1. Indonesia's Economic Decline
... themselves economically: "Perhaps most tellingly, Jakarta's tepid response to the mudflow highlights the cronyism and collusion that still define Indonesian politics (This mudslide was caused by aggressive mining techniques). The company blamed for the disaster, Lapindo Brantas, is a subsidiary of the business conglomerate of billionaire Aburizal Bakrie, a Golkar (the largest political group in Indonesia) parliamentarian and major contributor to Yudhoyono's presidential ... nation. Governments have been the downfall of the nations they govern many times before. As far back as Rome, whic...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate
