... and 93% of staples such as corn are genetically modified to some extent, and the widespread use of both ingredients in final food products means that hundreds of millions of Americans consume GMO foods every year. (ISAA, 2013) The biotechnological industry, whose leading (and largest) innovators are Monsanto and DuPont, advertises its product as a new kind of selective breeding, which guarantees ... a national cover up on par with attempts to hide the damaging effects of tobacco in the 1970's (The Huffington Post, 2/28/2013; Russia Today, 9/02/2013). The case of the Japanese Showa Denko...

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... liberal international economic policies was quite successful until the early 1970s. However, the post-war financial system had been tied to the US dollar and disputes between the Europeans and Americans over US government spending on Vietnam (amongst other things) led to the collapse of these arrangements. Shortly afterwards OPEC initiated the first oil shock: oil exporters did very well out ... is important to recognize that Korea inherited a very special set of circumstances, being relatively quick off the mark in the development process and having experienced some industrialization d...

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