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What Happens with the National Debt

The Political Orphanage

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Zapyrus: The Hero of Babylon

Three thousand of the city's elites greeted him outside, hanging from crucifixes. Throngs of Babylonians pretending to love him cheered as he entered,. He had been merciful. But it wasn't mercy. It was economics. Darius had thought being a king would be mostly fun stuff - but in fact his job was bookkeeping.

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