...The Fall of Lloyd George * When Bonar Law resigned in 1921 Lloyd Georges relations with the conservatives started to break down * In 1922 Lloyd George was accused of selling peerages to finance his own party in the ‘honours scandal’ * In the ‘Chanak Affair’ Lloyd George was accused of ordering British troops into action without consulting government * The Conservatives believed that they could stand for election successfully without Lloyd George after their success at Newport * In the famous Carlton Club meeting of 1922 they decided to go into the election independently * Bonar Law and Baldwin made key speeches in the meeting * The conservatives won the following election which was in 1922. The Asquithian Liberals and Lloyd George won 116 seats between them. Labour managed to win 142 seats which was the first sign of the Liberal decline and Labour becoming the key party to battle the Conservatives for government The Conservatives and Labour Governments 1923-9 * As the British political described is often described as a two-horse-race with the fall of the Liberals fall came the rise of the Labour Party * Labour managed to get into power under Ramsay MacDonald in 1923-4 and 1929 but these were minority governments * After eight months Bonar law had to resign due to illness and was replaced by Baldwin who called an election on tariff reform and lost * The Labour party went some way to prove they could be adequate in office by introducing...
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...Political spectrum is a system of classification of different political positions upon one or more. On the. Demo metric axes it symbolizes independent political decisions. In other words a way of representing peoples world views often from liberal to conservative. A political spectrum is an arch that has a left and a right wing on the lower left wing it starts with radical, then to liberal, to moderate to, conservative and lastly reactionary. These stances are different views of political decisions. A radical stance favors a lot of change yo an altered or entirely new social system. Liberals believe that the government must take action to change economic, political, and ideological policies thought to be unfair. Next is Moderate, moderates hold a belief that falls between liberal and conservative views including somewhat similar views from both conservative and liberal. The Conservative stance wants to keep in place. The economic, political, and social structures of society, so no change in society. Lastly on the spectrum is reactionary. The reactionary part if this spectrum seeks extreme change to resort society to an earlier, more conservative state. Overall where I fall on the political spectrum is more moderate then Liberal or Conservative. Examples of my decisions are biased off of current events that are currently being discussed in the United-states like the issue of legalization of marijuana, budget cuts in school funds and drinking ages at 18 or 21. My views of each currently...
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...Margaret Thatcher was the first female British Prime Minister. The leader of the Conservative Party, she won three consecutive terms of office (the only British prime minister in the twentieth century to do so), transformed the nation governing from 1979 - 90. She was also the most divisive prime minister of the century, earning both great reverence but also deep hatred from the divided public, particularly for her treatment of trade unions. Britain’s economy in 1979 was in a poor state, and Thatcher’s first term in office saw her and her chancellor adopt an economic theory known as Monetarism, while stripping away government regulations on business and subsidies. Many inefficient businesses failed as a result, leading to a rise in unemployment and inflation doubled. This she countered with a rise in taxes and a change in the money supply, bringing both a sharp fall in inflation and opposition from economists and the public. At this point the Thatcher government was deeply unpopular. Then, Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982, a British island in the southern hemisphere. The ensuing Falklands War, which Thatcher ran victoriously with great patriotic fervour, boosted the popularity of her government hugely, leading, along with deep division among the Labour Party (the main political opposition), to the Conservatives winning a large majority at the General Election in 1983. The North-South Gap that exacerbated in Britain during the Thatcher years is a consequence of the decline...
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..."guiding function of price"? (Points : 3) a change in tastes and preferences an increase in price caused by a shift in supply income shift caused by an economic recession an increase in number of buyers Question 4. 4. Transaction costs include (Points : 3) costs of negotiating contracts with other firms. cost of enforcing contracts. the existence of asset-specificity. All of these Question 5. 5. An increase in input prices will cause (Points : 3) supply to shift rightward, equilibrium price to rise, and equilibrium quantity to fall. supply to shift leftward, equilibrium price to rise, and equilibrium quantity to fall. supply to shift rightward, equilibrium price to fall, and equilibrium quantity to rise. supply to shift leftward, equilibrium price to fall, and equilibrium quantity to rise. **** THIS WAS WRONG ****** Question 6. 6. Suppose the price of crude oil drops from $150 a barrel to $120 a barrel. The quantity bought remains unchanged at 100 barrels. The coefficient of price elasticity of demand in this example would be (Points : 3) -0.5. infinity. -1.0. 0. Question 7....
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...defined as the number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year. The decrease in these rates has been due to a number of factors. One reason for the fall in the birth rate is as a result of the declining infant mortality rate (IMR). This has meant as a factor that because there are less infant deaths before their first birthday, there are a number of fewer children needing to be born as replacements for those that the parents have lost. The IMR in 1900 was 154 whereas this has fallen to just 4.4 in 2014. This decline in the IMR has been due to better awareness of nutrition and a vast improvement in the NHS care of post-natal mothers by setting up support clinics. But sociologists have argued that the trend to smaller families first happened in urbanised areas where the IMR remained quite high. Another main reason for the fall in the birth rate is the changes that have happened since 1900 to give a better position to women in society. The changing position of women has contributed to more women now choosing to have a career before children and with an easier access to divorce and family diversity being acknowledged Liberal Feminists have argued that now women have an increased choice and are a step closer to being free from patriarchal oppression. Feminist movements who were an influential figure in the early 1900s also gave rise to the awareness of contraception and medical intervention in the choice for women. Marie Stopes , a suffragist, especially raised awareness of contraceptives...
