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Unemployment is low and foreign investment is at record highs.
Why some nations are rich and others poor has been of on-going interest for economists. Two recent studies, one by Jeffrey Sachs and John Luke Gallup, and the other by Paul Krugman, have set forth new theories. Mickey the Red Full Summary With the demise of the Soviet Union and the transition to capitalism, it is increasingly difficult to point to real-world examples of the differences between capitalism and socialism until you go to Disneyland.