spatial fix
(en)
(in the context of capitalist crisis) avoiding the low-growth phase problem by exporting manufacturing to places with cheaper labour, thereby raising profits for a while
87
This is what some have called the "spatial fix" to capitalist crisis.
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7 years, 8 months ago
This is what some have called the "spatial fix" to capitalist crisis.
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7 years, 8 months ago
creative destruction
(en)
the incessant product and process innovation mechanism by which new production units replace outdated ones; coined by Joseph Schumpeter in 1942 as "the essential fact about capitalism"
88
what Joseph Schumpeter called "creative destruction", which he identified as being the core of capitalist dynamism
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7 years, 8 months ago
what Joseph Schumpeter called "creative destruction", which he identified as being the core of capitalist dynamism
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7 years, 8 months ago
perestroika
(en)
a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost ("openness") policy reform
99
During the heady years of Gorbachev's perestroika in the 1980s
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7 years, 8 months ago
During the heady years of Gorbachev's perestroika in the 1980s
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7 years, 8 months ago
jacaranda
(en)
a type of flowering plant native to tropical and subtropical regions
100
Waiting under the old jacaranda outside Maputo's Hotel Polana
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7 years, 8 months ago
Waiting under the old jacaranda outside Maputo's Hotel Polana
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7 years, 8 months ago
Ming China
(en)
China under the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty; characterised by orderly government and social stability
102
Ming China was surely the world's manufacturing and demographic giant.
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7 years, 8 months ago
Ming China was surely the world's manufacturing and demographic giant.
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7 years, 8 months ago
Mughals
(en)
the Mughal Empire, in the Indian subcontinent, established and ruled by a Muslim Turkic dynasty of Chagatai Turco-Mongol origin from Central Asia; though ethnically Turco-Mongol, Persianate in terms of culture; roughly 1526 and in decline until 1858 (when British rule began)
102
Shortly after 1500 the Mughals imposed their imperial rule in the inherently fractitious India.
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7 years, 8 months ago
Shortly after 1500 the Mughals imposed their imperial rule in the inherently fractitious India.
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7 years, 8 months ago
Safavis
(en)
the Safavid dynasty: one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history (1501–1736)
103
At the very same time the Safavis were ascendent in Iran
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7 years, 8 months ago
At the very same time the Safavis were ascendent in Iran
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7 years, 8 months ago
szlachta
(en)
a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland; gained considerable institutional privileges between 1333 and 1370 during the reign of King Casimir III the Great
104
The glorious cavalry of Polish feudal szlachta was doomed in the new epoch
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7 years, 8 months ago
The glorious cavalry of Polish feudal szlachta was doomed in the new epoch
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7 years, 8 months ago
eschatology
(en)
the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind
106
followed the eschatological vision of Karl Marx
on the Bolsheviks in 1917
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7 years, 6 months ago
followed the eschatological vision of Karl Marx
on the Bolsheviks in 1917
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7 years, 6 months ago
nomenklatura
(en)
a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in the bureaucracy running all spheres of those countries' activity
108
Eventually the name nomenklatura would become a pejorative for stolid bureaucrats.
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7 years, 8 months ago
Eventually the name nomenklatura would become a pejorative for stolid bureaucrats.
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7 years, 8 months ago