The IMF, Monetary Policy, & Changing Marketplaces
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20 pages in length. A detailed analysis of the International Monetary Fund's creation, purpose, function, etc; The writer examines its effectiveness in promoting international cooperation, how it maintains orderly exchange arrangements, facilitates multilateral agreements, and so forth. Of particular interest here is the changing role that the IMF plays in the new post-Communist global marketplace. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Media Deception During The Great Depression
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An 8 page essay on the deceptively optimistic attitude adopted by the press and movie industry before and during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Stock Market Crashes / 1929 vs. 1987 : Focusing mostly upon arguments presented in John Kenneth Galbraith's '1929
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The Great Crash,' the writer of this 5 page paper discusses how the infamous stock market crash which set off the Great Depression-- had quite a bit in common with the more recent crash of 1987. Specific macro-economic similarities are pointed out and relevant conclusions are drawn. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The First Three Years of The Great Depression / 1929-1932
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A 16 page paper exploring the early years of America's Great Depression (1929-1932) in an attempt to determine why it occurred, its implications on society, and the events which positively and negatively influenced the situation. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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The Great Depression
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A 10 page evaluation of the causes behind the great depression of the 1930s. Suggests that the stock market crash of 1929 was only one of many factors which led up to the Depression. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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The Great Depression (1929) / Analysis
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A 4 page paper that considers the impacts and long term ramifications of the Great Depression, while also considering its inevitablity. This paper explores the precursors to the stock market crash of 1929 that initiated the financial devastation and also the effects on national and international economics. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Women at Work/New York Factories, 1890-1920
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An 8 page research paper that examines the lives of women working in New York factories in the early part of the century. The writer focuses on the sociological implications that women working held for the country that includes how the topic of women working was perceived by the general public. The writer used original newspaper accounts to describe a typical strike that dramatized how women were taking part in the early labor movement. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: 90wmenwk.rtf

Italy's Economic History
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An 11 page paper discussing Italy's economic before and after its 19th century unification, the effects of world wars, fascism and Italy's economic development during the last half of the 20th century. It has been common for business places to completely close at lunch and for businesses to be small enough to require very little help from outside the family. Until the pressures and rewards of globalization became apparent in Italy, there was little reason to change the patterns that have been in place for nearly a century. Businesses in other industrialized nations create jobs, greater discretionary income for workers and a greater need for support businesses. Such has not been the case in Italy, but that situation may at last be about to change. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: KSItEconHist.wps

Early Industry and Recent Technology
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A 7 page paper comparing the effects of the industrial revolution and the digital age. The industrial revolution was a true 'revolution,' the likes of which had never before been seen. Such is not the case with the Internet, however. There are aspects of the Internet that can be said to be revolutionary, and of course nothing technologically like it has existed before. There are many parallels with the industrial revolution; both fit into a pattern of development that began even before the industrial revolution. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSindRevTo.wps