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    Truman Labor Relations Act

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    Furthermore, the major issue that revealed disagreements between the President and the Congress was the regulation of the labor relations. Making the transition to the civilian production the government failed to prevent the economic crisis. After the war, public procurement declined, and demand for human resources decreased that caused reduce of wages and increase of unemployment level. It resulted in the wave of strikes, especially in 1946. Trying to meet entrepreneurs’ requirements the…

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    current crisis started. The past few years have proved that the Greek Government does not have the right people for managing its economy. The Greek people are also not helping much, as they do not seem to have understood the seriousness of their economic situation. Opposing the austerity measures proves that. There are lots of fundamental forces in an economy like expectations of citizen, money illusion, cost wage lag, anomalies perception, lag perception etc., which can be perceived only by the…

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    End Of History

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    Why did Fukuyama claim that the conclusion of the Cold War marked the “end of History”? Do you agree? Fukuyama had claimed that History had ended after the collapse of the cold war in a Hegelian dialectic sense, however Fukuyama did not intended as the end of new ideologies nor convergence of socialism and liberal capitalism system, “”End of History (1989) but that market economies and liberal politics will replace the marxist communist ideology, Fukuyama’s bold claims were based on the…

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    emergencies, etc. (investopedia.com).” Up until 2006, It was easy to have good credit because the credit (money) they obtained came from different countries. As a result, people used this credit to get expensive home loans, and this is what created an economic bubble triggering the houses' prices to…

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    Stock value keeps falling: it is twenty percent what it was worth before the crash in 1929 ("About the Great Depression”). Banks are failing, and fear of their failure is causing the people to withdrawal their fund, which then causes the actual collapse of the financial institution. Americans are in need of jobs as well. It is estimated twelve to fifteen million of the former workforce is now unemployed ("About the Great Depression"). This is a vicious product of the savings lost when banks shut…

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    “The Great Recession didn’t kill the American Dream. But the promise of a good life in exchange for hard, honest work has been bruised and frayed for millions of middle class Americans” (King 615). The Great Recession, a key moment in the momentary collapse of the American dream, was a cause for incredible financial struggle for individuals, couples, families and anyone in all walks of life. Although it was a tough period of time in the late 2000s, King said in one of his closing paragraphs,…

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    Chile’s Economy After The Fall of Socialism Government economic regulation determines how successful and how developed a country’s economy will be. In 1970, Salvador Allende rose to power through the application of Marxism. During his first year of rule, his government was successful in achieving economic growth, reduction of inflation, creation of employment opportunities, and increased income and consumption. This was realized through the increase of wages and salaries, increased distribution…

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    2008 Financial Crisis

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    Thesis and reference assignment 1) The topic that I chose for my research essay is “How the deregulation of the major financial institutions within the U.S financial sector caused the 2008 financial collapse.” Throughout this essay I will be covering everything from: the major financial institutions that contributed to the crash, I E Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and some others. As well as the evil, and illegal tactics that ended up causing the United…

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    Ro-Cambodia Case Study

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    globe. States started to cooperate with one another in terms of politics, economics, and security in order to promote the prosperity and peace of their territories. Particularly, The Kingdom of Cambodia, one of the countries that suffered from experience of colonialism, has strengthened the international relation with one of the superpowers known as the People’s Republic of China. Thus, analyzing about the politics, economics, and security between both countries is the significant implication of…

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    crisis since the Great Depression. The federal funds rate, and interest rates in general, were at historic lows, unemployment shot up, decline in savings, U.S subprime markets or loans granted to individuals with poor credit histories, helped the US economic system crash. (Battilossi 14) The extremely low mortgage rates were really important, because they motivated people to rush to buy real estate. Even people who ordinarily would never be able to pay off mortgage got in on the action. As a…

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