, there is no class formation within the West African peasantry. However, these conclusions may rather reflect … misinterpretations of the class concept than the actual situation of the peasants. A critical review of common misinterpretations of the … historic-materialist class concept lays the base for the proposition of a new methodology for an analysis of the Nupe peasantry …

the Great Depression of the 1930s, suggesting that the current recession is the worst since the 1930s. This recession … should be called the superlative recession because discussions invariably refer to the most dismal performance since the … has offered new possibilities for an end to the deepening recession, but its continuation remains in doubt because it is …

-dip recession of the Cypriot economy. We analyze determinants such as “tax haven” status, interlinks with the Greek economy … one quarter. Taking into consideration all these factors, we conclude that the „W”-shaped recession of the Cypriot economy …

economic recession is only qualitative, so it does not enable identifying recession unequivocally. Another often used … ‘technical definition’ of a recession takes into account only quarter-to-quarter changes in real GDP without considering changes … in population, so in some cases economy can be in recession while real GDP per capita is actually increasing, and vice …

In this article recession magnitudes in Europe, the USA and Japan during the Great Recession are compared. The … significantly weaker. Even the strongest recession (in Latvia) was found smaller in its magnitude than the Great Depression 1929 …-1933 in the USA. Hence, comparisons of the Great Recession to the Great Depression in the literature are somewhat exaggerated. …

The overall economic situation of the world is facing a threat with a deep and prolonged recession as the consequence …

disclose the pattern of a typical period of economic recession. Hence, we focused our analysis on several of the most …

-deep” recession). Over the last 64 years (from 1948), all 6 maximums of the solar activity were preceded by minimums of the US … rate in the G7 countries, followed by its spikes within 2-3 years. From 1965, when consistent recession dating is available …