04/29/2002 Saddam vs. Stalin Since the beginning of the world‚ there has been an ongoing cycle of tyrannical leaders that have ruled their lands with an evil hand. Since the beginning of the twentieth century we have seen perhaps the deadliest dictators of them all. Stalin’s regime in the 1930’s and 1940’s in the Soviet Union and Saddam’s regime in the present day Iraq share an exceptionally strong similarity. In order to understand the similarities between Stalin and Saddam‚ we must go back
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Executive Summary Planning of economic policies & their implementations are the most vital facts of a country. Overall development of a country largely depends on economic policy design & its proper implementation. Every country has its own economic policies & specific way of their implementation. But some policies are same for all countries such as Fiscal Policy‚ Monetary Policy‚ etc. Philippines‚ as a developing country has set various economic policies & strategies over time with
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PAPER SERIES PUBLIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH; OEVELOPING NEOCLASSICAL IMPLICATIONS Robert G. King Sergio Rebelo Working Paper No. 3338 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Masaarhusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 April 1990 This paper is part of NBER’s research program in Growth. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors and not those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER Working Paper #3335 April 1990 PUBLIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: DEVELOPING NEOCLASSICAL
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A primary factor that led to the rise of Stalin was due to the weakness of Leon Trotsky‚ who was one of the strongest competitors that Stalin faced in succeeding Lenin as leader of the Communist Party. However‚ there are actions taken by Trotsky that weakened himself as an opposition. For example‚ Trotsky believed in permanent revolution‚ and he sought to promote and incite revolutions all over the world. However‚ he failed to convince his fellow Party members of his idea of world revolution. In
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How far were economic problems responsible for Stalin’s decision to replace the New Economic Policy in 1928 with the first Five-Year Plan? There were many reasons why Stalin decided to replace the New Economic Policy with the first Five-Year Plan in 1928. These consisted of economic problems‚ ideological problems‚ political problems‚ as well as a fear of a capitalist invasion. Although economic problems certainly were an important reason for Stalin’s decision to change policy‚ the most significant
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Lenin‚ a Red Tsar? It is widely accepted that Lenin was to be the next Tsar of the time‚ The Red Tsar in fact. With his views gradually growing more radical‚ this can be seen to be true in a lot of instances. Lenin was a key figure in European history. Lenin led the Bolsheviks to overthrow the Russian Tsar‚ and to bring socialism to Russia. Lenin introduced Communism to Russia. This changed the history for Russia as well as the rest of Europe‚ and to this day has had a huge effect on the Russian
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Vladimir Lenin and was one of the pivotal moments of the 20th Century. The ramifications of the event‚ and the subsequent establishment of the world’s first Communist regime were immediately obvious‚ but also had continuing repercussions for decades. This essay will argue that although Lenin and Stalin seemed to have conflicting views‚ in reality they shared very similar policies; Stalin just took these policies to an extreme. There was a rather significant continuity between Lenin and Stalin’s
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“It always takes about 10 years to have some distance. And distance allows you to laugh about yourself and things you wouldn’t dare laugh about when you’re right in the middle of it‚” director of Goodbye‚ Lenin!‚ Wolfgang Becker‚ stated in an interview discussing the movie. Goodbye‚ Lenin! focuses on the drastic shift in the lives of East Germans following the fall of the Berlin Wall. With the rise of communist nation‚ Russia‚ after World War II‚ came the conflict between communist and capitalist
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was certainly that of rapid industrialisation which was a key factor in the design of both Stalin’s major economic policies during the 1930s. It can therefore be argued that overall the policies employed were successful in that they did achieve their aims and pushed the USSR forward in industrialisation terms. However‚ the price paid for this rapidity was great‚ and so it is arguable that Stalin was still unsuccessful to a certain degree. As many historians – such as Medvedev - point out‚ eventually
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Journal of Economic Literature‚ Vol. XXXIV (March 1996)‚ pp. 9–41 Rodrik: Understanding ofEconomic Policy Reform Journal Economic Literature‚ Vol. XXXIV (March 1996) Understanding Economic Policy Reform By DANI RODRIK Columbia University This paper has benefited from the comments of Herschel Grossman‚ Anne Krueger‚ Gustav Ranis‚ Jeffrey Sachs‚ John Williamson‚ and three referees. I. Introduction HIS GOVERNMENT will be austere‚ uncompromising‚ and unpopular if that is what is required to
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