He cites the Marshall Plan as an example of liberal nation-building that worked, and suggests trying something similar in the Middle East.

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In Hungary, they have a worked example of what happens when a mercurial right-wing party takes over in a crisis and implements a flat tax.

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In additional to all the hard data, users can share qualitative information: what points or themes worked for them in a one-on-one conversation with voters, for example.

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For example, one donor with whom my firm worked had been funding a well-known cancer research organization for several years.

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And this is a great story where Ex-Im Bank and Gamesa worked together to supply over 50 turbines to Honduras, for example.

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Another example of a real life story: Robbins had a client who had worked as a director at non-governmental organizations.

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