America has now become a multi-community nation with almost every community in the world represented. ... In the process, more jobs in the America labor force become increasingly vulnerable to international competition. ... Democracy at a great level has been up-lifted in United States. ... The aggregate unemployment rate in China has not been visibly affected by the American imports of foreign goods. ... He also states that democracy and free markets are very much indispensable tools for the creation of wealth and power. ...

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In Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips charts the ongoing American history of great wealth-how it has been accumulated, its shifting sources, and its ups and downs over more than a time span of two centuries. ... Kevin Phillips also profiles wealthy Americans-from Astor to Carnegie and Rockefeller to contemporary wealth holders-he provides details about the peculiarly American ways of becoming and staying a multimillionaire. ... Wealth and Democracy turns to the history of Britain and other leading world economic powers to examine the symptoms that signaled their declines-speculative finance...

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Being a first generation American, I predominantly appreciate the opportunities this country has to offer. ... Through their hard work and sacrifice, they have embodied the capitalist spirit of America. ... I am currently the treasurer of my school's chapter of the Junior Statesmen of America. The purpose of our club is to debate issues relevant to American society, and to raise political awareness among my generation. In a few months we will be making a trip to a Washington, D.C. convention where we will debate with other chapters, and will continue to learn about the politics in our dem...

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Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia have somewhat of a democratic political system for about 3 decades, while Korea has converted to democracy only recently. ... (Graph 7.4, P.279) Additionally, Japan created a lucrative automobile industry, along with a steel industry that rivaled and surpassed the American industry and electronics. ... Their annual percentages were even greater than America's annual GDP percent growth for those equivalent years. ... Most notable for not developing into a strong economic power is Latin America whose political instability, low savings and investment rates...

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The Economic Commission for Latin American (ECLA) was established and commenced operations in 1948. ... The works of Samuel Huntington and Lawrence Harrison, in particular, point to the importance of cultural values, history and religion as key determinants of prosperity, democracy and social justice in a country. ... However, ECLAC formulated the key concepts applicable to Latin America. ... The level of development, size and rate of growth varies greatly among Latin American countries. ... However, the introduction of a free trade agreement for the Americas in the early 1990s sparked an ...

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Currently, Americans lend their support to Nigeria by increasing trade (oil), democratic solidarity, and foreign assistance. ... In June of 1996 Chief Dan Etete, Petroleum Resource Minister, transferred oil fields belonging to America to France. ... Chretien's intentions were good because under the rule of General Sani Abacha, the state continued to stray away from the path to democracy (Wallace). ...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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In January 1994, the United States, Mexico, and Canada implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). ... The free trade established by MERCOSUR also involves countries within South America. ... Before MERCOSUR there was ALALC, the Latin American Free Trade Association. ... After ALAC, came ALADI, the Latin American Integration Association. ... The main point of MERCOSUR is to set up free trade among South American countries and to encourage new countries to join (americasnet.com). ...

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However, it was realized during the early 1990's that the transition to market economies and democracies was laborious thus causing declines in production and inflation in the region. ... Even though the desire of the Chinese citizens to end the Communist regime and establish a democracy resulted in the government returning to its conservative roots, the revolution was a wake up call to the west to act against the oppressive acts of the Chinese regime. ... Countries in Africa and Latin America chose to end many of their planned socialism projects and focused on private enterprises. ...

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Globalization is the topic of 21st century that we cannot forget to mention in political science. Our society has become interdependent with each other in many ways through things like trade, technology, culture, and immigration. In a personal level, globalization has led people to be connected thro...

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY Brief economic history During the 1960s the South African economy expanded at an annual average rate of 5,5 percent and experienced average inflation of 2,4 percent. This compared with annual growth of 5,0 percent in industrialised Organisation for Economic Corporation and Development (OECD) countries and inflation of 2,9 percent. Dollar per capita income grew 73 percent during the decade. The 1970s were turbulent years internationally and the domestic economy grew by only 3,2 per cent per annum (versus 3,4 percent in OECD countries). Relative economic performan...

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