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What was Marx and Engels opinion on Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy?	29
In Belgium mutual societies, managers of unemployment funds and trade unions are organized on basis of ideology (Christian, socialist and liberal). How did this unique arrangement came to be? What is the origins of this practise?	29
The period between 1945 and 1972 is considered to be the Golden Age of Capitalism. Why did a lot of countries (US, Western and Eastern Europe, USSR) grow so fast during this period? Why did growth slow so much after that?	28
To what extent was Winston Churchill and British Government policy responsible for Bengal Famine?	28
What do historians think of Eric Williams book 'Capitalism and Slavery'?	27
Do Historians agree with Eric Hobsbawm that anti-technological bias of British public schools was one of the factors which were responsible for relative British decline in Industry?	27
A recent blog post by Bank of England economist claimed that smartphones might have led to lower productivity growth. Was any similar report made or economic impact observed when Radio and Television became widely used by the population in the previous century?	26
I have heard many people assert that Saudi Arabia maintained a policy of exporting "radical Islam" through funding of mosques in Europe since 1980's. Is this true?	26
In the 1960s across the developed capitalist countries there was a massive surge in left wing and radicalism in universities amongst students which Ernest Mandel described as never been encountered in bourgeois university. What were root causes of this? What was special about this period?	26
Today Nordic countries are some of the least religious countries on the planet. Did the success of socialist /social democratic parties had anything to do with mass secularisation? Was there any conscious attempt on their part to promote it amongst their base and society at large?	25

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