In a couple of our lectures, and the textbook, we discuss cotton -- the various stages of its production (cultivation, the creation of thread through the process called spinning, the creation of cotton cloth through the use of weaving looms, etc.) The historian Sven Beckert, in his book Empire of Cotton, thinks of industrialization as having been driven by the market demand for inexpensive cotton cloth in places like the United Kingdom, where cotton could not be cultivated. Is consumer demand really that important?

Upper a report about the decline of western investment in third world countries included this: "after years of daily flights comma several european airlines halted passenger service. foreign investment fell 400 percent during the 1990 s." what is wrong with this statement? choose the correct answer below. a. if foreign investment fell by 100 % comma it would be totally eliminated comma so it is not possible for it to fall by more than 100 %. b. the actual amount of the decrease in foreign investment is less than 100%. c. if foreign investment fell by 100%, it would be cut in half. thus, a decrease of 200% means that it would be totally eliminated, and a decrease of more than 200% is impossible. d. the statement does not mention the initial amount of foreign investment.