Mexico and Venezuela During the 1960's and 70's the two most stable countries in Latin American were Mexico and Venezuela. ... This meant that with the overall economic fallout in Latin America in the 80's, which hit Mexico and Venezuela particularly hard, would send both countries into a period of deep political instability. ... Throughout history, and particularly in Latin America, the largest section of the population was also the poorest. Neglect Gittings 2 towards this section of the population usually causes them to fight for better treatment and causes deep polit...

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In the early 1700s, slavery had become an entrenched economic and social institution in the English colonies due to the growing need for labor and the increased availability of slaves in America. ... When less and less people were coming from England to the American colonies, the need for labor in order to cultivate a large yield of crops grew. ... The population of slaves changed the social aspect of English colonies as the ratio of slaves to slave-owners grew. The demand for labor in the English colonies made slavery a rooted system in order to increase economic profit and also changed the p...

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The distance between the top and bottom rungs is widening and the population at the bottom is growing. ... The heart of the middle class has been hollowed out with 40 percent fewer workers achieving the earnings that defined America's middle class in the 1970's. ...

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Some of the disadvantages are: diminished population growth, loss of jobs, diminished sovereignty, and workers facing concessions on wages, working conditions, and living standards. ... Firstly, the population of Canada isn't increasing like it should; because of the FTA our workers are going to America to get jobs because America can offer more money to their workers because they have the money to do it, whereas Canadian businesses are lowering wages to make more money to try to keep up with the American production. ... Everyone leaves to America making our population not increase bec...

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The population of "the West," which includes Western Europe, North America, and Asian capitalist economies, such as Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, has remained flat since the latter half of the 20th century, with some populations, such as Japan's, experiencing a steady decrease. Meanwhile, the population of developing economies has continued to grow, especially in Africa and India. ... In 1800, the share of the world's population living in urban areas was only 3%; this number had increased to 30% in 1950. ... Most of this population shift has been occurring in the globa...

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Did you know a couple of years ago in the Philippines a little over half of the country's population was living below the poverty line? ... Living in America shows how thankful people should be for what we have because other people in different countries are struggling more than you. In the Philippines an average family of 6 only earn $54.18 a month, and an average family in America can earn that within a few hours of work. ... In 1985 a little more that half of the countries population was living below the poverty line, also in 1971 the same thing reoccurred. ... The causes of poverty a...

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These millionaires owned the majority of America's wealth and consisted of a minority of the population. American farmers needed to organize themselves politically in this time in order to make money, reform corrupt business practices and share ideas and achievements. American farmers in the late 1800's organized themselves into a political party called the Populist Party. ...

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---The differences between urban and rural areas manifest themselves in the problems of agriculture,the rural economy and peasants.The foudamental causes for those lies in too many people ,most agricultural population on the limited amount of land.In China,only 7 percent of land is arable.The use of modern agricultural technique and farm chemicals need little laber and there is no way to bear such a large number of peasants who work on the land.The limited incomes from farming are not able to afford so many people to have a minimum standard of living. ---Another fact could ...

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The essential problem with GDP as it currently stands is that a growing GDP doesn't necessarily correspond to a rise in the population's well-being. ... But those who disapprove of the industry would not say that the resulting flow of money to the economy adds to America's well-being. ... When GDP goes up, are the American people necessarily better off? ... The American Demographics Index of Well-Being is also a single number, but it incorporates data from five broad subject areas: income and employment opportunity; productivity and technology; leisure; consumer attitudes; and s...

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Since the Great Depression ended, the Great Recession was the longest and deepest economic downturn. According to the economists, the Great recession has ended officially on 2010, but the impacts of the Great Recession still remain and threaten the world economy today. The recession is a period of ...

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Solution?? The documentary was brilliant in showing the ravaging effects of globalization on a small, relatively undeveloped economy. What it didn't offer was a solution to the problem. The corporations that exploited Jamaica are only doing what corporations are supposed to do -search for profit ...

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Solution?? The documentary was brilliant in showing the ravaging effects of globalization on a small, relatively undeveloped economy. What it didn't offer was a solution to the problem. The corporations that exploited Jamaica are only doing what corporations are supposed to do -search for profit ...

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In other words it measures the income dispersion of population of the country and usually applied to measure inequality of income. ... The HDI for kingdom of Armorika is 0.9 which is almost equal to Australia and America etc. ...

