Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Niall Ferguson: Oil Could Reach $200
Niall Ferguson, historian and author of Civilization, tells Robert Miller that the Middle East political unrest could push the price of oil to $200 a barrel.