Past economic collapses have had political as well as financial causes. Persistent trade deficits, wars, revolutions, famines, depletion of important resources, and government-induced hyperinflation have been listed as causes.here are few well documented cases of economic collapse. One of the best documented cases of collapse or near collapse is the Great Depression, the causes of which are still being debated. To understand the Great Depression is the Holy Grail of macroeconomics..
On our campus, alternate work schedules consist of flextime and compressed workweeks. Compressed Workweek: Compressed workweeks are alternative work arrangements where a standard workweek is reduced to fewer than five days, and employees make up the full number of hours per-week by working longer hours.
In United States and Canada, there is a tradition of having a leisurely family brunch on the weekend. In some countries, markets are held on weekends. Pictured is the Chanfu Bridge market in China. The workweek and weekend are those complementary parts of the week devoted to labour and rest, respectively. The legal working week (British English), or workweek (American English), is the part of the seven-day week devoted to labour.