... established territory (of Laconia and Messenia), had its own problems and was not designed to maintain an empire. Mitchell (1964, 306) confirms this by stating "So long as Sparta had little or nothing to do with the outside world, so long could it exist in the primitive state of economy". However, Polybius's view is more moderate in stating (in David, 1986 ... citizens possessed private property (this) led, finally to greed, honoring of wealth", which demonstrates how corruption led to a departure from the traditional economic organisation of relative "equality" in Sparta. As women coul...

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... of the basic education received by the population, which is increasingly important in today's economy. Basic education increases the efficiency of each individual worker. Moreover, often workers who have received little formal education can carry out only simple manual tasks and find it much more difficult to adapt to more advanced production processes and techniques, and therefore contribute less to devising ... place. Efficient labor markets must also ensure clear strong incentives for employees and efforts to promote meritocracy at the workplace, and they must provide equity in the b...

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... of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Sonia Cuales, argues that although some international economic strategies have produced notable statistical results, there has been little reduction of some persistent problems. According to the article, "recent research projects appear to have withheld a final verdict on the impact of structural adjustment and globalisation on countries in the ... of SAPs on vulnerable groups, especially the poor. Wedderburn and Levy have identified several other groups specifically affected by economic adjustment an...

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