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...PAPER 2 – THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALISM PRESENTED TO PROFESSOR MARK NICKENS FOR CHHI 302 – DO1 BY REV. JOSEPH T. WHITAKER, III LU23755920 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA NOVEMBER 19, 2014 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALISM -------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CHRISTIAN REACTION TO DARWINISM AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC THEORIES— THE RISE OF HIGHER CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE-------------------------------------------------- THE SOCIAL GOSPEL--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FUNDAMENTALS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SCOPES TRIAL----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCLUSION------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIBLIOGRAPHY---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...
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...he lead the country to victory. Instead of their conservative wartime leader, the british public voted for labour and its leader, Clement Attlee. Whilst both Churchill and Attlee were household names in the UK, Attlee was relatively unknown outside of the country, which is why the result of the election came as such a shock to many people around the world, who expected the british public to unanimously side with the man that had lead them to victory in the wartime period. The 1945 election was held on the July 5th with the election campaigns beginning in ernest a month prior. However due to many british servicemen stationed around the world still involved in the war against japan which would not be brought to a close until August 9th. This meant that the results of the election were not known until July 26th, when it was announced that labour had secured 47% of the votes, and 61% of the seats in the house of commons. Towards the end of the war in Europe, the Labour party withdrew from the wartime government in peroration for the forthcoming election to take place in July. Prior to the election, King George VI dissolved the parliament that had stood for 10 years without an election, to make way for the forthcoming july election, that would provide the country with a dedicated postwar government lead by a peacetime leader. Winston Churchill was said to be ‘both shocked and stunned’ by the defeat suffered by his conservative party, especially after opinion polls from earlier...
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...How far did ‘luck’ play a part in Margaret Thatcher’s leadership election victory of 1975? As is typical of history, Margaret Thatcher’s leadership election victory of 1975 has produced many differing views from historians on the extent of Margaret Thatcher’s good fortune in her ascent to power within the Conservative Party. The central focus of the debate is whether her election had mainly been due to luck- events that she had no real control over and had ‘fallen her way’, or whether, although some luck may have been involved, it had mainly been Thatcher’s own personal attributes and doing that allowed her to gain an unexpected majority over Ted Heath. Andrew Marr focuses predominately on ideological transitions within the Conservative Party. The general feeling conveyed in his chapter is that it was good fortune that had played the main part in her rise to power. Edward du Cann, and Keith Joseph, in his view, would have been worthier opponents more desirable to the Tory party, and it was their personal failings to stand for election that meant that Thatcher obtained votes ‘by default’; she had been the only reasonable candidate left standing, and thus obtained the votes necessary to win. Marr puts forward the idea that Thatcher essentially ‘adopted’ the Josephite figure and had good fortune as she inherited a policy that he had laboriously created and promoted, and had only received a large amount votes purely due to her association with the increasingly attractive Josephism...
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...chemicals, which quickly saw 90% of the world’s hair dye exported from Germany alone. However, the impact of a healthy economy was not entirely positive. Rapid economic growth brought an increase in class divisions, as the traditional system came under threat as a result of changing methods. Further, the industrial revolution saw urbanisation become a growing trend as people relocated to the job-filled cities; nonetheless, overcrowding saw a fall in living conditions and a rise in discontent with the working environment, leading to increased membership in trade unions. Moreover, pressure groups began to emerge as funding became readily available and confidence grew among the prosperous public. Although rapid economic growth was the main cause of social tensions in Wilhelmine Germany, the Constitution’s failure to establish the role of the Army led to anger among the public who felt as if they were being ignored by the Kaiser and the Chancellor. In addition, the increased following of socialism caused tensions between the traditional, conservative side of Germany, and those who felt change was needed. Overall, social tensions in Wilhelmine Germany were a result of a combination of factors, the main influence being rapid economic growth. A lifestyle change for millions of people living in Germany came with economic growth. Cities were flooded by workers looking to take advantage of the Industrial Revolution happening within the country. Despite this, Germany could still be...
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...foremost expressed a distrust of government. Proponents of conservatism were able to effectively direct this mood and coalesce for electoral ends through a process of ideologically based group formation and mobilisation. These relatively stable and interlinked groups heightened the salience of themes identified as conservative in political discourse. The political climate was pointed in the direction of a conservative...
