there any countries where Christianity is welcome, that would issue a Visa for Jesus if he were alive today.
Are there any countries where Christianity is unwelcome, ...
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The “Slippery Slope”: how slippery is it?
The "slippery slope" is an argument, considered by some as legitimate, and others as imaginary, that suggests once a law or attitude sets a precedent, it will more easily/ inevitably be corrupted or ...
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Are consumer boycotts of goods from a certian country effective? [closed]
Boycotting goods from a certain country is often given as a good form of protest against that country's politics or form of government. E.g. not buying Chinese goods because of concerns about the ...
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In the context of government policies, can a progressive tax have no exemptions?
Does having exemptions define (partially or entirely) what progressive tax means? I just thought exemptions don't have anything to do with tax being flat or progressive. Is there any credible ...
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What is the miranda exemption and what are its implications?
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was not read his Miranda rights immediately due to a "public safety" exemption
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Which open source licenses have been established in US or EU case law? [closed]
I'd like to know if there are any particular open source licenses or family of licenses that have been established in case law in the US or the European Union, and links to said case law if possible.
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How “right to food” is implemented in Western countries?
Some sources (such as Amnesty International) claim that denial of "right to food" in North Korea violates internationally agreed right to life.
I wonder whether Western countries guarantee right to ...
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Are there currently more wars being fought inside of a country or externally?
All the talk about war in the media as been me wonder is there more Civil Wars or International Wars going on in the world today?
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What's the difference between power inheritance between Feudal Monarchy and properties inheritance in modern world?
We understand that monarchy and the right to rule is inherited. The descendant who inherited power has the right to rule the country. Take feudal China several centuries ago as an example, the King ...
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Are parallel governments compatible with democracy and are there any examples for such? [closed]
I can see no compatibility issues of having a parallel govt inside a democratic setup with its own law catering to people who wished to be ruled by those laws.
India is a democratic country which ...
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What percentage of American terrorism acts turn out to be domestic? [closed]
Shortly after attacks like the one at the Boston Marathon, the rumours and reporting quickly started to speculate about extremist or Jihadi groups. But, with other terrorist groups with non-Jihadist ...
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Is a current sentence changed if the law that provided the sentence is also changed?
To my knowledge, there are a number of people in prison for possessing/using marijuana. There was a recent Pew poll that said more Americans support legalization now more than ever.
If I were ...
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Democratic governments seizing financial assets during financial crisis?
I was reading about the Greek haircut last year when the EU along with the Greek government forced bond holders to accept a 75% haircut on their assets. I remember Germany doing something similar at ...
