Genero1@aol.com De Beers and the Diamond Monopoly Report - Guide Thomas Schieder I.-No.: 648792 SS00 – Wirtschaftsrecht SuK - Economic Policy 1. History 1.1 De Beers and the Diamond Cartel 1.2 Cecil Rhodes and the discovery of Diamonds in South Africa 1.3 Evolution of the Cartel 1.4 The Cartel in action 1.5 Stockpiling 2. U. S. Antitrust Law 2.1 History and Motivation 2.1.1 The Sherman Act 2.1.2 The Clayton Act 2.2 Extraterritoriality 3. De Beers in 2000 Sources: - Harvard Business
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Lecture 1 What is Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking (It is a vital skills) a. It provides us with a crucial set of skills we need to make decisions and resolve issues that arise in our everyday lives. b. Critical Thinking‚ like logic‚ requires learning how to think rather simply what to think. The word “critical” is derived from the Greek word kritikos‚ which means “discernment”‚ “the ability to judge” or “decision making”. Logic is a crucial part of critical thinking‚ and requires good analytical
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Topic: Why the society that was meant to be just was transformed into a tyranny in Animal Farm. What made it possible? Orwell in his work "Animal Farm" touches on the problems faced by society while trying to change an existing order and create an ideal state with a fair system of governance. He shows reasons why the system does not work‚ and as result society becomes a tyranny. Mostly it is the fault of the leaders who care about their well-being. Such leaders are eager to power and uncaring
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league into the Athenian Empire. “When Athens concluded an alliance with Corcyra in 433‚ and started to besiege Potidaea‚ it threatened the position of Corinth. Sparta also feared that Athens was becoming too powerful but tried to prevent war.” (Peloponnesian War - Livius. (2018)) Sparta initial intentions were to avoid war with the possibility of peace‚ if Athens would have revoked the measures against Megara‚ one of Sparta’s allies‚ by solving this or any conflicts by arbitration which once had
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weak leadership‚ economic problems‚ and much more that happened during this event that occurred. Without these problems‚ Rome would have been able to protect themselves. One of the many problems that Rome went through was their weak leadership. Each leader kept falling‚ which made Rome hard to control at times. Rome faced other problems that caused its decline such as Military Weakness. The Roman soldiers began to get lazy during the Pax Romana‚ otherwise known as the time of Roman peace. During
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their rights that were being violated‚ the elite class of Virginia did not take a liking to this. From start the white and black workers and servants were perceived as‚ “rogues‚ vagabonds‚ whores‚ cheats‚ and rabble of all descriptions‚ raked from the gutter” (Takaki 53). They were called a variety of insults because of their social class even though they were the only group of people that were working hard and helping to restore Virginia back to a livable colony. Both races were being treated indifferently
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The Move Just thinking about that warm‚ June day‚ still brings tears to my eyes. I have always loved my life the way it was; waking up‚ eating breakfast‚ going to school‚ learning‚ leaving school‚ go to dance until late‚ come back home and do homework‚ and then go to sleep. This was my daily routine. I always had to make sure that I worked hard‚ which I did. For school‚ I was in the third grade and currently in all honors courses. In dance‚ I was doing a solo‚ had four group numbers‚ and a production
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1. What are the three types of social influence? Describe them. Social influence is a huge force in our lives that causes behavior modification. The three types of social influence are conformity‚ compliance‚ and obedience. Conformity is when one change as a result of the mere presence of other people‚ compliance is when one change because others ask for it‚and obedience is when one change because someone tells them to. 2. What were Milgram and Zimbardo’s findings? In Milgram’s initial obedience
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Death was a historical event that took place in Europe from 1346 - 1353. The causes of the Black Death included people from Asia travelled to Europe‚ the cycle of fleas and rats and conditions in Europe from 1346. The consequences of the Black Death included social‚ economic and political. The first cause of the Black Plague was people from Asia travelled to Europe. The people from Asia that travelled to Europe brought the Black Plague with them and it spread very quickly. The people were probably
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depression started in the U.S in September of 1929 with a decrease in the stock market that later collapsed on October 29‚ 1929. In the 1920’s the United States economy was great . Stocks were bought using credit without worry because values kept growing. In the 1920’s all investments did well. During this time period there were not government regulations on the purchase and sale of stocks‚ the value of the stocks showed little the actual health of the specific industry issuing the stock. Starting
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