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...French Revolution The French Revolution last from 1789 to 1799. This war had many causes that began the revolution. Its causes ranged from the American Revolution, the economic crisis in France, social injustices to the immediate causes like the fall of Bastille, the Convening of he Estate-General, and the Great Fear. As a result of this revolution there many effects , immediate and long term. The immediate effects were the declaration of rights of man, abolishing of olds reign, execution of king and queen, the reign of terror, and war and forming of the citizen-army. The long term effects were the rise of Napoleon, spread of revolutionary ideas, growth of nationalism, and the conservative reaction. The contributing factors to the French Revolution was the economic crisis in France. The French government had undergone economic crises, resulting from the long wars waged during the reign of Louis XIV, the losses incurred in the French and Indian War, and increased indebtedness arising from loans to the American colonies during the American Revolution. The American Revolution showed that they got economical and political freedom from Britain. This liberalism sparked many revolutions in Europe ,but in France the ideas of the Enlightenment and liberalism were put to their fullest test. The French people wanted rights and would later get these. Another reason was that the old regime was ineffective and it abused its power. The immediate causes of the French Revolution were that the...
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... Finally my third choice for a source is a .edu that is from a research institute. I also did a little research on the authors and they were all well established and respected writers which would also make my research more reliable. All three of my selections were relevant because they were all on the same subject of responsibility as my essay is on personal responsibility. My sources were also all fairly recent the oldest of the three was written in 1994 but I still find the information very useful and it still applies with these modern times. The other two sources were a little newer one was written in 2009 and the other was written in 2013. One of my sources which is The Heritage foundation that is a .org website is a very conservative organization and that would tell me that the author would have a bias based on his political views. Another website I used which is Brookings institute is a .edu and their views seem to me are more towards the liberal side and would also have a bias because of their beliefs. My third choice was geared more towards a law standpoint. I think the information I have used in my essay will do more to strengthen my essay because it all backs up my thesis statement very well. The reader would find that my thoughts are backed by some solid research and they would learn where I am coming from saying that personal responsibility is a good way of going far in your life. I do not think the sources that I have used would weaken my essay. I...
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...The Facts Consider the following two, completely, separate, economies. The expected return and volatility of all stocks in both economies is the same. In the first economy, all stocks move together- in good times all prices rise together and in bad times, they fall together. In the second economy, stock returns are independent-one stock increasing in price has no effect on the prices of other stocks. Assuming you are risk-averse and could chose one of the two economies in which to invest, which one would you chose. What Does Risk Averse Mean? There are numerous ways to describe what risk averse means; however, an accurate description of a risk averse investor is primarily an investor when faced with two investments with a similar expected return (but different risks), will prefer the one with the lower risk. So this person prefers low risk over higher risk and that preference drives their decision making. With this in mind, great care must be taken to examine the facts set, not through my own eyes (perspective), but through the perspective of a person who is indeed risk averse. A risk-averse investor dislikes risk, and therefore will stay away from adding high-risk stocks or investments to their portfolio and in turn will often lose out on higher rates of return. Investors looking for "safer" investments will generally stick to index funds and government bonds, which generally have lower returns. This leads me to hypothesize that to get the correct answer to the...
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...NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO STUDENTS Contains Assignment Questions and Suggested Solutions AT1 Accounting Theory & Contemporary Issues 2012 Printing Session 2 Suggested Solutions Level 4 Certified General Accountants Association of Canada 100 — 4200 North Fraser Way Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5J 5K7 www.cga-canada.org © CGA-Canada, 2012 All rights reserved. These materials or parts thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner without the prior written permission of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. Printed in Canada Every reasonable effort has been made to obtain permissions for all articles and data used in this edition. If errors or omissions have occurred, they will be corrected in future editions, provided written notification has been received by the publisher. Assignment 1 — Session 2 (Winter) This assignment is based on Modules 1 through 5 and is due at the end of Module 5. It is worth 5% of your final course grade. General instructions A. If this is your first time using the Online Learning Environment, check out the Course Orientation and the quick tutorials in the Support Centre. You will find general assignment FAQs in your Assignment Submission/Group Work area. B. Prepare your answers to these assignment questions in Word and save them as one Word document on your hard drive. For the recommended format and filename, see the Assignment Submission/Group Work/FAQ area. If this...
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...DATE: 08/01/2011 BRIEF SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION Marriott initiated a financial reform process during the mid 1970s which was very successful in bringing the company back on a solid foot by 1980. The four year plan included steps to introduce fiscal discipline and maintain certain limits on debt to capital ratio, rating and fund raising activities. Also growth in hotel management fees and cash inflows from selling stakes in low return operations generated an excess amount of cash for the firm. The firm strongly believed in investing its cashflows as it believed in the operating model and the fact that investors would gain higher returns than if dividends were paid out. This higher cash inflow led to reduced need to raise debt. Also this excess cash could be used to pay down outstanding debt (expected to be $125 million by 1883). On the other hand the firm’s equity value was rising and this led to a declining leverage ratio. The management of the company believed that its expertise was in hotel development and management and not in long term hotel ownership. The strategies they designed were based on these factors and they started producing excellent results. In 1980 the growth prospects looked great, especially when compared to its competitors. While its peer companies had stopped growing in businesses they owned and grew very selectively in those they managed without owning, the independent companies weren’t even able to obtain financing for their planned...
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