their loans to other countries and stopped importing foreign goods in an effort to stop themselves from plunging into a depression. In response to this‚ many countries plummeted into a depression‚ especially the United Kingdom. By 1933‚ 25% of the workforce was unemployed. (BBC‚ 2009) Since the industrial revolution had taken place and many factories were shut down due to the depression‚ this really hit industrial workers hard. With
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Stalin’s foreign policy during and after the Second World War was an unmitigated failure.’ Do you agree with this statement? Joseph Stalin‚ the General Secretary of the USSR‚ who had signed two agreements during and after the Second World War. The two agreements were signed under Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference in February 1945 and 17 July - 2 August 1945 respectively. These two agreements were both influenced USSR future. In the following essay‚ it proves whether Joseph Stalin’s foreign policy
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Introduction Anti-inflationary policies are the policies taken by the government to announce inflation target lowering it to zero‚ in the beginning of the year‚ which at that time is considered optimal. The government wants to keep the inflation level low in an economy. It is the continuous rise in the general price level of goods and services over a period of time in an economy. As we know inflation can cause serious social consequences‚ if it’s not perfectly anticipated‚ money as a measure of
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PLATO’S THEORY OF COMMUNISM Plato was born in may/june 428/27 BC in Athens in an aristocratic family . Plato’s real name was Aristocles.He excelled in the study of music ‚ mathematics ‚poetry and rhetoric . Plato met with Socrates in 407 BC and became his desciple . The execution of Socrates proved to be the turning point of Plato’s life . Plato left Athens and went to many countries ‚ studying mathematics and the historical traditions of the priests . He returned to Athens in 386 BC and established
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over the subject of communism during the Cold War era. Historian Stephen J. Whitfield writes his secondary source entitled‚ “The Culture of the Cold War” which presents a detailed analysis pertaining to the lives of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum of anti-communism during the 1950s in United States. Questions arise that carry significance to cultural and social growth during the period: How was communism threatening the US and why? What did the threat of communism do to the culture
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United States Foreign Policy towards Nuclear Proliferation In a joint statement made by President George W. Bush‚ European Council President Konstandinos Simitis and European Commissioner President Romano Prodi regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) stated: “Proliferation of WMDs and their delivery systems constitutes a major threat to international peace and security. The threat is compounded by the interest of terrorists in acquiring WMD. This would undermine
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America’s foreign policy as he created the New Deal‚ a group of U.S. programs in the 1930s. Franklin Roosevelt started the programs to help the country recover from the economic problems of the Great Depression. Roosevelt was an internationalist and believed that many of the United State’s problems could be cured with a strong international relationship. While the New Deal was meant for economic growth‚ it included helping and growing international bonds. At first‚ Roosevelt only made decisions regarding
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presidential election. Socialism and socialistic values are increasing in America‚ so it is important to understand the system we have now and the one proposed by socialists. The two ideologies clash in‚ “Is capitalism really better than socialism or communism?” Derrick Wilburn’s 2015 article published on stridentconservative.com‚ and Jesse Myerson’s 2014 article published in Salon‚ “Why you’re wrong about
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prosperity to most Americans‚ it also created a heightened state of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. Fearing that the Soviet Union intended to "export" communism to other nations‚ America centered its foreign policy on the "containment" of communism‚ both at home and abroad. Although formulation of the Truman Doctrine‚ Marshall Plan‚ and the Berlin Airlift suggested that the United States had a particular concern with the spread of communism in Europe‚ America’s policy of containment
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government in the world‚ communism and fascism. The major nations that used these government forms include Germany‚ Italy and Russia. All said nations benefited very greatly from the use of these ideologies whereas both ideologies have many of the same principles and basically just as many opposing principles. The similarities and differences vary greatly in the fields of social and economic influences and the impact on religion throughout the areas. The basic principle of communism is that it depends
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