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Zoom shortformblog: thepoliticalnotebook: “Kim Jong-Il’s economic legacy, in one chart.” “Each year the dollar value of South Korea’s GDP expansion equals the entire North Korean economy.” -Peter Beck of the Atlantic Council [via] Wow, never before has a graph told such a compelling story of the costs and dangers of totalitarianism. 

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thepoliticalnotebook:

“Kim Jong-Il’s economic legacy, in one chart.”

“Each year the dollar value of South Korea’s GDP expansion equals the entire North Korean economy.”

-Peter Beck of the Atlantic Council

[via]

Wow, never before has a graph told such a compelling story of the costs and dangers of totalitarianism. 

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