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The United States is the most lawless nation on the globe. No subject has attracted more attention and caused more serious discussion. This discussion concerned much more than the causes of lawbreaking, for participants used the issue of criminality to grapple with some of the most troubling cultural dilemmas of their time. The criminal served as an important cultural resource for men and women working to understand and shape the structure of their society and place of the individual within it

authorisation and, therefore, infringe upon the legal right to copy of the right’s owner. Counterfeiting prevails throughout the world; nowadays it counts for ten percent of the world trade and worth of about 500 billion dollars. The United States loses a quarter of a trillion dollars due to global piracy and counterfeiting (Heffes 2008). Sectors that are the most affected are clothing, followed by shoes, jewellery leather goods and watches. Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Burberry, Prada, Hermes, Chanel, Dior

a cultured public or from the system ideologists and non-publics. In order to contrast T. Adorno’s point of view, it is relevant to consider Andrew Keen’s theory, which one seems more brutal. This entrepreneur lives in Silicon Valley, in the United States of America and writes for quite a few American quality newspapers. His blog “The Great Seductions” constitutes a real pamphlet of the musical industries. A. Keen criticizes the social and evolutional platform Web 2.0 and its “cult of the amateur”

ECONOMY: Brazil is the largest national economy in South America.Brazil is the world’s eighth largest economy (Brazil Gross Domestic Product is worth 1572 billion dollars or 2.54% of the world economy). Brazil is one of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world, this fast grown is due to a free market economy with abundant natural resources, a large and growing agricultural, mining, manufacturing and service sectors. On the 15 of April 2008 Brazil entered in a new era in its economic

plus, on peut bien voir (tableau 1) que si l’on prend les grands groupes de pays, les indices éducatifs et les indices économiques évoluent tout à fait parallèlement. Les pays de l’OCDE à revenu élevé affichent ainsi un PIB par tête moyen de 29 000 dollars en 2002 et aussi un taux de scolarisation combiné de 93% tous niveaux confo ndus en 2001/02. L’ensemble des pays en développement avaient pour les mê mes années en moyenne un PIB de 4 054 $ et un taux de scolarisation brut de 60%. Quant aux pays d’Afrique

to know of what I’m talking about: hours of employment were not fixed, there were not leaves, and there were no AC, no wages: almost nothing to eat... That’s why I left that Hell to have a better life. I left my country to come to live in the United States. Sarah Jacobson: Even the opinion poll confirms it! Yvonne Iwahiuic: (surprised) Opinion polls? What opinion polls? If there were such opinion polls about our firms, we would be the first informed. Sarah Jacobson: Yes, an opinion poll

German carmakers, with their specialisation in more powerful cars that produce Geographical distribution of trade in goods (EUR billions) Exports Amount in 2009 Euro area (16 members) of which: Germany Italy Spain United Kingdom New EU Member States* Americas of which: United States Asia of which: Japan China and Hong Kong Near and middle East 169.9 55.5 28.4 27.1 24.5 13.4 30.0 19.7 33.3 4.8 10.3 13.7 Change 2009/2008 in % -18.3 -16.0 -21.0 -21.0 -23.6 -23.2 -21.0 -17.9 -13.1 -14.5 -11.3 5.2

 Introduction : I) Présentation des deux pays : 1- Les Etats unis s’Amérique : a) Situation géographique : Les États-Unis d'Amérique (en anglais: United States of America) forment une république fédérale constituée de 50 États. Ce pays d'Amérique du Nord s'étend de l'Atlantique au Pacifique et du Canada au golfe du Mexique, et comprend aussi l'Alaska et les îles d'Hawaï. Avec un territoire de 9,6 millions de kilomètres carrés, dont 1,5

Opérations de maintien de la paix déployées Personnel militaire déployé Police civile déployée Personnel civil déployé Pays contributeurs de troupes Budget des opérations (en millions de dollars US) 11 5 9 570 35 1 516 26 230 13 11 11 495 155 2 206 56 1 690 28 17 73 393 2 130 2 260 76 3 610 Source : Unrisd (United Nations Reseach Institute for Social Development), Rebuiling Wartorn Societies, Genève, septembre 1993. Depuis 1994, ces indicateurs ont continué à peser lourd dans la gestion des

excess. Many Americans invested on the stock Market ( speculative boom, due to rise of share prices (because of a high demand as they hoped their price will rise further.) Over 8, 5 billion dollars was out on loan. The October 1929 crash (during a period of declining real estate values in the United States (which peaked in 1925). ( 17% loss on on Dow Jones Industrial Average. Black Friday: unstable market. Black Monday: less invertitors on the Market, 13% loss on Dow JIA. Black Tuesday: