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61Helen Milner — Helen V. Milner or Helen Milner (born 1958) is a political scientist who has written extensively on issues related to international political economy like international trade, the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy,… …
62Economy of Switzerland — The economy of Switzerland is one of the world s most stable economies. Its policy of long term monetary security and bank secrecy has made Switzerland a safe haven for investors, creating an economy that is increasingly dependent on a steady… …
63Criticism of intellectual property — Critics of the term intellectual property argue that the increased use of this terminology coincided with a more general shift away from thinking about things like copyright and patent law as specific legal instruments designed to promote the… …
64Political culture of Canada — Canadian political culture is in some ways part of a greater North American and European political culture, which emphasizes constitutional law, freedom of religion, personal liberty, and regional autonomy; these ideas stemming in various degrees …
65Long Depression — Not to be confused with long term depression. The Long Depression was a worldwide economic crisis, felt most heavily in Europe and the United States, which had been experiencing strong economic growth fueled by the Second Industrial Revolution… …
66Currency War of 2009–2011 — The Currency War of 2009–2011 is an episode of Competitive devaluation which became prominent in September 2009. Competitive devaluation involves states competing with each other to achieve a relatively low valuation for their own currency, so as …
67Rise of the New Imperialism — The Rise of the New Imperialism overlaps with the Pax Britannica period (1815 1870). The American Revolution and the collapse of the Spanish empire in the New World in the early 1810 20s, following the revolutions in the viceroyalties of New… …
68Public choice theory — Public choice in economic theory is the use of modern economic tools to study problems that are traditionally in the province of political science. (A more general term is political economy , an earlier name for economics that evokes its… …
69Panic of 1873 — A bank run on the Fourth National Bank, No. 20 Nassau Street, New York City, 1873. From Frank Leslie s Illustrated Newspaper, October 4, 1873. The Panic of 1873 triggered a severe international economic depression in both Europe and the United… …
70international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
