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Useful apps for entrepreneurs in Venezuela: practical tools by use case
A practical guide to apps for entrepreneurs in Venezuela, organised by real use cases: selling through WhatsApp and Instagram, organising the business, creating content, handling payments carefully, light ecommerce and appointment management.
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Confucius vs Laozi: the individual, community, the state and social order
Confucius thought order through moral cultivation and relationships; Laozi, through naturalness, simplicity and minimal coercion.
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Cuba, Che Guevara, UMAP, executions and due process
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Mercantilism, Adam Smith, free trade and David Ricardo
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The individual first: private property, liberty and the error of collectivism
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Principles of classical liberalism: core ideas explained clearly
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Richard Cobden, the Corn Laws and the free-trade turn between Britain and France
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Venezuelan liberalism today: a small, dispersed, but real ecosystem
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