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The many Americans experiencing the unanticipated struggle to find a job are allowed to progress through the four tiers of unemployment benefits. ... The 99ers are currently petitioning for legislators to add a Tier 5 to the new extension plan that would include the 1.4 million Americans who have reached the limit on their benefits (Hoffer). ... The unemployment extension will help out millions of Americans who have found themselves out of a job in the past few years. ... The jobless rate is at a staggering 9.5 percent. 100,000 jobs will need to be created each month just to keep up with p...

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The Industrial Revolution began in the 1700s in England and seeped its way onto American soil by the end of the century. ... "The rise of the American standard of living translated to our nation's populace enjoying more conveniences and amenities for a relatively low cost" (Dunn, P. 1). ... There was also a population growth due to the "foreign immigration from Ireland and Germany" (Visions, 264). These immigrants were coming to America to escape poverty, poor harvests, warfare, and religious persecution. ... America was becoming a melting pot of multiethnic and racial...

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The Brazilian Film Industry In Latin America the film industry in general has undergone many hardships. ... This excluded about eighty percent of the working population causing a significant decline in viewer-ship. Despite the numerous efforts by the Brazilian government, the downfall of Brazilian cinema until the late eighties can be attributed to two major factors: foreign cinema (North America in particular), and the lack of audience interest in Brazilian film, caused by the cost of a movie ticket, the lack of distribution to rural areas, and the introduction of television. ... For...

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Although drug use has declined in the last six years, an estimated 12 million Americans admitted to using marijuana in the last thirty days ("Info Facts", 2003). Moreover, one-third of all Americans twelve and older reported using marijuana at least once in their lives ("National Household Survey", 1998). ... The social and economic results of marijuana use have far reaching implications into the composite of the American families. ... Gfroefer, Greenblatt, and Wright (1996) examined the substance use in the college age population. ...

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September 2000 Employment Situation On Friday October 6, 2000 the Employment Situation for September, 2000 was released. The statement showed many positive things for our economy and employment status. Total (nonfarm) employment rose by 252,000 in September. The return of striking communicati...

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The government, bailing out these companies, is what has a lot of the population worrying. ... It is felt that this is not quite the end to who all is going to need help, and everyone is holding their breath that some of the other large banks such as Bank of America are able to withstand the test of time....

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While the housing market for high scale apartments and luxury homes continues to grow, millions of Americans are living in housing they cannot afford. According to a study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 75% of the low-income population is spending over half of their income on rent or utilities (5). ... If we think back to the 1700's - 1800's, In US history American workers were moving to the West at an astounding rate. ...

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Colonial Americans found there to be a limited supply of said coins and the only way to obtain these coins was through importing goods from foreign countries. There appeared to be a constant unfavorable balance of trade due to the fact that Colonial America was never able to produce enough currency to buy goods needed for economic growth. ... Colonists lacked in the supply of currency because colonial America was not able to produce coins for exchange on their own. ... The more there is of an incline in the population growth rate, the better trade and more demand for foreign goods and services...

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Modernization theory involves five steps, as stated by one of the most influential American modernization theorist ever, in our course reader, W.W. ... An example of this would be how it took 40 years for Americans to collectively own 1 million radios, but more recently, it took only 15 years for Americans to own 1 millions computers. ... First world countries like America are indirectly allowed to set standards of Third world countries by making unfair, but unavoidable, deals. ... After presenting this to the country who cannot pay for its own reparations the United States will require them t...

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Social Development Officer in the Caribbean Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Sonia Cuales, argues that although some international economic strategies have produced notable statistical results, there has been little reduction of some persistent problems. ... This redirection will help to reduce the growing gap in social and economic well being and the exclusion of a significant proportion of the population from the benefits of economic growth. ... The study in addition states that more than half of this unemployed population is unde...

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President Barack Obama was telling Americans in his January 2011 State of the Union address that the United States needed to double its exports, Germany had quietly become the world's second-largest exporter (after China). ... Population growth migration is causing tension with the country's welfare system; complications occurring. ... With Germany's population shrinking and aging, which is one reason their pension system is already running into problems. ...

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This is the formula that has also worked well in American cities. ... Because of the problems caused for the local manufacturing and food markets, wages and income for the local population also suffers, which influences their purchasing power. ... In fact, some experts think that because of globalization, in the future all food consumed in America will be imported from elsewhere. ... Much of this outsourcing has come in the manufacturing sector with many American workers losing their jobs to countries such as China and India. ...

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