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The central motivator for terrorism, according to Beck, is this: an economic grievance against a superpower that is unable to grow or spread the wealth but is also holding on to its position of dominance at all costs.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
One way to make that happen would be to directly redistribute the revenue raised by the tax on a per capita basis, in the form of checks to all households; that would spread the wealth and build political support for the combination of economic openness and redistribution.
—Jeff D. Colgan, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
In recent years, hugely profitable start-ups have created relatively few new jobs and done little to spread the wealth.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
The imperative is to spread the wealth more effectively -- to ensure that more tribes and powerful leaders have a stake in the current strategy and are therefore less likely to support the insurgency as a form of protest.
—Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
One way to make that happen would be to directly redistribute the revenue raised by the tax on a per capita basis, in the form of checks to all households; that would spread the wealth and build political support for the combination of economic openness and redistribution.
—Jeff D. Colgan, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
In recent years, hugely profitable start-ups have created relatively few new jobs and done little to spread the wealth.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
The imperative is to spread the wealth more effectively -- to ensure that more tribes and powerful leaders have a stake in the current strategy and are therefore less likely to support the insurgency as a form of protest.
—Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
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