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The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many

These wide-ranging interviews, from 1992 and 1993, cover everything from Bosnia and Somalia to biotechnology and nonviolence, with particular attention to the "Third Worldization" of the United States.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 95 pages

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