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The last decade and a half has witnessed a steady decline in the cost of finding and producing oil.
The article says that the move might be an attempt to undercut Republican criticism about the decline of military readiness during the Clinton presidency.
Spare us laments about the decline of Ivy League credentialism in government service.
Having described this fundamental change, the decline of the elite based on blood and breeding and the rise of the elite based on brains, it seems to me the next obvious question is: What does this mean for America?
Other published studies however, have linked these symptoms with greater functional decline [ 1 20 21 ] .