... cartel called OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) that twice dramatically raised oil prices, with far-reaching consequences for the global economy. Finally, arguments about specialization are very short-term. The model of comparative advantage considers states' current best production with no consideration for companies that are currently inefficient but may be learning new skills that will eventually ... of the European Industrial Revolution and suggested replication in the developing world. Political change was required to introduce political systems that were partiall...

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... should win there would be no further question of assistance from the United States-(Blum). The propaganda campaign also used radio broadcasts both in the United States (an estimated 1.2 million short-wave receivers in Italy in 1946) and Italy to carry the message of voting against communism. The message the United States routinely tried to implore was that the elections of ... would be shipped off to work in Russia, far away from there beloved homeland and culture. The United States played on this fear by urging Eastern European refugees to tell stories, over the radio, of living life b...

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... to is the notion of "alternatives to development," precisely because no post-development theorist provides concrete alternatives. Despite all the criticisms post-development writers have expressed, they fall short in providing actual alternatives and remain in the realm of critique, which does nothing to actually change the current status quo of development. Moreover, by focusing on the local and ... already in place in the area, emphasizing relations rather than the logics of development, and building upon the economic interdependence of individuals and groups. They particularly point ...

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