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Jared Diamond: “Collapse”

that Diamond discusses are the Anasazi and the Maya. "Anasazi" is the name given to various groups of Native Americans living in t...

James Churchward and the Lost Continent of Mu

intellectual timidity or even of complicity in some elite plot against regular folks" (Rotella, 2007, p. 11). Pulp history retains...

The Reason for the Fall of the Roman Empire

(Elton, 1996). Then, when the Barbarians would invade, the internal problems in the Empire would see battle losses (Elton, 1996). ...

Sociology, Psychology, and Foreign Policy

In five pages whether or not foreign policy is rooted in psychology and sociology is considered in terms of Bill Clinton's Bosnian...

DETERMINING ETHICS IN BUSINESS AND BANKING

of the Currency (OCC) had strict limits on how much credit could be issued to any particular customers, this wasnt a problem for P...

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 ...

The Failure of Communism

been a great deal of speculation about communism and why it had failed. Russia is perhaps the most relevant example in this contex...

Nationalizing Banks; The Fall out of the Credit Crunch

the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes" (Caprio, 2004). This is a view that appears...

CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

But how did this help lead to the financial collapse. A credit derivatives company basically comes into a situation and promises, ...

Enron, the Contribution of Masculine Culture to its Downfall

the epitome of stereotypical masculinity almost to the point of caricature. Skilling once said that he had thought about it a lot ...

The Virgin Islands - Trouble in Paradise

world, is suffering an economic downturn. This paper explores some of the issues facing the islanders. Discussion Part of the pro...

LEHMAN BROTHERS AND THE INEVITABILITY OF COLLAPSE

Lehman Brothers (History of Lehman Brothers, 2009). And soon after its founding, Lehman Brothers went from a general merchandising...

HIH FAILURE, THE ASX AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Talks about the role of corporate governance and the Australian Stock Exchange in HIH's failure and collapse. There are 12 sources...

The Middle East and the Development of the Industrial State

the increasing development of centralized state powers devoted to the development of industry in countries such as Iran. The Ott...

WorldCom and Rising Auditing Standards

stock prices and other similar situations. When it is determined that an investigation should delve further into the busine...

The Collapse of the Maya Society

that were once great and in some cases spanned the globe no longer exist. The Roman Empire was feared throughout the known world o...

The Collapse of the Berlin Wall

the re-unification of Germany, the break-up of the Soviet Union, the predominance of capitalism over state-directed economies, the...

The Bankruptcy of Enron and Auditing

between Enrons accounting statements and the fiscal reality of the institutions assets and obligations. One might view the major f...

MACULAN GROUP: CASE ANALYSIS

company tripled its number of employees and quadrupled its gross revenue. It increased these things through vertical integration -...

Government of Chile's Formation by Politics

parties were displaced from circles of power - the only time in the history of that country that it happened (Valenzuela, 2001)....

The Narrator's Role in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

is almost always away on business, and the only permanent residents, in addition to the governess and the children is the stern an...

Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas

human mind contributed to the displacement of Christianity several centuries later from its central position in the formation of ...

Mid 1980s' Collapse of the S and L Industry

Determining whether history would repeat itself and could therefore be predicted was one of the hopes of some. However it was fou...

Vietnam's Postwar Socioeconomic Changes

combat, drastic measures were required to try and drive the Vietnamese out of their strongholds in the countryside. A policy of ma...

20 Years of Important Environmental and Political Events

Century. This collapse has resulted in numerous world developments. One of the most important has been the attempted transition ...

Dot.com Corporate Survival

make a profit. Millions of dollars were spent to grab the real estate. But Pets.com seemed to have overestimated the real number...

Swissair's Collapse

the way in which the company should have been bailed out, but the way that the company had failed to be as commercially successful...

Enron Corporation's Collapse

the Enron candidate bought Baileys campaign manager (How Enron Did Texas). Although Bailey did win, it was by an exceptionally na...

Russia and Tsarism's Collapse

the country based on more equality, not further separation (Lewin, 2002). Russia at this times was quite literally in "the thro...

Pensions of Employees and the Enron Corporation Scandal

With the fall of the company the investments that were in the retirement fund have plummeted due to the high level of investment i...