By measuring the historical intensity of international economic links, the World Bank has identified that between the two World Wars and through the Great Depression the global poverty rose strongly and inequality widened. ... Moreover, the end of the cold war and the fall of communism in 1988 precipitated the communist countries to adopt a new model of economy. The models that were in place since World War II collapsed and the laissez-faire neo-liberal capitalism became the dominant ideology. ... There are, at least, five different levels of development: industrialized countries, the economi...

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In the summer of 1914 Mises was called back to active duty for World War I. ... Later in the war he served with the Army's General Staff in Vienna working on economic problems until released in 1918. ...

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Brief Economic History and Government Policy Korea was one of the poorest countries in world after experiencing two wars. World War II and Korean war (1950 ~ 1953). ... After Koran war, the government in fact had no sense of direction and also due to the unstable political situation, the country didn't have specific economic policy until 1961 when military government came to power and established the major institution guiding its economic planning called Economic Planing Board (EPB). ... After two major wars, the country even with a food shortage experienced lack of capital. ...

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In 1841, the government of Britain proclaimed itself as the global leader of the liberal world and declared war on the illegal movement and trade of narcotics. ... The duration of World War II was viewed as the era of incomplete globalization. ...

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There was also a substantial rise in the women's labor force during World War II when the men went off to war and the women were needed in the factories. But when the men returned from war, there was a considerable decline in the women's labor force as the men reclaimed the jobs that were once theirs. ...

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Some kind of 'cost benefit analysis' is not so easy when globalisation is perhaps the most over used and under specified concept in the international policy sciences since the passing of the 'Cold War'. ... In so doing, it will address three general charges often laid at economic globalisation's door: (i) That it is widening the income gap between rich and the poor and generating uneven development both within states and between states; (ii) that economic liberalisation has proceeded too rapidly and this has led market failures, especially in financial markets of the ...

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Article Reviews As editor of the book, "Exploring Post-Development," Aram Ziai provides an introductory look at the discussions of post-development theory, taking a cursory look at the various arguments for, or against, post-development. Ziai expertly delivers an overview of the post-development movement, having arisen in the 1980s as a response to the dissatisfaction with the concept and practice of "development" already in place. Ziai more or less defines this movement as placing an emphasis on alternatives to development via grassroots, local and regional movements. Alongside su...

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At the time this Report is being released, the world economy continues to emerge slowly from the most serious economic crisis of the post–World War II period-one that has deeply transformed the global economy and highlighted the increasingly important role that emerging markets and developing economies play in the global economy. ...

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