The Great Depression of 1929 was mostly due to international factors rather than domestic factors. However‚ when over viewing the prime causes of the Great Depression one must distinguish five- the conclusion of World War I‚ the decline of international trade due to high tariffs‚ monetary policies (in particular the gold standard)‚ the slowing of the American economy in 1929‚ and the stock market crash. Clarence L. Barber in his Origins of the Great Depression emphasizes international factors and
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were purely economic. Discuss. LECTURER: SHEM MWALW’A STUDENT: NDIRANGU CHRIS MUGO NUMBER: 1021356 DATE: 26/09/2012 INTRODUCTION The reasons behind European imperialism in Africa were purely economic. Though there were other reasons‚ economic reasons can be argued to be core reasons that drove Europeans towards Africa. The economic reasons for European imperialism in Africa were: i. To acquire raw materials and cheap labour ii. To create new markets iii. To invest surplus
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The reasons and the consequences of globalization Nowadays the process of globalization involves the majority of countries throughout the world. As any other occurrences‚ it has reasons and entails consequences‚ which can be as useful for some countries as destructive. The globalization in a general word sense is known to be the process of the world economic‚ political and cultural integration and unification [10]. I am going to use the term in this aspect. What factors have given occasion
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Most Southern states had at least four reasons to secession and they include slavery‚ Lincolns Election‚ Economic issues‚ and States Rights. Many states were nervous about Abraham Lincoln being elected President‚ knowing he is going to abolish slavery eventually. The state of Texas was frustrated
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Mainland students hit by rising rents in Hong Kong http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1154850/mainland-students-hit-rising-rents-hong-kong Given a choice‚ mainland undergraduate Judy Su Xiaolin would prefer to stay in a hall of residence to enjoy university life to the full. Instead‚ the second-year politics student at the University of Hong Kong‚ like many other mainland students‚ has to rent a private flat in Western District. Returning to the city after an exchange programme last semester
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The following are the other important reasons for mergers or amalgamations: 1. Economies of scale. An amalgamation company will have more reasons at its command that the individual companies. This will help in increasing the scale of operations and the economies of large scale will be available. These economies will occur because of more intensive utilization of production facilities‚ distribution network‚ research and development facilities‚ etc. these economies will be available in horizontal
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Jefferson was the reason why the westward expansion started. Lewis and clark were wanting to start a journey to the western side. Lewis couldn’t do it alone so he asked clark come alone with him on the journey. So he did they had some hard times it wasn’t so easy as they though. Lewis brought him alone so he could get supplies for him if they ever needed them on there way over to the mississippi on the side of pacific ocean. Lewis had planned to go to the pacific but they had trouble on the way
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Christopher De Leon 02/05/12 Three Reasons to Attend College There are many reasons to attend college‚ for many of us we are pushed by our parents to acquire the highest level of education‚ possibly an education they haven’t acquired themselves. We are taught at an early age that education is the "only" way to achieve success. I think that is no way to push a person to go to school. I believe we all have a choice to choice what we want to do‚ and
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hasn’t been punished for all the bad things he’s done. Like the three banks he robbed‚ he always cheated his way out of jail time‚ and Jimmy lied to everyone. He has some bad things‚ so he should be arrested and put back in jail. The first reason Jimmy Valentine should be arrested is that he did rob three banks after he got out of jail. In the first week‚ he robbed a bank in Richmond‚ then he robbed a bank in Logansport two weeks later. After that he robbed a bank in Jefferson City. It was
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The mantra of American business is growth. Business leaders employ multiple strategies like buying out the competition and innovating products. However‚ things go wrong all the time‚ resulting in huge write-offs‚ bankruptcy and closed business lines‚ not to mention public humiliation. Chunka Mui and Paul Carroll‚ authors of "Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years" say seven strategic mistakes are behind many business failures.
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