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What role did public deliberation or inputs play in the formulation of the Five Year Plans in USSR and other socialist countries? Were there any mechanisms (institutional or informal) to take it into consideration?	2
Did Native American civilisations have a conception of economics/political economy? If yes, how did it compare to those in Europe? What were the similarities and differences between them?	2
In India, the government under Indira Gandhi famously nationalised the largest private banks in 70's. Why was it not done in the previous 2 decades even though the Congress party ruled for that period? Was there any specific ideological evolution or was it due to necessity?	2
Is it possible to compare the standard of living of an 'average person' in the Spanish Empire and Aztec Empire at time of Spanish conquest? If yes, then who was better and more "advanced"?	2
When climate change emerged on political agenda in US in the late 20th century, did it immediately became a partisan issue or was it a later evolution? Was it always associated with left-of-center college liberals graduates as a major issue like the stereotype?	2
Did Native American societies pre-1492 have full fledged commercial societies and equivalent of burghers social class like in Europe (eg - medieval city-states of Italy) ?	2
What was the role of the multiple parties of the older order that continued their formal existence in "people's democracy" of Eastern Europe? Did the members of these parties exist as props or had any ideology that was different from Marxism-Leninism? Did a process exist for joining them?	2
Are there any good reads (studies/books) on Kongsi republics and their relation to development of capitalism in East and South East Asia?	2
According to some economic historians the sugar plantations in the Caribbean were the first capitalist enterprises. Do historians agree with this assessment?	2
How did Wall Street firms react to creation of Reconstruction Finance Corporation by the US government in 30s especially when it was expanded during the New Deal? How much organized opposition was there to its existence?	2

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