“After the Second World War, the genius of compromise on which Western democracy rested would reconcile the conflict between capital and labour with the invention of a welfare state which brought peace between them”
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“Van Middelaar leaves little doubt of the much lower regard in which he holds the Commission, a useful but humdrum factory of rules, and the Parliament, a windy cavern of words. The Council, by contrast, is the seat of authoritative decisions”
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Anderson’s wonderful review is sourced from 16 books and takes 19,000 words across 31 pages. It will take you about 1.5 hours to read.
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The editor should have drawn and quartered this 164 word sentence thoughpic.twitter.com/uAGPXBCoCh
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Recensies zoals ze zijn moeten, dit stuk.
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Mooi hè! Brengt 16 boeken samen in 19.000 woorden
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