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  2. List of totalitarian regimes - Wikipedia

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    According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the early Soviet Union was a "modern example" of a totalitarian state. [2] Britannica says it was "the first examples of decentralized or popular totalitarianism, in which the state achieved overwhelming popular support for its leadership".

  3. Federal Reserve Economic Data - Wikipedia

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    The economic data published on FRED are widely reported in the media and play a key role in financial markets. In a 2012 Business Insider article titled "The Most Amazing Economics Website in the World", Joe Weisenthal quoted Paul Krugman as saying: "I think just about everyone doing short-order research — trying to make sense of economic issues in more or less real time — has become a ...

  4. Concurrent List - Wikipedia

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    The 52 items currently on the list are: [5] [6] 1. Criminal law, including all matters included in the Indian Penal Code at the commencement of this Constitution but excluding offences against laws with respect to any of the matters specified in List I or List II and excluding the use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces of the Union in aid of the civil power.

  5. List of periods and events in climate history - Wikipedia

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    The list of periods and events in climate history includes some notable climate events known to paleoclimatology. Knowledge of precise climatic events decreases as ...

  6. Financial market - Wikipedia

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    The various constituencies in non-depositary markets are mutual funds, insurance companies, pension funds, brokerage firms etc. Relation between Bonds and Commodity Prices: With the increase in commodity prices, the cost of goods for companies increases. This increase in commodity prices level causes a rise in inflation.

  7. Price controls - Wikipedia

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    The equilibrium price, commonly called the "market price", is the price where economic forces such as supply and demand are balanced and in the absence of external influences the (equilibrium) values of economic variables will not change, often described as the point at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal (in a perfectly ...

  8. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    in A Companion to American Environmental History ed. by Douglas Cazaux Sackman (2010): 410–424. online; Williams, Michael. Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography (Cambridge UP, 1989), a major scholarly study; Williams, Michael. "Clearing the United States forests: pivotal years 1810–1860," Journal of Historical Geography 8#1 ...

  9. Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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    The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry. [1] [2] They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. [3]