The EU has decided on a common currency, the Euro, which became available at the beginning of 1999. ... One example is World War II, which started in the middle of Europe- -considered then the most civilized part of the world- because of Germany's belief in its national superiority. ... By the beginning 20th century with the effects of industrialization and common usage of communication devices and transportation becoming faster and more comfortable economy started to play the most important role in a state's political policies. ... Equally Asia has been struck by fundamental changes...

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Discuss During the post-war period of the 1950s, the East Asian region was considered to be part of the third world with international agencies holding pessimistic views over the potential for growth and development in the region. ... The period that was the 1960s produced a booming world economy, a relatively open and non-protectionist regime together with some huge U.S spending related to the Vietnam War which all aided to launch the take off of these countries. ...

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This was brought to a halt by the First World War and the bout of anti-free trade protectionism that led to the Great Depression in 1930. ... The end of the Second World War brought another great expansion of capitalism with the development of multinational companies interested in producing and selling in the domestic markets of nations around the world. ... The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the cold war between the forces of capitalism and socialism with capitalism triumphant. ... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established in the wake of the Wor...

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