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    worsened with the financial crisis in the US in 2007. Unable to devalue their currency or circulate more money (Because it is controlled by the ECB), Greece continued to spend money carelessly, even though they were not bringing much money in. When Troika imposed austerity measures, Greece’s public sector (and eventually private) had to make job cuts that only worsened the problem. Unemployment and decreased tax revenue caused Greece to sink even deeper into a recession. Bailouts in 2010 and 2012

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    The concept of a bailout is a loaded topic by itself, and its definition certainly does not give it any help. The words “failing,” “save,” and “collapse” are usually not associated with a light-hearted idea. When a company or a country’s economy is on the verge of collapse, chaos is not far behind. Job loss, bank’s individual trust, the stock market, and even each household’s net. worth is at stake, all of which leads to economic decline. During this time of panic, banks (commercial or central

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    of the crisis originated in the inefficient management of the Greece’s economy and government finances. Additionally, Greece’s involvement in the euro zone reflected a monetary policy that was at odds with its fiscal policy. The crisis resulted in troika providing emergency funds to pay off Greece international loans. The cause of Greece’s financial crisis was led by two factors. First, the country was undermined by political misconduct consisting of extensive

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    One cannot understand the Greek Financial Crises and the general European Financial Crises without understanding the history of the European Union, the creation of the euro, and the Eurozone. The countries involved in the European Financial Crises were Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Ireland and Greece. The Maastricht Treaty created the European Union in 1993. The treaty gave citizenship to all people living in the 28 member countries. This treaty led to the creation of the Euro. In order to join the Eurozone

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    Many observers and the supporters of the Greek governing coalition have been emphasizing the emerging signs of progress under the country’s current reform program, particularly the “green shoots” of economic recovery underpinned by fiscal consolidation (Calamitsis, 2014). Greece’s foreign lenders have generally welcomed this progress, based on the great sacrifices made by the Greek people; but they have also been saying that much still remains to be done, especially in the area of structural reforms

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    Leon Trotsky

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    Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on November 7, 1879, in what is today known as Ukraine. He was the fifth child of a wealthy farmer, David Leontyevich Bronstein, and Anna Bronstein. The family was ethnically Jewish but not religious. At the age of nine, Trotsky was sent to Odessa to attend school, and as Deutscher points out in his biography, ‘Odessa was then a bustling cosmopolitan port city, very unlike the typical Russian city of the time. This environment contributed to the development

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    Debt Crisis: A deadly blow to the European economy Breaking down European sovereign debt crisis: The root causes of the European debt crisis stretches us way back to the purpose and structure of the formation of EU. It was the purpose of economic cooperation that contributed to the transformation of this ‘zone of war’ to ‘zone of peace’. Consequently, the political cooperation among the European countries fulfilled the structural framework in economic sector designed to make it a region of mostly

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    The right of access to the courts may be considered to be the most important of all inmate rights because it is the right upon which all other rights turn. (Carlson & Garrett, 2008) Without it, most prisoners would be unable to appeal their convictions or sentences in a meaningful way it virtually impossible to file lawsuits challenging prison policies or conditions that violate their statutory or constitutional rights. (Carlson & Garrett, 2008) Here in American prisoners in both state and federal

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    The key traits of totalitarianism were responsible for the atrocities of the WW2 era as shown through Hitler’s complete control of information, evidenced by the police terror inflicted upon the citizens, and demonstrated through the persecution of many under Stalin’s control. The key traits of totalitarianism were responsible for the atrocities of the WW2 era as shown through Hitler’s complete control of information on the German people, leading to the anti-Semitic beliefs and discrimination against

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    also made their fortunes by connecting with other insiders in both the party and the bureaucracy forming the present day system of patronage that typifies the Syrian political economy. The most powerful of these new businessmen was the so-called “troika”: ‘Uthman ‘A’idi, Sa’ib Nahhas, and Rami Makhlouf. ‘A’idi was the CEO of the company the Arab Syrian Company for Touristic Establishments (ASCTE), which was a holding company dedicated to the cultivation of Syria’s tourist sector that was opened in

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