Now, she has taken an intimate look at those global fault lines in her new book, "The Tenth Parallel," a study of how followers of Islam and Christianity who live in the hot, hazy space between the equator and the tenth parallel are coming into conflict and shaping the paths of their religions.
Once, it was up to central bankers at the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and other such institutions, to shape the path of economic growth.
Arthurian literature from all ages shaped the path of my career - my first five novels are about Arthur's children and grandchildren.
One shouldn't be agnostic about long-run growth policy: public investments, tax rates and structures, and regulations can all shape the path of growth in economic potential.
"The decisions he has made, and those he has yet to make, will shape the path of our prosperity, the direction of our politics and our relationship to the world," the magazine declared admiringly.
The Human Mind by Robert Winston (Bantam Press) Winston tells us how our senses, emotions, personality, feelings and intelligence are the result of a ballet of genes and environment that shapes the path of our lives.
I don't agree with all her philosophies about moribund European realist drama needing reinvigoration from the truly theatrical east, but this doesn't detract from the fact that her socialist, anti-conventional theatre collective basically invented immersive theatre, and Mnouchkine continues to shape the path of the western dramatic tradition.
As it happens, population trends might also shape the path of equity returns:Geanakopoulos and his co-authors consider an overlapping generation model in which the demographic structure mimics the pattern of live births in the US, that have featured alternating twenty-year periods of boom and busts.
He explained that employees, investors, and friends have shaped the path of the company.
A-levels in particular determine what subject students study in university and which programs they are accepted into, and thus shape the path of their academic career.
