It helped to end several bank runs<span> by transferring funds to </span>banks<span> in need of temporary liquidity.</span>
I believe the answer is: conducting research to learn about the social world
The research in sociology is usually done in order to uncover whether a certain situation created by society affect the lives of the smaller social group. Rather than relying only on the words from authority, it reveal the perspective of all people involved starting from the bottom of society all the way to the power holders.
It is Latin for Roman Peace. Its the name given to the long period of peace by the Roman army between the Final War of the Roman Army and the Crisis of the Third Century.
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