“On August 20, 1986 Finance Minister Calonne informed King Louis XVI that the royal finances were insolvent.” I vividly remember that day. It was like when President Roosevelt got on TV to announce the 1929 stock market crash. The author mentions “the notoriety of Adolf Hitler and Genghis Khan.” Perhaps he forgot to mention Stalin and Mao. Stop buying Chinese products like Apples built built with slave labor. The Chinese are now the major polluters. Are Robert and Jack a couple? That may explain some of this flapdoodle.
I coulda swore it was Teddy Ruse-evelt that went on TV in like 1906 or something. :>}