Winning the War in Afghanistan

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From this weeks Economist: There was a lawyer, an engineer and a politician...

Why do different countries favour different professions? And why are some professions so well represented in politics? To find out, The Economist trawled through a sample of almost 5,000 politicians in “International Who’s Who”, a reference book, to examine their backgrounds.

As a side bar the term hydraulic empire might be of interest as well.