Capitalism
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Capitalism An economic system characterized by the private ownership of production and the regulation of supply and demand through the price mechanism in a free market, as described by Adam Smith (b. 1723, d. 1790) in his book
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The term has been used by
Marxists to describe an epoch in the evolution of history from a feudal to an ideal, Communist society. However, the longevity of capitalism has been proven by the ultimate failure of Communist countries to replace the free market with the central planning of supply and demand, and their inability to create sufficient incentives for individual enterprise apart from private property.
Keynesianism;
monetarism;
globalization
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SA: Simpson Desert to close every summer
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 11/11/2008; 399 words
; ...Australia) 11-11-2008 SA: Simpson Desert to close every summer By Larine Statham ADELAIDE, Nov 11 AAP - The Simpson Desert will be closed for the first...closure will take effect in the Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional...
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Qld: Chinook rescues injured rider in Simpson Desert
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 6/11/2009; 377 words
; ...Chinook rescues injured rider in Simpson Desert By Petrina Berry BRISBANE, June...when he fell off his bike in the Simpson Desert has been rescued by an army...Birdsville, in the middle of the Simpson Desert, about 1.40pm (AEST...
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SA: Motorcyclist dies in Simpson Desert
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 7/30/2001; 249 words
; ...Australia) 07-30-2001 SA: Motorcyclist dies in Simpson Desert ADELAIDE, July 30 AAP - A man died today after falling from his motorcycle in the Simpson Desert in central Australia, police said. A police spokeswoman...
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PICTURE THIS: JESSICA IN THE DESERT.(Jessica Simpson does advertising for Vince Camuto contemporary clothing line)
Magazine article from: WWD; 11/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...You can take Jessica Simpson out of the country but you...western edge of the Mojave Desert in a white cotton wraparound...background of amorphous hills, Simpson steeped herself in fantasy...country girl," the Texas-born Simpson said later in an interview...
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MAIN FEATURE: Deep in war-torn desert, Saddam's horrors revealed; A former murder squad investigator is probing the dark secrets of Iraq's killing fields. RICHARD McCOMB talks to Barrie Simpson.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...murder squad detective, Simpson has no misapprehensions about...nothing could have prepared Simpson for what he discovered in the inhospitable deserts of Iraq: mass slaughter...in the middle of nowhere. Simpson, who has worked as a forensic...
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JETHAWKS ABLE TO HOLD ON RELIEVER SIMPSON TURNS BACK TWO HIGH DESERT RALLIES JETHAWKS 6, HIGH DESERT 0.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 8/27/2000; 489 words
; ...Saturday night against High Desert, they were limited to just...key a 6-0 victory over High Desert in front of 4,370 at Maverick...off JetHawks reliever Allan Simpson. The hit, with one man on...second with two outs, but Simpson struck out Travis Oglesby to...
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Crik: Simpson ready to make name for himself
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 10/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...scores or wicket hauls - it's more like a Simpson desert. But Queensland Cricket have seen something in Simpson that statistics can't measure - heart...pressure moments where they succeeded," Simpson told AAP. "That's my intention, to...
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Qld: Name change proposed for iconic desert's Qld park
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 2/14/2008; 372 words
; ...change proposed for iconic desert's Qld park BRISBANE, Feb...Traditional owners of Queensland's Simpson Desert National Park have been...parallel sand dunes of the Simpson Desert National Park than the...other Elders of the group. The Simpson Desert spreads over the borders...
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Australian desert closes this summer.
Magazine article from: Travel & Tourism News; 1/1/2009; 462 words
; ...tourists who get stranded in the desert. Australian authorities decided to close the Simpson Desert from December last...dangerous place to visit. The Simpson Desert Conservation Park...no roads going through the Simpson Desert, just 4x4 tracks...
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FED: Call for desert trekkers to carry beacons
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 8/24/1999; 548 words
; ...the first people to cross the Simpson Desert unaided in 1973, said...he was walking through the desert in winter. "He wouldn't...spiritual enlightenment in the desert) ... I like to go to the desert knowing what I'm doing...conditions of Australian sandy deserts. If he thought he was ...
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Simpson Desert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Simpson Desert c.50,000 sq mi (130,000 sq km), barren region of...and 1,500 ft (457 m) apart, run for miles across the desert. Charles Sturt briefly visited the desert in 1845 and Cecil T. Madigan crossed it in 1939.
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Australia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...continent's largest lake. It lies on the edge of the Simpson Desert and is a dry salt flat for most of the year. Alice...rivers are only seasonal. Much of the Western Plateau is desert, although areas of grass and low shrubs are found on...
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Charles Sturt
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Subsequently Sturt made a 450-mile journey toward the center but failed to reach the Tropic of Capricorn or to cross the Simpson Desert. When he returned to Adelaide, almost blind and broken in health, Sturt had abandoned his belief in the existence...
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Anspach, Susan 1939(?)–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...Widow, Blood Red, Hemdale, 1990. Madeline Hix, Back to Back, Concorde/Vertex, 1990. Kate Simpson, The Rutanga Tapes (also known as Desert Chase and Killer Instinct ), Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video, 1991. Pamela Wood, Alien X Factor...
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Fertile Crescent
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...x2019; s arc surrounded hostile desert and acted as a fertile shore against this “ Desert Bay ” (the Syrian Desert). The first “ ancient...In William Hallo and William Simpson ’ s 1998 edition of...
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