/u/Shashank1000's posts in /r/askhistorians
Why have Northern and Western US been wealthier than the South? To what extent was loss in Civil War responsible for the relative lag in performance of the South?
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Why didn't the Labour Party in the UK nationalize the banking sector in the post-War period, after they came to power?
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How did the Soviet Union manage to achieve the goals of First Five Year Plan given that it was considered to be enormously challenging and ambitious?
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Was "Red Vienna" in the period between 1918-1927 really a successful experiment of "Socialism in one city"?
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Why were such a seemingly large number of countries involved in supporting one side or the other in the Iraq-Iran war?
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A dissident Iraqi Journalist stated, "To become a member [of Baath Party] can take 10 years; once a member, you can never leave - except, maybe in a coffin" under Saddam Hussein. Is this true?
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In Sweden, all pharmacies were nationalised and bought under a single State monopoly operator in 1970's. Why was this action taken and how did the public react to this? How much support (and opposition) was there?
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Did wage-labor and market for factors of production (land, means of production) exist in antiquity and early medieval society? Are there any readings/studies that measure its reach and describe its evolution (rise, fall etc.) ?
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