THE word "politics", Robert Reich tweeted caustically the other day, comes from the Greek root poli (meaning many) and tics (small, blood-sucking insects).
THE word \"politics\", Robert Reich tweeted caustically the other day, comes from the Greek root poli (meaning many) and tics (small, blood-sucking insects).
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It was typical of the pithy tweets fired off by the charismatic, outspoken academic at Berkeley, California who, in the 1990s, was Labour Secretary under Bill Clinton. He has for decades agonised over America's growing income inequality, hammering home the message that it poses a severe threat to economy and democracy.
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Robert Reich
THE word "politics", Robert Reich tweeted caustically the other day, comes from the Greek root poli (meaning many) and tics (small, blood-sucking insects).
It was typical of the pithy tweets fired off by the charismatic, outspoken academic at Berkeley, California who, in the 1990s, was Labour Secretary under Bill Clinton. He has for decades agonised over America's growing income inequality, hammering home the message that it poses a severe threat to economy and democracy.
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