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Chinese Railroads Aren't the Advertised Achievement We're Sold | Transit Sleuth
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Chinese warships off Alaska signal a new stage in seapower competition - Defense One
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| | Understanding why requires a look at "near waters," "far waters"-and the colonial past.
| | reecemartin.ca
American High Speed Rail advocates should be cost advocates. - Reece Martin
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| | In a country where transit is expensive, advocating less expensive transit is just as important as advocating for the transit itself. Recently, Ray of CityNerd released a video entitled "Why North Atlantic High Speed Rail Is Still a Pipe Dream" where he discussed some of the details around a better high speed route between New...
| | pedestrianobservations.com
Local and Intercity Rail are Complements | Pedestrian Observations
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| | An argument in my comments section is reminding me of a discussion by American transit advocates 15 years ago, I think by The Overhead Wire, about the tension between funding local transit and high-speed rail. I forget who it was - probably Jeff Wood himself - pointing out that the argument in 2008-9 about whether...
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Book Review: Capital as Power | Owen Lynch
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| [AI summary] The review of 'Capital as Power' by Bichler and Nitzan explores their theory of capitalism as a dynamic system of power accumulation and creorder. The book is praised for its engaging narrative, historical insights, and integration of diverse theoretical frameworks. Key themes include the quantification of power through markets, the role of creorder in shaping political systems, and the analysis of economic indicators over time. The review highlights the book's strengths in providing a framework for understanding capitalist logics and its potential for mathematical modeling using statistical mechanics. The reviewer recommends the book for its depth and content, despite its length, and suggests a middle way of reading the first chapter and additi...