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The Impact of Wal-Mart

bad. Those who hate Wal-Mart say that the opening of a Wal-Mart in a new city forces small businesses to close. They argue that em...

BRIC Nations as an FDI Destination Compared to Other Developing Economies

assess the potential for future growth and attraction for FDI. It is generally agreed that the BRIC nations are in a...

Currency Crises of Brazil and Argentina

than is available is not sustainable at the household level, neither is it sustainable at the macroeconomic level. Many of these ...

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (Qaddafi), Dictator of Libya

region. However, this period of calm was fleeting because when the Turkish Empire wrested control from the Arabs, a prolonged per...

Civil Law Countries and Their Criminal Justice Systems

as if the major difference between the nations of Europe, with the exception of Great Britain that is entrenched in the common law...

Economic Growth And Inflation

of 2.0 percent but quarterly rates of, respectively from Q1 to Q4: 1.1 percent 4.8 percent, 4.8 percent and -.02 percent (About.co...

Capital Flows into Developing Counties and International Financial and Monetary Systems

place between the developed wealthy countries. Another form of capital flow is that indirect investment. This has been seen in m...

Japanese and American Comic Books

Another difference between the two is the character development found in the Japanese comics (2001). The worlds that are created f...

Exchange Rate Management

band" * "Crawling peg" * "Rates within crawling bands" * "Managed float with no pre-announced exchange rate path" * "Independently...

How Economic Considerations and Doctrine Influence Military Innovation

tactical assumptions as unrealistic (Murray and Millett 1996, 29). Instead of composing a doctrine for the future, which would ha...

Long-Term Care in Canada and Finland

nursing home care is now so expensive seniors cant afford it; in others, it is unavailable because of demand (Clancy, 2009). "In s...

Hoge, Understanding the War on Terror

is, the mobilization of all available resources against a dangerous, antisocial activity, one that can never be entirely eliminate...

The Prevalence of Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Nordic Countries

the increased distance from the equator. In Studies in North America Rosenthal (1983) observed a prevalence in the winter of 1.4%...

Influence of Women in American History

her from his pulpit, accusing her of being more "Husband than a Wife and a preacher (rather) than a Hearer; and a Magistrate (rath...

The Main Strengths And Weaknesses Of Tourism As A Means Of Economic Development

mature with many sectors. Tourism is one of the areas where developing countries have continually had a trade surplus, in 1...

Colonialism in Canada and Nigeria

spectrum is the colonialism the developed in areas predominantly comprised by African slaves (Johnson, 2002). Despite its oil wea...

James K. Polk, the Mexican American War, and the Dark Legacy of the 'Dark Horse'

An even greater surprise followed the first when the dark horse won the race for the Democratic Party and became the eleventh pres...

National Identity and Scottish Independence

In six pages this paper discusses Scotland's devolution and its impact upon the country's national identity in this past and futur...

Japanese Effects of Pearl Harbor

Harbor" (Sageous, 2002). The fact that they went ahead with the attack was based on their assumption that the attack would elimin...

Go West on the Transcontinental Railroad

voyages or three-month-long overland treks, both equally dangerous, as well as prohibitively expensive for most people. When the ...

Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product

takes into account only the final product: for example, the revenue gained from selling raw materials to a manufacturer is not inc...

Former Soviet Union and Japan National Systems of Innovation

Japan. It was often thought that money was needed in terms of research and development, however, the case of the USSR shows us tha...

Economic Health of France and England During the 1980s and 1990s

by the mid-eighties. Many went back to school, others found jobs in other sectors. The time of large scale production facilities a...

America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

Economic Effects of War

the war is likely to change the economy. To judge what this change may be we can look to how other wars have affected the United S...

Tutorial on U.S. and India's Economic Trade Policy

Almost 75 percent of the population lives in rural areas in India with their major income coming from agricultural pursuits. About...

Canada's Globalization Opposition

finance. It would be useful, therefore, to look at the implications of globalisation and the reasons why Canadians are opposed to ...

Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Foreign Debt

the English and Portuguese, was preoccupied with its battles on the home front driving the French from the country the American co...

Great Britain in the Early 20th Century and Media's Influence on Politics

In six pages this paper discusses pre 1945 Great Britain in a consideration of the country's global role and how politics had been...

Politics and Hinduism

untouchables are clamoring for their own rights and recognition. But during 1999, the Indian Union government, which is Hindu-run ...