Capitalism, PROUT and Deficiencies of Democracy: Notes

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40. Weisman, Jonathan, “Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference,” The Washington Post, January 24, 2006.
41. Sarkar, P.R., Prout In A Nutshell, Parts 1-3, AMPS, Calcutta, India, 1987, pp. 54-55.
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43. Ibid.
44. Krugman, Paul, “Losing the America we once knew,” International Herald Tribune, June 11, 2005.
45. Ibid.
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58. Sachs, Jeffrey D., op. cit., pp. 20-21.
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60. Sarkar, P.R., op. cit., p. 48.
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70. Sarkar, P.R., ibid., p. 5.
71. Ibid.

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