One of Russia's main exports is oil, and the decline in price has greatly reduced Russia's trading power on the international market. ... The Economist article "Russia, financial outcast", notes that many teachers, who earn $20 a month in Russia, have not been paid in over a year. ... Many Russian politicians believe that the Western-backed practices such as budgetary stringency and privatization are to blame for Russia's current problems. ... Russia adopted the promised reforms. ... Russia represents a fantastic market opportunity for America. ...

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First, globalization removes borders drawn by history, ethnicity, religion and language when different people with different cultures migrate, bringing their own cultures into the new country. ... When nations decide to disregard boundaries drawn by history, culture, language, and religion, there will not be unnecessary tension and war. ... Immigrant workers are especially essential to the United States and also Russia (ranked second for destination country for immigration) because the U.S. population is aging rapidly as the baby boom cohort is entering old age and retirement. ...

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Economists were doubting the American system of free enterprise, and some thought Russia's command economy was the answer. ... In 1981 the country entered "The Era of Reaganomics" and experienced the longest era of economic expansion in peace-time ever-for any country in the history of the world.2 This paper will show how the Reagan Administration's policies affected the economy of the 1980's. ... David Broder of the Washington Post said of Reagan, "One of the most remarkable demonstrators of Presidential leadership in modern history."3 George F. ... Edwin Meese said o...

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He was a captain with the artillery in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry located on the Eastern front in the Carpathian Mountains, Russian Ukraine, and Crimea. ... During this time he also completed several more works: Nation, State, and Economy: Contribution to the Politics and History of Our Time (1919), Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth (1920), Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (1922), Stabilization of the Monetary Unit, from the Viewpoint of Theory (1923). ...

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