How to Include Japanese and Khmer Text in Your Latex Document

I have been finding a working example to include Japanese in my Khmer document. So I share this article in a hope that it is of useful to you.  \documentclass{article}  \usepackage{xeCJK} \setCJKmainfont{Meiryo} % Here,...

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My Summary of Fukuyama's Political Order and Political Decay

The first book I read that contains so long list of reference is Basic Economics of Thomas Sowell. When I read this book, I was surprised that it ended at 70% of its Kindle version. Another 30% is the long list of reference. Clearly,...

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A Review on The Commanding Height

As its title suggests, in this book the authors attempt to contemplate on who should control your life, who should run the economy, or how laws should be based on. This is the never-ending debate on big government versus small government, Keynesianism versus Classical Economics, liberal democracy versus communism, dictatorship, monarchy you name it. For those who are curious how popular economics can change life, this book is...

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A Note on From Dictatorship to Democracy

In Why Nations Fail or related topics especially those of economic development or political science, we cannot see how to develop a country suppose you were a victim in a failed country. At least you are not the leader of a country [you would not read this piece of writing if you were!]. This book attempts to give guidelines, at least hope, for the victims, the suppressed, of dictatorship to topple dictatorship to set up a lasting...

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Cambodia's Curse, a Review

The author is no doubt correct to point out that, among many factors, the lack of the rule of law and uneducated Cambodians and their politicians are the curses to Cambodia’s development.  Are Cambodians resistant to change?  There...

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