The Ongoing Debate About Privatizing Or Nationalizing State-owned Enterprises (soes) Is A Complex One, With Governments Recognizing Soes As Crucial Socio-economic Policy Tools Stories

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No Future Ch. 87

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

LXXXVII The Food of Love Iris 2062 The demo wasn't originally going to be anything more than a protest. It was meant to be just one of the many other demonstrations that had grown steadily in number and frequency and extent over the last few weeks. The banners were unfurled. The paraphernalia of protest such as masks, tents and protective padding were all...

Maragana Girl P.S. 04

by caligula97236 on Sep 14, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Post Script 4 - Notes on the life and goals of Vladim Dukov Vladim Dukov as a political leader US foreign policy analysts, journalists, and political commentators usually described Prime Minister Vladim Dukov as a cerebral and complex political figure, a leader whose motives for doing things were not always clear. He did not operate from any recognizable...

The Professor (Medical)

by sweetkarolina on Sep 13, 2017
BDSM

The Professor was a careful, methodical, organized man. He coiffed and trimmed his beard just so. He tied his bow ties perfectly evenly. He wore brown jackets with reinforced elbows just like any good professor might. He submitted immaculately written essays for professional journals. He edited his students' essays savagely, marking them up with blue ink, ca...

The Muldavian Solution

by madengineer3 on Sep 17, 2017
Non-Erotic

Copyright 2009 by madengineer3 No similarity should be drawn between these fictitious characters and any real life people. This is simply a story. * The presidential election had been very one sided. The Muldavian press had picked a favorite, early on, and had done their part to make sure their man won. Their favorite was Kar Amabed. His eloquence was in...

The Pareto Efficient Relationship

by LettersFromTatyana on Sep 16, 2017
Romance

This story was inspired by the title of the book, Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes. I haven't read the book yet, so I can't comment on any similarities between the two works. -------------- Michael shifted beneath his shoulder bag as he checked his watch. He'd done so at least a dozen times during the five minutes h...

The Registry Ch. 01

by allexcited69 on Sep 14, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Introduction. The story deals with a future world where things are very different and it involves harsh language, harsh realities and unexpected civil and sexual behaviours. In this not too distant future, in a new type of society, there are citizens and then there are servants, maids, registered slaves and wild beings. This is their story. There is use of...

A Mage's Tale Ch. 02

by NeoShade on Oct 14, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Now I know what your thinking. What is the point I am trying to make by telling you this story. Well in truth it is all about me, soon to be turning fifty and all these things to brag about. Just one hitch to this, no one to brag to, so you get to hear the whole sorted tail first hand. Just keep reading, the answers will come to you eventually. So there I w...

The Eighty-eighth Key Ch. 40

by Adrian Leverkuhn on Oct 5, 2020
Novels and Novellas

Part V Chapter 40 ____________________________________ After Callahan returned to work, Didi Goodman settled into a new, though somewhat less exciting routine. She continued to look after Callahan's accounts and to take care of the house in Davos, just as she had for well over a year now, but she also continued working for her father. In effect, then, she...

Life as a New Hire Ch. 37

by FinalStand on Sep 25, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History and Linguistics; be warned. There is something worse than waking up and not knowing where you are: you could wake up and not know who you are. Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells. There is a bit of mangling of the Iliad going...

Thoroughly Modern Emancipation

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

This was a day in which Lisa was truly privileged. It wasn't often she was permitted, let alone invited, to watch television with her mistress, but on this day Madam Colette granted Lisa the privilege of kneeling in front of the screen—naked as always, except for her slave-collar, as clothes were such an unnecessary luxury—while her mistress searched for the...