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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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A brief history of money

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Later, the law was changed to allow them to be transferable, and so they circulated through the economy as money, at least for bigger purchases. The bankers’ trick of lending non-existent money had to be enshrined in law, because it came to represent the foundation of European economies. 15th – 19th centuries: early capitalism.