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Recapturing Bretton Woods prosperity through regulated capitalism and Glass-Steagall reform

Allied Visions: The Success of the Atlantic Charter, Breton Woods, The Keynesian Economy and How to Recapture It Any fan of William Faulkner will remember a quote of his from Requiem for a Nun where observes "The past is never dead.

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China's rise as a manufacturing superpower and outsourcing implications

China is fast emerging as a world superpower due to the roles taken in becoming a major source of the outsourcing sector. China, with its weakened economic state of previous years, has now become a major part of the world's economy with the amount of outsourcing work that they have acquired.

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Cultural borrowing and innovation across Western civilizations from Mesopotamia onward

But while, of course, there are core practices, habits, and beliefs -- and historical moments -- that set off these and other societies from each other, there are many key connections as well.

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Transformational leadership and change management in hospital nursing units

Leadership is said to be effective if it helps a company or entity to achieve its goals and realize outcomes that are consistent with the majority.

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Deaf culture and the National Association of the Deaf

Many people are unaware of how deaf culture can be complex. There are a number of things that make deaf culture what it is. Deaf culture is a culture that is unique to the deaf or people who are hard of hearing.

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Same-sex marriage as a fundamental right and equal protection under law

Homosexuality is not a new social construct nor is marriage between members of the same-sex a new phenomenon (Boswell 80-81).

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Hobsbawm's conceptualization of the thirty-one year war

Eric Hobsbawm's magisterial the Age of Extremes is packed with facts and interpretations. Its ambitious field is world history from 1914 to 1991, from the First World War to the downfall of the Soviet Union.

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Soul and body dualism in Plato and Descartes

To this day, the problem of the mind-body relationship has not been resolved. Indeed, some have rejected all commitment to mentality, according to Jaegwon Kim, while others have resurrected a Schopenhauerian pessimism that says that the problem is insoluble (Kim 580).

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Empirical and theoretical learning: contrasting pedagogical approaches

By the end of the 19th and turn of the 20th century, researchers became fascinated by the differences in learning styles and concepts.

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Adolescent and pre-adolescent exposure to pornography on the internet

The proliferation of internet use has produced greater access to information for young media users. It has also heightened the risk that such use will lead to the exposure to harmful materials.

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