By contrast, low-context cultures (most of the Germanic and English-speaking countries) expect messages to be explicit and specific.

FORBES: How Culture Controls Communication

The determining factor in medium preference may not be the degree of industrialization, but rather whether the country falls into a high-context or low-context culture.

FORBES: How Culture Controls Communication

In the Reagan years, there were tax cuts, real nice ones, on the income tax, down at the top from 70% to 28%, in the context of strong-dollar policy and a low, stable gold price.

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