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"Polaris News Presents" is a series that gives in-depth news stories, features, and profiles for all of the under-the-radar happenings in the world.

In this sequel to Gold: The Once and Future Money, Lewis describes in greater depth how actual gold standard systems are created, and how they have been used through history. The pre-1913 world gold standard system was perhaps the greatest monetary system the world has ever seen. The greatest champion of the gold standard system of the 19th century, Britain, was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and eventually presided over the largest empire the world had ever seen.

The Arctic and the Antarctic are privileged locations for observers interested in understanding how our world is shaped by the forces of nature and the workings of history. These areas have inspired countless humans to undertake epic expeditions of discovery and have witnessed both great triumphs and miserable defeats. As a planetary litmus paper it is at the poles we can detect the effects of natural oscillations and human activities on the global ecosystems.

It is the dreamland of most children in Europe and the Americas, and the mysterious home of the mythical Santa Claus, his devoted wife Mrs. Claus, the reindeer and the many elves who make Christmas toys each year. In many ways, the North Pole is the first geographical location many kids learn - if only because children over the age of three can manage to tell any interested adult that Santa Claus lives there.

Im März 1946 stellte sich der ehemalige deutsche Außenminister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, vor dem Internationalen Militärgerichtshof in Nürnberg den Fragen seines Verteidigers Dr. Martin Horn. Seine Ausführungen wurden mit Spannung erwartet, weil er aus eigenem Erleben über die weitgehend unbekannten und vor der Öffentlichkeit geheim gehaltenen diplomatischen Bemühungen der deutschen Seite im Vorfeld des Zweiten Weltkriegs berichten konnte.

A national conversation with an unparalleled look into the leading minds that are shaping today's COVID-19 public health decisions, and the emergence of a new normal.