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...blame, and so theoreticians have accused greedy speculators, Wall Street manipulators, gold merchants and a carnival of other scapegoats. Those experts who contend that the crash did bring on the Depression blame the Federal Reserve for reacting to the collapse by allowing the money supply to diminish, thereby stifling consumption and investment. Others argue that the stock tumble was essentially a market correction and simply signaled the start of a recession...
...past two years have demonstrated to Japan the perils of heavy dependence on foreign markets. But if the country's manufacturers started producing more goods for domestic consumption and less for export, the imbalances that have wrenched the/ economy could diminish. At the same time, the standard of living for many Japanese could improve considerably -- as would relations with Japan's competitors abroad...
...injustices that so dramatically diminish the rights of Blacks because of race also point up serious disadvantage suffered by many whites who lack money and power," he said. "Discrimination based on race provides a dramatic focus that reveals more subtle though hardly less pernicious disadvantage suffered by many whites...
Ultimately, assimilation may diminish achievement. The Rumbaut-Ima data from San Diego show lower grade-point averages for Chinese-, Korean- and Japanese- American students whose families speak primarily English at home compared with those whose families do not. The New York Times has reported that a Chicago study of Asian Americans found third-generation students had blended more into the mainstream, had a lower academic performance and were less interested in school...
Gorbachev's ability to redirect Soviet foreign policy will thus partly depend on the success of his domestic reforms. If the drive for economic efficiency leads the Soviets to permit a greater degree of internal freedom, the pressure for foreign expansion could diminish. Though doubtful that this is in the works, Pipes concedes, "In the long run, changes domestically could lead to a change in foreign policy. The need for the party to justify itself by alleging a threat from abroad could disappear...