It is a tall thesis, so The Economist set out to corroborate it in and around Statue Square on Sundays.
What is most striking about Statue Square, however, is that the sharing is in no way confined to any dialect group.
The culprit broke off the illuminated plastic globe from the statue in Bournemouth Square.
At the last count, five separate events are being held at venues ranging from the Lloyd George statue in Parliament Square to the National Liberal Club.
Cohan, whose statue stands in Times Square.
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In this bustling Cairo square, a statue of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz stands above the traffic with one foot poised forward as if in motion, and one on clutching his signature walking cane.
The statue will be situated in the square of Collins's hometown and was sculpted by local man Kevin Holland.
Their treads echoed through a central square, where a statue of Joseph Stalin stands, in memory of this town's most infamous son.
They were indulging in the rite of passage of dancing around the statue in the middle of the square and getting squiffy.
Most people think the famous square, red LOVE statue seen in New York and Philadelphia comes from one of those museum-filled cities.
Plans to overhaul a Dumfries square which surrounds a statue of Robert Burns are facing a delay due to a hold-up in a delivery of Chinese granite.
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Dedicated to offering the public "powerful experiences with art and the urban environment, " the fund's other projects have included bringing Jeff Koons's topiary-puppy sculpture to Rockefeller Center and Rob Pruitt's statue of Andy Warhol to Union Square.
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This, he said, was "unlike the placing of the very fine equestrian statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square, which, in order to look at closely and appreciate in detail, you have to risk your life in crossing a maze of traffic".
Mr Powell said while Llantrisant had a statue of Dr Price in its main square, Pontypridd previously had little to commemorate his life.
He kept his main home in Britain where just recently he had been campaigning to have a statue of Nelson Mandela erected in Trafalgar Square.
In one village a statue of Stalin has been restored to the main square.
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The 8ft (2.4m) statue was unveiled near Nottingham's old Market Square at 1300 GMT by his widow Barbara.
Piazza Castello is worth visiting for a glimpse of the magnificent bronze horse statue and Piazza Vittoria provides Europe's biggest square.
Arrive early to snag a table overlooking the square's dancing fountains and the gigantic statue of Madiba himself.
The motion calls for "early action to commission a statue equal in quality to that which stands in St George's Square in his home town".
On prior visits, he's has hung by his toes from a helicopter flying over the Statue of Liberty, walked a high wire over Lincoln Center and rappelled off Madison Square Garden.
Firdos Square is the place where Marines helped a crowd of Iraqis bring down a large statue of Saddam Hussein last week.
This week, Shain was back in Times Square where she met with reporters at the unveiling of a life-size, lifelike statue of that embrace.
President Bush spoke from Jackson Square, in the heart of the French Quarter, with the city's main cathedral and a statue of Andrew Jackson behind him.
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