Monthly Archives: December 2007

Stalin and the success of the USSR

Posted on December 12, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Did USSR owe its ‘success’ to entirely to Stalin? ie without Stalin, perhaps it may not last that long? When the USSR was formed in 1922, Stalin was a lesser-known senior bureaucrat in the Communist … Continue reading →

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Price/rent ratio in the U.S.

Posted on December 11, 2007 by NC

The Wall Street Journal published this chart a couple of days ago: Too bad these are index numbers (OFHEO house price index to personal consumption expenditures on rent); I’ve been wondering about the long-term yield patterns in housing (and their … Continue reading →

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Trends in U.S. inequality

Posted on December 7, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What are some trends in inequality in the U.S.A in the past 40 years? Inequality has bottomed out in early 1970s and has been on the rise since. It has been estimated that 1% of … Continue reading →

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Majoring in Economics and Japanese?

Posted on December 6, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Is majoring in economics and Japanese, with a minor in Global and International Studies a good road? You are laboring under a mistaken assumption that your undergraduate major somehow matters. It doesn’t, unless it is … Continue reading →

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Lenin, imperialism, and the course of history

Posted on December 6, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: How is lenin’s theory of imperialism relevant to today’s global economic reality? what are the strenghts and weaknesses of these theories Let’s start with the date and the title; Lenin’s major work on imperialism came … Continue reading →

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Globalization, the rich, and the poor

Posted on December 5, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: HELP???Globalization rich and poor? globalization how doesnt the rch get richer and the poor get poorer. I need this for a debate class and this is the only question that’s giving me a hard time … Continue reading →

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Africa, natural resources, and poverty

Posted on December 5, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: With so many natural resources why is Africa still a poor nation, shouldn’t it be one of the richest ? For starters, Africa is not a nation; there are more than 50 nations in Africa. … Continue reading →

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The top jobs on the food chain?

Posted on December 5, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: If there was a chart for the economic food chain what would be the top 10 Jobs? There are only two, really: A founder (but not necessarily the CEO) of a successful large company A … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista: upgrade or not?

Posted on December 4, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: I want to upgrade to Vista, by my notebook doesn’t have a required Pixel Shader Version – What can I do? It says I have no version, and I need version 2.0 – is there … Continue reading →

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Is communism a good idea?

Posted on December 4, 2007 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Is communism inherently a good idea? I am not too educated in this topic, but from what I know it seems that communism is a failed system because of human’s individuality. People are competitive and … Continue reading →

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