Capitalism best describes the contemporary economic and political systems in the world. ... Stiff competition among producers creates a pressure to increase production since mass production reduces costs, lowers prices and increases the market share. ... The good thing about the capitalist cycle is the fact that periods of economic slumps never got rid of the economic value that had been gained during the boom. ... They include global financial and economic crises and economic growth alongside the widening inequality. ... The final was the synchronized promotion of competition and openness by...

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With the spawn of the industrial revolution in the 19th century came a new sense of economic competition. ... This step up the evolutionary ladder was lead by the spirit of competition and greed. ... The yearning for economic growth and prosperity from the times of the industrial revolution changed a few countries from the "crevices" of society to industrial strongholds that essentially changed the world's balance of power. ... The advances in technology and economy both replicated from foreign powers and fashioned in their own right empowered the new country to advance ahead of the e...

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Canada, which is a country that follows a mixed market economy, must manage the economy while dealing with its eight major objectives: Full employment, stable prices, balance of trade, economic growth, economic justice, economic freedom, economic efficiency, and a reasonable level of federal and provincial debt. ... How it's produced is determined by competition among producers. ... Goods and services in the Soviet Union have little or no quality due to a lack of competition. There is very little motivation for employees because there's no competition among workers and there's...

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The two superpowers faced each other as leaders of conflicting political, economic and ideological alliances; became engaged in a nuclear arms race; and fought surrogate wars with each other in various locations in the Third World, from Korean, to Cuba and to Afghanistan. ... The Western democracies sought a form of security for international free market; free trade; opportunity and economic competitions. ... The U.S. government has continued a policy of convincing the American public of the great evil existing elsewhere to achieve their economic, technological and defensive objectives....

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While the eyes of the world were focused on Beijing and athletic competition, Russia and the Soviet Republic of Georgia participated in a deadly competition of their own: a conflict now being referred to as the Russia-Georgia Conflict. ... Already talk of sanctions against both countries by world leaders threatens the fragile economies of the region, which only recently have begun to make strides thanks to access to foreign capital and economic subsidies. ...

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Nevertheless political and economic system in China is stable, and the level of foreign capital is increasing every year. ... Old world order was time for terrorists, local conflicts, competition of military power and world division. ... According to the Chinese authorities new geopolitical policy must be based on the principles competition and cooperation and the core of the policy is improvement of Chinese economic competitiveness. It means that China became an equal participant in international relations, with the virtues of global cooperation, development of regional environmental, the fin...

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Economic liberalisation in Russia was initiated by Boris Yeltsin who was given special power by the Russian parliament to carry out reforms by decree. The process of economic reforms had already been continuing for more than twenty years by then. ... Privatisation in the post-USSR Russia was a simultaneous process and resulted in an economic disaster that would take years to be reversed. ... Rather than improving productivity through market competition as liberal economics suggests, the new owners of Russian SOEs set up a parallel private firm to the SOEs they own and made profits by buying go...

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Geopolitical and politico-economic factors have in some cases changed the content, but not the form of the particular strategic configurations and in some cases however, we find both form and content are changed. ...

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This turned Moscow into the economic capital of Russia and eventually served as the hub of the Russian revolution against the Mongols. ... When Vladmir began to feel the effects of their constant competition with Moscow and the other Russian center, Tver, Vladmir quickly became unsuitable for the headquarters of the Orthodox Church. ... With the most powerful political Russian entity now within Moscow's walls, Moscow became a political and economic center, even before the Tver uprising. ...

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Corporate profits incline to grow faster when economic growth is higher (Forbes). ... This shocked the global economy and resulted in deep economic recession and even a deeper crisis of confidence. The crisis revealed a new world order in terms of economic and market dynamics. ... There are three broad types of economic systems that are based on the level of economic freedom: the market economy, the command economy, and the mixed economy. ... In an economic way, Russia is known for its oil and gas production as a global leader. ...

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However, I should mention that the US government could not simply accept the fact that a country could exist with economic and political principles so critically opposed to democracy and industrial capitalism. ... Both sides wanted their values and economic and political systems to prevail in areas which their soldiers had helped to liberate. ... Two superpowers with a completely different ideology, economic and political systems would probably have that confrontation between each other under any circumstances. ... However, even if the Cold War would not be inevitable between them, there were ...

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But not all countries of the camp of the winners were able to conduct this fight, since suffered serious losses in economic terms. ... One result of the war was the US economic leap, predefined and adequate growth of their political ambitions in world politics, what mood prevailed in government circles of America B. ... Despite the fact that the war seriously affected the socio-economic situation of the country, it also gave a powerful impetus to the economic development of the eastern part, which has been difficult in peacetime. ... However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war econom...

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The Americans supported Capitalism, which meant minimum interference of state in economy, competition and individual reward, and the right of voting, variety of political parties and freedom of speech and press among others (liberal democracy). ... Soviet Foreign Minister Vyshinsky, for example, claims that the Marshall Plan was a way the USA was establishing a European empire and that its theorical method of helping other countries recover was just a way of achieving economic domination and dependence, which would ultimately lead them to political control. ...

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Economic and Imperial rivalry is another issue. ... In his pamphlet Imperialism " The Highest Form of Capitalism (1916) he argued that capitalist countries were bound to engage in competition for new markets and fields of investments. ... The grab for empire was largely inspired by economic interests, though European nations also aimed to enhance their power and prestige. ...

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Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera was influenced by the wars in the early 1900s that paved the way for a Bolshevik culture rooted in the principles of communism. For example, Russia's Soviet Montage Era in the 1920s dissuaded producers from the conventional ways of making films and encouraged t...

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But on the other hand kept the whole economic infrastructure, especially pipelines and communication, and moreover the network interconnections that Russia under Putin in the XXI century began to use to get back and rebuild at least substitutes of former territorial gains.5 Russia in the 90, under Yeltsin rein was weak state went through permanent crisis both economically and politically. ...

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