A. Identify and briefly explain three functions of religion (9 marks) Marxism believes it acts as the ‘opium for the exploited working class people’. Religion would cushion the pain of oppression and exploitation in unequal societies such as in a capitalist society. It legitimized and maintained the power of the ruling class – helps to maintain the status quo by preventing the less powerful from changing things. Feminists see religion as a conservative force because it acts as an ideology that legitimates
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Introduction The financial crisis that began in 2007 spread and gathered intensity in 2008‚ despite the efforts of central banks and regulators to restore calm. By early 2009‚ the financial system and the global economy appeared to be locked in a descending spiral‚ and the primary focus of policy became the prevention of a prolonged downturn on the order of the Great Depression. The volume and variety of negative financial news‚ and the seeming impotence of policy responses‚ has raised new
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The Economic Crisis in Spain Spain is one of the powerful state with an expanssion economy in EU from 1995. His GDP was growing year by year without any problem ‚ but in 2007 the economy of Spain start to fall down‚ because of a collapse in Housing Market‚ that can lead to a recession or a slowdown. The economical boom of spain started in 1995. The construction of buildings brought Spain the biggest increase in economy in EU ‚ in the last 10 years .The main ressource of Spain’s GDP was the
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Introduction Noticeably‚ the recent Global Financial Crisis of 2008 was one of the worse financial crises the world has seen since the Great Depression during the 1930s. The recent crisis has led to stock market collapses around the world‚ large financial institutions have collapsed or have been bought out whilst unemployment has increased‚ people fell into deep credit problems which left many households encountering financial difficulties. Whilst the impacts of the crisis remains severe and still has a
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The Impacts of Global Financial Crisis Financial systems can contribute to economic development by providing people with useful tools for risk management‚ such as credit for productive investments‚ instruments for saving and insurance‚ and payments services. At the same time‚ when financial institutions fail to manage the risks they retain‚ they can create severe financial crises with devastating social and economic effects‚ especially for the world’s most vulnerable people. Crises can hit hard
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The Third Estate accounted for 97% of the population and was made up of three general groups---the bourgeoisie‚ workers‚ and peasants---defined by their economic conditions. The bourgeoisie were The people of the Third Estate‚ being heavily taxed without any rights‚ resented the clergy and nobles. 2.1 Explain how popular uprising contributed to the French Revolution
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Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis - What Caused It ? How Can US Recover From It? The recent financial crisis in the U.S. that spread to other countries and caused massive turndown in the global economy had its roots in the recent waves of globalisation. Since the developed countries’ production had shifted dramatically towards services‚ specially to financial services‚ and this in turn led to financial liberalizations‚ developed countries experienced massive capital inflows‚ lending booms‚ housing and
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Oil Crisis When thinking about the 1970s‚ many words such as hippy‚ lava lamps‚ and tie-dye come to mind. However‚ there was much more going on during this decade than that. The 1970s‚ for those who lived in it remember having to wait in long lines at gas stations due to gas shortages. This became known as the oil crisis‚ which occurred in 1973 and 1979. Both of these crises caused a recession. As this comes with any recession‚ households and firms became uncertain about the future and weary of
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decreased which led to a decrease in demand .The vicious cycle of low demand –decrease in production –job cuts began . Is the present Indian economy in the midst of an economic crisis? Yes ‚ we are whether the government would like to admit to it or not . How else would you describe a situation where economic growth has collapsed‚ industrial output has stagnated for two years‚ jobs are being shed‚ consumer inflation is close to 10 per cent‚ gold prices are rising by the hour ‚ the current
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its political and economic situation affect the prices of oil and the U.S stock market as well. The latest situation in Egypt and other Middle East countries where anti-government protestors demanded that longtime dictators resign their positions have encouraged Libya to do the same; however‚ taking Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi is taking more than expected. Libya is member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) which is extremely concerned with Libya crisis since it holds the
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