It earns money for global TNCs, the majority of which are from the developed world. Out of the 500 largest TNCs in 2010, 140 were from the USA and they had combined revenues of nearly $7 trillion. This huge wealth allows the USA to afford the most technologically advanced, and most global, military in the world. For instance the USA has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Secondly, the military factor allows the country to project power over the world and essentially gives the country an access to nuclear arms.
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Japan: The Post Industrial Society Japan can be considered one of the most revolutionary and innovative societies in the world. It is one of the fastest growing postindustrial societies. It began its transition from an industrial society to postindustrial around 1998 and has now completed the transition. Japan is located in Eastern Asia and is a part of a chain of islands between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. The total land area of Japan is 377,944 km², it’s slightly smaller than the state of California (Area: 424,000 km²).
What impacts did Immigration have on Jacksonian America? Jacksonian America is considered to have been one of the most important historical periods in America. It was marked by prosperity in different areas (Zinn, 2005). Jacksonian period inspired much of American during the eight year period. This was a symbolic period because the rise of President Jackson from backwoods of Carolina to the highest office in the land showed that anyone, no matter the social status, could accomplish what one wanted in America.
EGT1 -Economics and Global Business Task 4 Introduction China is the world’s leading nation in terms of population measure. As of the year 1990, the country had a population of 1,133,682,501 people. This has recorded continued growth of approximately 15 million people annually since then. Therefore, their government has placed a considerable amount of effort in ensuring that the Chinese population lives a better life. However, the process of ensuring this size of a population has a decent and high standard of living has posed a big challenge.
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There are several theories of migration that the author speaks of. The most popular, is the theory that Northeast Asians used the Bering Land Bridge to cross over into North America. The Bering Land Bridge was the stretch of land or ice that may have connected Siberia and North America at some point during the Ice Ages. The author touches on, but does not appear to buy into a few other theories. One theory discussed, is that Egyptians were able to cross over due to some inscriptions and language similarities that were found between the two civilizations.
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Boston (pronounced /ˈbɔstən/ ( listen)) is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts,[11] and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. [12] The city proper, covering just 48.43 square miles, had a population of 617,594 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. [6] Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country.