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Life as we have know it can’t be sustained in the 21 century
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend Researchers at J, W. Forrester’s institute at MIT presented a new study that says that the world could suffer from “global economic collapse” and “precipitous population decline” if there is a continued consumption of the world’s resources at the current rate. An article from Smithsonian Magazine quotes Australian physicist Graham Turner, “the world is on track for disaster. There is a very clear warning bell being rung here,” Turner said. “We are not on a sustainable trajectory.” There is little doubt that the present world is…
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Is the American Dream Now the Impossible Dream?
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend It was James Adams who coined the term “The American Dream” back in 1931. Remember, that was just a couple of years after the bottom fell out of the economy, resulting in the worst depression this country had seen or has seen since. So I would say Mr. Adams was really being optimistic. I wonder if he would still be that optimistic today if he were still living? I for one doubt it and I’ll tell you the reason why. By 1931 the industrial…