Not exact matches
In the period leading up to the 2008
global recession, KingFisher established a war chest that allowed it not only to ride out the downturn but also finance its
subsequent purchase of two Washington - based manufacturers: Renaissance Marine Group and Hells Canyon Marine (KingFisher also employs approximately 200 people at its U.S. facility).
Under Canada's inflation - targeting regime, inflation expectations have been very well anchored, even during the
global financial crisis and
subsequent recession.
Given that sabbatical (during which the Hong Kong - born, New York - based artist set up his Badlands Unlimited publishing house), perhaps it's fitting too that the first section of the book brings together a series of texts — «What Art Is and Where It Belongs» and «On Art and the 99 Percent» among them — that, at their heart, consider questions concerning the definition of art and its role in society, with a particular focus on its relation to ideas of home and community, much of it in the context of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the
subsequent global economic
recession.