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21Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Mount Olympus Meets the Middle Kingdom — Introduction officially Games of the XXIX Olympiad The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, involving some 200 Olympic committees and as many as 13,000 accredited athletes competing in 28 different sports, were auspiciously scheduled to begin at 8 …
22Commodity Block Currency — A currency that belongs to a country whose economy is strongly correlated with the price fluctuations of a certain commodity. For example, a large portion of the Canadian economy is tied to the price of oil, which causes the price of this… …
23Byzantium under the Palaiologoi — Infobox Former Country native name = Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων conventional long name = Byzantine Empire common name = Byzantium year start = 1261 year end = 1453 date start = July 25 date end = May 29 event start = Recapture of Constantinople from the… …
24Mundell-Fleming model — The Mundell Fleming model is an economic model first set forth by Robert Mundell and Marcus Fleming. The model is an extension of the IS LM model. Whereas IS LM deals with economy under autarky, the Mundell Fleming model tries to describe a small …
25Bretton Woods system — The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world s major industrial states. The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully negotiated monetary order intended… …
26Mundell–Fleming model — The Mundell–Fleming model, also known as the IS LM BP model, is an economic model first set forth (independently) by Robert Mundell and Marcus Fleming.[1][2] The model is an extension of the IS LM model. Whereas the traditional IS LM Model deals… …
271997 Asian Financial Crisis — The Asian Financial Crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of Asia beginning in July 1997, and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown (financial contagion). It is also commonly referred to as the IMF crisis. Overview The …
28Petrodollar warfare — The phrase petrodollar warfare refers to a hypothesis that a hidden, driving force of United States foreign policy over recent decades has been the status of the United States dollar as the world s dominant reserve currency and as the currency in …
29Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 — The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) is United States federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over the counter derivatives. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 by… …
30Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) — The British halfpenny coin was worth 1/480th of a pound sterling. At first in its 700 year history it was made from silver but as the value of the pound declined, the coin was made from base metals. It was finally abandoned in 1969 as part of the …
