Free trade is a policy that waives all barriers to imports and exports between a bloc of nations. Free trade is typically a liberal economic position, though it is known as a conservative position in the United States. Left-wing and far-right nationalist parties tend to promote protectionism, which is considered the opposite of free trade. …
Youth sports are highly popular in the United States. At any given point, American families have one child participating in sports like soccer, football, or hockey. Kids who play sports amount to around 45 million children in the US at any given time. Superficially, kids being active and healthy is a plus, but underlying this are …
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The practice of holding live animals in “zoos” dates back to ancient human civilization as far back as 2500 BCE. Wall carvings in Mesopotamia show evidence of menageries owned by the highest ranks of society. Early zoos served as symbols of wealth and status, where owners severely mistreated animals for entertainment. The concept of modern …
The Xbox One is console developed and launched by Microsoft in May 2013 and was met with rave reviews. The console was marketed as an “all-in-one entertainment system,” replacing cable and streaming boxes for many users. In this article, we’re taking a look at the various pros and cons of owning an Xbox One. Pros …
Representative democracy is based on the principle that elected officials represent groups of people in government affairs. They create and enforce the rule of law. This form of democracy is prevalent in democratic countries worldwide. The United States, United Kingdom, India, France, Germany, and many others are representative democracies. Representative democracy is a functional alternative …
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In the 1920s the Soviet Union retreated from socialist values in favor of a free market. Free trade was permitted, and as War Communism ended, the Soviet government no longer forcefully requisitioned grain from the peasants. This all came crashing down after 1928 when the period of collectivization began, and the Soviet Union dived into …
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Though historically common in the United States except in private or religious schools, uniforms are beginning to take hold. Between 2004 and 2015, the number of schools using uniforms rose from 12.5% to around 20% The history of school uniforms is unclear. The first school to adopt uniforms was Christ Hospital School in London, starting …
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Coinciding with the fall of the Soviet Union came a rapid growth in various, often polar, viewpoints on the nature of the collapse. Some follow a totalitarian model, believing that once the state ceased to practice coercion, it was bound to collapse, making its entire model inimical to reforms. On the other end were those …
After the October Revolution, Soviet leadership inherited a nation in shambles after a costly World War. Faced with an economy that had been backward before the war and a civil war taking shape, policy became focused on the modernization of the USSR to improve the labor productivity that had already dropped to one-third of pre-war …
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Controversy over persons like Max Planck and Martin Heidegger’s roles in Nazi Germany has permeated various historical writings. Were they willingly cooperating with the regime or covertly resisting it from the inside? The terms “collaboration” and “resistance” have been used to describe their actions, but neither terms are entirely adequate. Instead, I find words such …
