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Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems [1] characterised by social ownership of the means of production, [2] as opposed to private ownership. [3][4][5] It describes the economic, political, and social theories and movements associated with the implementation of such systems. [6] Social ownership can take various forms, including ...
The anti-austerity movement in Spain, also referred to as the 15-M Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 15-M), [2] and the Indignados Movement, [3] was a series of protests, demonstrations, and occupations against austerity policies in Spain that began around the local and regional elections of 2011 and 2012. [4][3] Beginning on 15 May 2011, many of the subsequent demonstrations spread through ...
The Nazi Party, [b] officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei [c] or NSDAP), was a far-right [9][10][11] political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The Nazi Party ...
The general region of Xinjiang has been known by many different names, including Altishahr —the historical Uyghur name for the southern half of the region referring to "the six cities" of the Tarim Basin —Khotan, Khotay, Chinese Tartary, High Tartary, East Chagatay (it was the eastern part of the Chagatai Khanate), Moghulistan ("land of the Mongols"), Kashgaria, Little Bokhara, Serindia ...
Inflation and crude oil price, 1969–1989 (pre-Reagan years highlighted in yellow) Prior to the Reagan administration, the United States economy experienced a decade of high unemployment and persistently high inflation (known as stagflation). Attacks on Keynesian economic orthodoxy as well as empirical economic models such as the Phillips Curve grew. Political pressure favored stimulus ...
Communism (from Latin communis 'common, universal') [1][2] is a political and economic ideology whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need. [3][4][5] A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes, [1 ...
Democracy[nb 1] is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. [2][3][4] Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive or maximalist definitions link democracy to guarantees of civil liberties and human rights in addition to competitive elections. [5][6][4] In a direct ...
Transfer payments to (persons) as a percent of Federal revenue in the United States Welfare in America In the United States, the federal and state social programs include cash assistance, health insurance, food assistance, housing subsidies, energy and utilities subsidies, and education and childcare assistance. Similar benefits are sometimes provided by the private sector either through ...