plinky

plinky , 1 month ago to Asklemmy in Why are 80% of the elements metallic? I get that they ARE, but WHY?

they get more and more electrons, which are weaker and weaker bound, thus form metals

plinky , 2 months ago to History in Why did socialist governments take out IMF loans in the 1980s?

oil shock coupled with no oil for yugoslavia, and (maybe) eec agreements in the 70s. (you can glimpse something here, last tables of import/exports (import outpace exports 2-3 times by the 1977, leading to a problem of no dollars -> go to imf -> need more dollars to pay imf -> ohnoes )