In Latin America, government has always been very complicated in regards to selecting its leaders. ... Many times elections consisting of populist leaders turn out great in the beginning, however over time that illusion begins to fade. ... This later developed into a revolution against the government for which they demanded an end to fixed elections. ... It would appear that the induction of populist leaders in Latin America did not deem successful. ... Unfortunately this is a common theme in Latin America for which the government takes advantage of its hard working citizens in order to mani...

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Because all cultures are beginning to use the cultural characteristics of other populations of the earth to begin to develop a homogeneous culture. ... For example, people may move from Italy to North America. ... In addition, the development of regional trade agreements, including the establishment of a single market for the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Technically speaking, the information technology revolution led to the improvement of mass communication by fax, email and internet. ... For example, after World War II, the United States worried about th...

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Frank begins ReOrient by addressing the "Eurocentric" economic views that are popular in modern historical texts. ... Most of the world's productive capacities were in Asia and India up until the industrial revolution, according to Frank. ... Frank revolves his entire book around the idea that Europeans were only able to usurp power and influence by controlling the money supply from South America, the labor supply from Africa and the productive capacity of Asia. ... Vast and wealthy empires were in existence in both South America and Africa during this same time period and in Frank...

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The process of economic development has been usually seen as a transformation from the rural agricultural sector to the urban manufacturing sector in developing countries. This process in the dual sectors is driven by labor transfers (migration) and capital accumulation. W. Arthur Lewis in his work on 'Economic development with unlimited supplies of labor' (1954) analyzed the labor market dualism and the structural difference between the subsistence sector and capitalistic sector in developing economies. The two sectors in the Lewis model are referred to as the subsistence and capit...

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