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publications, please visit: http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-mail THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Vol. CXVIII February 2003 Issue 1 INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1913–1998* THOMAS PIKETTY AND EMMANUEL SAEZ This paper presents new homogeneous series on top shares of income and wages from 1913 to 1998 in the United States using individual tax returns data. Top income and wages shares display a U-shaped pattern over the century. Our series suggest that the large shocks that capital

Universities. The popular Shangai Academic Ranking of World Universities published in 2010, confirms that the anglo-saxons are still the most prestigious as they lead by far in term of academic and research performances, specially in the United Kingdom and the United states while their fellows in France are still behind in the rankings. We still can not put aside the fact that every good thing has a price and the least we could say is that higher education in the latter anglo-saxons countries is not affordable

International trade uses a variety of currencies, the most important of which are held as foreign reserves by governments and central banks. Here the percentage of global cummulative reserves held for each currency between 1995 and 2005 are shown: the US dollar is the most sought-after currency, with the Euro in strong demand as well. Another difference between domestic and international trade is that factors of production such as capital and labor are typically more mobile within a country than across

personnes tuées - 300 sur les toits s'effondrent , 100 à partir de la boue flux connu sous le nom lahars, le reste de la maladie dans les centres d'évacuation, y compris la rougeole. •650.000 travailleurs ont perdu leur emploi •700 millions de dollars les dommages •1,2 million de personnes ont perdu leurs maisons Électricité a été coupée, l'eau était contaminée, les liaisons routières ont été détruites, et les liaisons téléphoniques ont été coupées |Les effets sociaux |Effets

Bethel on land the farmer Max Yasgur United States, about sixty miles from Woodstock in upstate New York. Organized to take place from 15 to 17 August 1969 and accommodate 50 000 spectators, he finally welcomed more than 450,000, and continued one more day, until the morning of August 18, 1969. The festival hosted concerts by 32 groups and soloists of folk, rock, soul and blues. The budget for the remuneration of artists reached a total of 200 000 dollars. This is one of the greatest moments

1500s, for more than four centuries now, the West has been ascendant in the world economy. With but 14 percent of the world’s population in 1820, Western Europe and four colonial oªshoots of Great Britain (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States) had already achieved around 25 percent of world income. By 1950, after a century and a half of Western industrialization, their income share had soared to 56 percent, while their population share hovered around 17 percent. Asia, with 66 percent

I) A short history of Israel lobbies. II) Focus on two lobbies : A) AIPAC. B) J-Street, the emerging Israel lobby III) Israel lobbies and current events. I. A short history of Israel lobbies in the United States  1967 : consolidation of the relations between Israel and the United States  1974 : Yasser Arafat’s move for an Israel-palestinian peace agreement Mobilisation of Israel lobbies against it.  Carter’s presidency: eviction of the AIPAC and of the Presidents Conference

BMW Case Analysis : We can begin by the facts, during this period, the number of cars sales in united states decreased by 24%, but BMW evolution was worse with a decrease of aproximatively 30% during the same period. So what are the reasons of the decline of BMW on the american market beetween 1986 and 1991? We can notice several key events which had a strong influence on BMWs business. The brand is on the luxury / performance car segment of the market touched by differents news reforms

United Kingdom, France and €uro. How much did the UK take advantage of keeping its currency in comparison with France which is in the European Union?   B uilding an European union means a huge cooperation between all the European nations has to be set up. The first and the most important aim had been instituted: peace. Nevertheless, lots of difficulties have appeared: exchanges rates’ crisis, oil chocks, Germany’s reunification, adherence of new countries…. And yet, at last but not least

Founded 1985 Type Non-governmental organization Focus Research, Patient Aid Location Washington, D.C., United States President and CEO Barbara Newhouse Revenue $24 million (in 2013)[1] Website alsa.org La campagne a réussi à lever plus de 100 millions de dollars américains de fonds pour l'association ALS (de 3 millions de donneurs différents dans le monde entier), contre 2,8 millions de dollars l'année précédant cette médiatisation. Un article de TIME publié en août 2014 estime que de par l'ampleur