{"id":5470,"date":"2012-02-02T06:04:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=5470"},"modified":"2012-01-05T12:14:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T19:14:15","slug":"february-2-2012-maxim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=5470","title":{"rendered":"February 2, 2012 Maxim"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">&#8220;In the centuries following the Peloponnesian War, Athens became the first in a long line of senescent Western powers to suffer the ignominious transformation from world power to open-air theme park, famous only for its arts, its architecture, its schools and its past.&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>William J Bernstein, Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Splendid-Exchange-Trade-Shaped-World\/dp\/0802144160\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1325790642&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>A Splendid Exchange<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51V-gTm2gML._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=5471\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51V-gTm2gML._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"51V-gTm2gML._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51V-gTm2gML._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5471\" title=\"51V-gTm2gML._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51V-gTm2gML._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51V-gTm2gML._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51V-gTm2gML._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In the centuries following the Peloponnesian War, Athens became the first in a long line of senescent Western powers to suffer the ignominious transformation from world power to open-air theme park, famous only for its arts, its architecture, its schools and its past.&#8221; 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