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    A. Plan of Investigation The purpose of this investigation is to analyze to what extent did Margret Thatcher, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, impact Britain's economy from 1997-1990. This analysis will look at themes revolving around her impact on the trade unions, tax rates, her impact on unemployment in the UK and her role in the Lawson Boom in the 1980s. However, how other neighboring countries besides the US were affected when Margaret Thatcher came to power will not be investigated

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    cuts and also increased armament-spending factors that contributed to the turnaround of America’s economic situation. This turnaround significantly contributed to the current shape of the economy. However, Reagan’s economic policies of tax cuts, monetarism, retrenchment, and budget deficits have had several negative

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    A: Investigation Thatcherism is defined as the conviction politics, economic, social policy and political style of the British Conservative politician and Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. An exponent or supporter of Thatcherism is called a Thatcherite. During Thatcher’s reign the economy fell and unemployment rose. There were outcries from the British public against her methods of governance. Thatcher was criticised for her blatant lack of sympathy for the poor. However, Margret Thatcher is regarded

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    Federalists and Democratic-Republicans; the latter being in control of the House and Senate, vary in their political and economic beliefs. The northern states held Federalist strongholds and shared many ideologies, such as: focus on industrialization, monetarism, and government centralization. The Democratic-Republicans were mainly based and also most popular in the southern states. Their focus was mostly on agriculture, and their ideologies included states’ rights and voting rights. Neither party wanted

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    What Is Neoliberalism? Neoliberalism has been described by many authors as “the dominant ideology shaping our world today” (Saad-Filho and Johnston, 2005). Neoliberalism is an ideology for economic policy that many economies actively employ worldwide. The idea that neoliberalism is a reincarnation of liberalism suggests that they possess a number of similar core values as the development and demise of liberalism paved the way for neoliberalism to grow to what it has become today (Dag Einar Thorsen

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    Among Time magazine’s most important people of the century in 1999, John Maynard Keynes (5 June 1883 - 21 April 1946), was widely considered to be one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and the founder of modern macroeconomics. The magazine stated “his radical idea that governments should spend money they don’t have may have saved capitalism.” In addition to being an economist, Keynes also served the British Civil Service, directed the Bank of England, and was part of the Bloomsbury

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    believing that the government intervention resulted in price inflation and increased public debt. Friedman argued the most important way into maintaining a healthy economy for all classes is to regulate the supply of money in circulation known as monetarism. Furthermore, John Maynard Keynes, a historical economist during the Great Depression, recognized the importance of government spending to combat economic downturns including the Great Depression. Keynes explained the importance of investment in

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    Throughout the reading I have learned that many of past events in history effect what happens in present times. Geraldine Ferraro, Barry Goldwater, Billy Graham, Ronald Reagan, James Watt and many more played an important role in history. Events such as the Rust Belt, Sunbelt, Proposition 13, Reaganomics, the Iran Contra scandal, and a grassroot movement also played a role in history making. Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president of a majority party. Another woman who created

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    In monetary policy, exchange rates serve either as a target, an instrument or an indicator depending whether it is fixed or floating. Conversely, the focus of this essay is on floating exchange rates, the countries that applied it in the 1970s and its chief advantages. The paper argues that the chief advantages to letting a country’s currency float on the exchange rates are threefold. First, it is principally determined by market forces thus underlying this fact is the efficient allocation of resources

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    So, I’ve decided to start watching films by themes every week. Forcing myself not only to put a break to the insane amount of TV shows I have been watching (I’m back on the TV binge again, I don’t know how it happens, but I always go back to it) but to also analyse patterns within the film industry. First week. Gyllenhaal week, Jake Gyllenhaal to be precise. He has always had really intriguing choices/ or been given interesting characters, trying not to be pinpointed by a single form of filmmaking

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