A Historical Perspective on Silica and the Glass Industry in the USA

AbstractDiscussions about the relationship between 'religion' and 'human rights' often focus on the problems that arise from 'religion'. Within a European historical perspective this is understandable since one of the most important aspects of the historical development of the 'human rights' tradition in the Europe has been the struggle for the right not to believe.However, the concept of the 'secular' is also not unproblematic. Thus this article explores the contested relationship between 'human rights' and 'religion' by bringing into focus also the relatively hidden factor of the 'secular'. This is done by exploring the forms of secularity exemplified in the traditions and approaches that are found in the USA, France, Turkey, the Netherlands and India. Finally, reference is made to traditional Islamic models for integrating cultural and religious plurality, before concluding with some discussion of the thought of Marc Luyckx in relation to the future of Europe.

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PMI: mortgage backstop from the Alger Report to Dodd-Frank

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance ◽

10.1108/jfrc-02-2013-0003 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 43-48

Author(s):

Adolph Neidermeyer ◽

Naomi E. Boyd ◽

Presha Neidermeyer

Keyword(s):

Financial Institutions ◽

Income Tax ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Historical Perspective ◽

Critical Role ◽

Mortgage Lending ◽

Content Type ◽

The Usa ◽

Federal Income Tax ◽

Historical Role

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical perspective and going-forward assessment of the importance of private mortgage insurance (PMI) entities in the residential-lending landscape in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Financial data from the PMI entities and federal income tax data were analyzed to comment on the importance of the PMI entities in the historical and current mortgage-lending environment. Findings – PMI entities played a critical role in expanding the population of mortgage candidates for financial institutions. Through the guarantees offered by PMI entities, financial institutions granted loans to individuals who otherwise would not have qualified for mortgages. Originality/value – No prior research has assessed the overall historical role played by these primary PMI entities.

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Distribution, wealth and demand regimes in historical perspective: the USA, the UK, France and Germany, 1855–2010

Review of Keynesian Economics ◽

10.4337/roke.2021.03.03 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 337-367

Author(s):

Englebert Stockhammer ◽

Joel Rabinovich ◽

Niall Reddy

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Historical Perspective ◽

Domestic Demand ◽

Wealth Effects ◽

World War ◽

Data Set ◽

Residential Investment ◽

The Usa ◽

Total Investment ◽

The Uk

Most empirical macroeconomic research is limited to the period since World War II. This paper analyses the effects of changes in income distribution and in private wealth on consumption and investment covering a period from as early as 1855 through to 2010 for the UK, France, Germany and the USA, based on the data set of Piketty and Zucman (2014). We contribute to the study of wealth effects, of financialization, and of the nature of demand regimes. We find that overall domestic demand has been wage-led in the USA, the UK and Germany. Total investment responds positively to higher wage shares, which is driven by residential investment. For corporate investment alone, we find a negative relation. Wealth effects are found to be positive and significant for consumption in the USA and the UK, but weaker in France and Germany. Investment is negatively affected by private wealth in the USA and the UK, but positively in France and Germany.

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Political Aspects of CEE-Countries Participation in American Anti-Terrorism Campaign (2001–2011)

Czech-Polish Historical and Pedagogical Journal ◽

10.2478/cphpj-2014-0011 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Andrii Koblan

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Historical Perspective ◽

September 11 ◽

Active Participation ◽

Comparative Approach ◽

The Political ◽

Additional Contribution ◽

Terrorist Threat ◽

The Usa ◽

Visegrad Group

AbstractThe paper deals with the political moments of CEE countries participation in American anti-terrorist and military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the course of these events, it accentuates the bilateral relationships between four countries of Visegrad group with the USA, with the focus on the participation of Poland and Czech Republic that presented some different, although controversial patterns of support of American policy. The paper clearly shows the remoteness of international terrorist threat in the region that is irrelevant with active participation of the region in outer campaigns in Asia, with dubious rationale and consequences. As a result this paper is the attempt to consolidate the conclusions of other (predominantly local) works on the issue, but also to generalize this issue from the historical perspective; and is the additional contribution to the whole picture of American anti-terrorist campaign in the first decade of XXI century. Thus the background of terrorism in the region is contemplated through the context of American anti-terrorist policy along with the reforms of anti-terrorist system of these states after “September 11”. Indeed, main point of the work is the comparative approach to analyzing the contribution of Poland and Czech Republic to the anti-terrorist campaign.

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Integration in Europe of human genetics results obtained by Spaniards in the USA: A historical perspective

Scientometrics ◽

10.1007/s11192-007-1861-2 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 75 (3) ◽

pp. 473-493

Author(s):

Emilia Currás ◽

Enrique Wulff Barreiro

Keyword(s):

Historical Perspective ◽

Human Genetics ◽

The Usa

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Broadening and Deepening: Soy Expansions in a World-Historical Perspective

Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) revista de la Solcha ◽

10.32991/2237-2717.2020v10i2.p244-277 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 244-277

Author(s):

Ernst Langthaler

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Historical Perspective ◽

Soybean Plant ◽

South American ◽

Capitalist Mode ◽

Nation States ◽

The Us ◽

The Usa

This article assesses the ongoing South American soy expansion from a world-historical perspective, comparing the case of Brazil with the cases of China and the USA. For this purpose, it applies the concept of commodity frontier, involving both external and internal modes of capitalist incorporation. The Chinese soy expansion (1900s–1930s) shows a predominant shift of the external frontier, associated with the peasant mode of farming. The US soy expansion (1930s–1970s) represents a predominant shift of the internal frontier, connected to the entrepreneurial mode of farming. The Brazilian soy expansion (1970s–2010s) reveals a flexible combination of extensive and intensive frontier shifts, corresponding with the capitalist mode of farming. These commodity booms were driven not only by nation states, capitalist enterprises and social movements, but also by the potentials and limitations of the soybean plant itself. Shifts of commodity frontiers often disrupted society and nature and, hence, were contested among diverse actors, both human and non-human.

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Broadening and Deepening: Soy Expansions in a World-Historical Perspective

Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) revista de la Solcha ◽

10.32991/2237-2717.2020v10i1.p244-277 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 244-277

Author(s):

Ernst Langthaler

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Historical Perspective ◽

Soybean Plant ◽

South American ◽

Capitalist Mode ◽

Nation States ◽

The Us ◽

The Usa

This article assesses the ongoing South American soy expansion from a world-historical perspective, comparing the case of Brazil with the cases of China and the USA. For this purpose, it applies the concept of commodity frontier, involving both external and internal modes of capitalist incorporation. The Chinese soy expansion (1900s–1930s) shows a predominant shift of the external frontier, associated with the peasant mode of farming. The US soy expansion (1930s–1970s) represents a predominant shift of the internal frontier, connected to the entrepreneurial mode of farming. The Brazilian soy expansion (1970s–2010s) reveals a flexible combination of extensive and intensive frontier shifts, corresponding with the capitalist mode of farming. These commodity booms were driven not only by nation states, capitalist enterprises and social movements, but also by the potentials and limitations of the soybean plant itself. Shifts of commodity frontiers often disrupted society and nature and, hence, were contested among diverse actors, both human and non-human.

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