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The collapse of communism, the antithesis of capitalism, in Eastern Europe, and its economic failure in the Soviet Union, has broughtto lighta paradoxical circumstance — the world is dangerously short of capital.
People should not personally assume responsibility for the greenhouse effect, which would be impossible, but they should give some thought to the quantities involved.
