CRISES Paul Krugman‚ January 2010 As this is formally billed on this program as the Nobel lecture‚ I suppose that I’m expected to focus on the work for which I was honored with the prize. And yet … proud as I am of the work I and many others did on increasing-returns trade and economic geography‚ given what is happening in the world – and given what I’ve largely been working on these past dozen years – that work is not uppermost in my mind. Fortunately‚ there’s an out. The Nobel committee
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Benito Mussolini was born on July 29‚ 1883 in Predappio. The son of a blacksmith he was largely self-educated. He became a schoolteacher and a socialist journalist in northern Italy. In 1910 he married Rachele Guidi who bore his five children. Mussolini was jailed in 1911 for his opposition to Italy’s war in Libya. Soon after his release in 1912 he became editor of the socialist newspaper in Milan‚ "Avanti!". When WWI began in 1914 Mussolini advocated
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profitable illegal activity in the world and the Western demand for Eastern European prostitutes have support sex-slave industry. One of factors of increasing human trafficking has been militarization and war in the Balkans. After the war Yugoslavia‚ a large number of foreign males in Balkans have given rise to the trafficking of numerous Eastern European girls for commercial sex exploitation. Maybe there are some other factors‚ but those above-mentioned points are the main
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early 20th centuries‚ many financial crises were associated with banking panics‚ and many recessions coincided with these panics. Other situations that are often called financial crises include stock market crashes and the bursting of other financial bubbles‚ currency crises‚ and sovereign defaults. Many economists have offered theories about how financial crises develop and how they could be prevented. There is little consensus‚ however‚ and financial crises are still a regular occurrence around
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condition of unavailability of liquid money from the banks and money lending agencies in an economy is known as credit crunch”. The 2007-2009 global financial crises are known as Credit crunch which is described as economic recession and it is considered as worst financial crises after the last financial crises in 1930s. These financial crises resulted in the failure of many large financial agencies along with the liquidation of many banks announced by the government. The impacts of credit crunch spread
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Europe (Germany‚ Italy‚ and Austria-Hungary vs. Britain‚ France‚ Russia) By 1900‚ most of the world had been carved up The two alliance systems focused on the leading European trouble spot‚ the Balkans Nations tended to use military growth as a distraction from social tensions Small nations in Balkans fought two wars in 1912-1913 July 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist; Last straw for Austria-Hungary Russia refused Austria bully Serbia; France vowed to
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Empire reached its height under Suleiman the Magnificent (reigned 1520-66)‚ when it expanded to cover the Balkans and Hungary‚ and reached the gates of Vienna. The Empire began to decline after being defeated at the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and losing almost its entire Navy. It declined further during the next centuries‚ and was effectively finished off by the First World War and the Balkan Wars. One legacy of the Islamic Ottoman Empire is the robust secularism
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History of Belly Dance Belly dancing is the oldest form of dance‚ with its roots that lie in all ancient cultures from the orient to India to the Middle East. We can trace its history back Mesopotamia over six thousand years ago‚ with Turks‚ Egyptians‚ and Phoenicians all claiming this dance as their own. Throughout history‚ this form of dance has been performed by women‚ for women. In villages‚ women would dance solely for other women during family and social gatherings. The women
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1) Which three empires met at the Balkans? Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 2) How did Emperor Franz Joseph rule the Hasburg Empire? Franz Joseph was the emperor of Austria and the king of Hungary. He was the uncle of Franz Ferdinand and ruled for 66 years. During his reign‚ Franz Joseph resisted any type of change‚ hated political reform and was referred to as the ‘last European monarch of the old school’. 3) How was the Hasburg Empire regarded internationally? The
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skills are essential for business leaders to facilitate effective responses to crises. Second‚ presentation substance‚ liken to competence‚ builds trust and credibility during stable times as well as times of crisis. Finally‚ leaders must understand the impact of their actions on encouraging organizational norms that result in a corporate culture of positive behaviors based on pure motives‚ especially during crises. Key Words: listening‚ selfless service‚ substance‚ competence‚ norms‚ motives
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