1. Introduction It is widely understood that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is blessed with many natural resources. The DRC’s resources include ‘copper, diamonds, cobalt, petroleum, gold, silver, zinc, and coltan’ (Lalji, 2007, p. 34). However, the country still struggles with violent conflicts, extreme poverty, malnutrition, and poor wealth distribution (Kinniburgh, 2014). This phenomenon is known as the ‘resource curse’. I find the ‘resource curse’ dilemma to be one of great interest. The
MONOPOLY: THE DEBEERS DIAMOND COMPANY ECONOMICS PROJECT SUBMITTED BY ANKITA GAUR (2013-10 NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Introduction 3 History and Monopoly Formation of DeBeers 4 Market Practices Of DeBeers And Its Evolution 7 The Fall Of DeBeers And The Current Scenario 10 Conclusion 13 Bibliography 14 INTRODUCTION “A gemstone is the ultimate luxury product. It has no material use. Men and women desire to have diamonds not for what they [diamonds] can do but for what they
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returning his love. He carried her letters in his backpack and her good luck pebble in his mouth. Every day, he unwrapped her letters and imagined the thought of her returning his love someday. Martha was an English major and she wrote letters that quote poetry but never mentioned the war. She always signed the letters "love, Martha" but Cross knew it was only a way of signing and it did not mean what he wanted it to mean. Love Years after the end of the war, Jimmy Cross went to visit Tim O'Brien