The process of modernization in the West was violent. It relied on colonialism, slavery, war, plunder, and domination. The same processes that made Europe and North America rich also contributed to the impoverishment of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. There's a ten...
America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand but also in many other countries in the world. Though Chinese is spoken by the largest number of people in the world,
MR. James is a rich businessman. He is lots of money. I'm sorry, Mr Jones hasn't come back for his business trip. The car factory is a big employer in the area. Can you believe the mags. Can you believe the magazine sells seven thousands copies a month. A lawyer has been hired...
1 Canada is liked for its quality of life, tolerance and political stability, and for the role it plays on the world stage. Canada never aggressed another country, never had an empire, used its army only to promote peace, justice and democracy, and fought bravely in two world wars. For...
This is the case for Australia, Canada, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Taken together, these six countries comprise 96% of the total residuals of the sample. As these countries comprise the majority of residuals, their plans will be decisive for the overall ...
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They wanted a way of showing people that they were so rich they didn't need to work all the time. And by wearing trainers they were saying, 'I'm busy playing tennis'.Sartorial, by the way, means 'related to clothes'. N...
Certainly, rich countries are over-represented on the fund’s board. The EU and other advanced European economies havearound a third of the “quotas”that determine voting power but less than a quarter of global gross domestic product. The convention that the fund’s managing director is always...
income proponents also see a recognition—even if only implicit—of women's largely unpaid work. Van Parijs and Vanderborght, borrowing a phrase from Rousseau, sum up the utopian view of a basic income: It is "the instrument of freedom," of "real freedom for all and not just the rich....
Russia is rich in human resources as well. Its educational tradition is superb in mathematics and the hard sciences and excellent in languages. As such, it produces plenty of brainy workers. Russia boasts an astounding 99.7% literacy rate and boasts one of the highest rates of tertiary educatio...