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  2. Victoria 3 - Wikipedia

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    Victoria 3 is a 2022 grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It is a sequel to the 2010 game Victoria ...

  3. Victoria II - Wikipedia

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    Victoria II is a grand strategy game developed by the Swedish game company Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It was announced on August 19, 2009, and released on August 13, 2010. [ 2 ]

  4. Three-component theory of stratification - Wikipedia

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    Prestige: the respect with which a person or status position is regarded by others – Status Situation; Power: the ability of people or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from others – Parties; According to Weber, there are two basic dimensions of power: the possession of power and the exercising of power.

  5. James Duesenberry - Wikipedia

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    That phenomenon, he argued, was driven by the interdependence of people's preferences and the need to maintain or increase one's social status and prestige. [3] The strong social component driving people's consumption was a key aspect in his formulation of a distinct theory of consumption called the relative income hypothesis. By that theory ...

  6. Jack Lewin - Wikipedia

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    Lewin later became assistant secretary of Industries and Commerce. In 1960 the government announced a scheme to sell cheap power, made from a huge hydro-electric project at Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, to Comalco New Zealand's aluminium smelter at Bluff to which he warned the government that it was giving away too much by agreeing to sell the power at such low prices.

  7. Victoria, Princess Royal - Wikipedia

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    Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; [1] 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was created Princess Royal in 1841.

  8. Purchase of commissions in the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Desirable commissions in fashionable regiments were often sold to the highest bidder after an auction. A self-interested senior officer might well regard his commission as his pension fund and would encourage the increase of its value. An officer who incurred or inherited debts might sell his commission to raise funds.

  9. Luxury goods - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, when personal income decreases, demand for luxury goods drops even more than income does. [3] For example, if income rises 1%, and the demand for a product rises 2%, then the product is a luxury good. This contrasts with necessity goods, or basic goods, for which demand stays the same or decreases only slightly as income decreases. [3]