Economy Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

1). In the articles “Population Growth Sentencing Millions to Hydrological Poverty”, and “20th Century Power System Incompatible with Digital Economy” authors have described some ethical issues. In the article Population Growth Sentencing Millions to Hydrological Poverty, the author has described that there is a shortage of water in most of the countries, the demand of water is more than the supply, it is not even available for drinking. The scarcity of water is because of the increase in the growth of population, industrialization, and urbanization, and also because of over pumping (Brown, 2000). The article provides the solution ...

Question 1

The recent income distribution in U.S. indicates that the top 20 percent of the population earn above fifty percent of the aggregate income whereas the bottom 20 percent get 3.4 percent of the aggregate income. The main benefit of this unequal income to the economy and society is that it fosters economic growth (Krueger 8). The top 20 percent who receive more than half of the total income play the vital role of creating more jobs in the economy in terms of doing mega investments. The majority bottom 20 percent receiving the meager income own the skills required in ...

How Can Workers Achieve a Balance between their Work and Social Life?

Structuration Theory
In the workplace, workers try to strike a balance between work and life. In the family context, life casts many demands upon the workers that force them to work harder and meet the demands. The credibility approach enables workers to weigh the importance between work and their social life. Workers weigh what is more important between socializing and generating revenue to meet the demands they have. Those who have pressing demands work for longer where as those who value their social time work for shorter periods.
The second approach is the rationalization approach. Workers prefer to ...

Money is an economic igniter that has a powerful effect on spending and saving. Money makes economic transaction more efficient, therefore individual are better off with the money than without it. Therefore, from my personal perspective, I think am better off saving money than spending. This is so because I believe saving money is making money. For instance, last year I made around 11,000, I have 6,500 in savings and I spent the rest at the age of 20. I saved more money in order to secure a better future. Spending money is a daily routine because we have to ...

Introduction

In his essay on Canada’s changing national development trajectory, Hutton has discussed the nation’s economic transition to a ‘post-staples’ era. He makes it very clear that his notion and hypothesis of the changing phase after that of ‘mature staples’ is not absolute. Instead, it is much as the theory on society post-industrialization as proposed by Daniel Bell; they both observe and analyze changes in the economy of the nation, owing to social, political, cultural and/or spatial developments. And in this particular case, Hutton’s essay focuses primarily on the contribution of staples towards a developing Canadian economy. Hutton describes ...

Introduction

The process in which there is a decline of manufacturing in the region or society; for example, when a company closes down its production facilities due to being under pressure from the foreign competition. It is an economic and social change that happens due to the removal of many industries. Marx’s and Row thorn’s theory of de-industrialization is considered one of the earliest definitions, which say that it happens due to technological innovations . With the invention, work that is more physical is increased and with that, the capital increases. The machines then replace the labor and the rate of ...

Introduction

Different countries have different subcultures with each subculture demonstrating certain characteristics. The following discussion analysis a sub-culture from Japan called Gyaru.

Description of Gyaru sub-culture

Details
Gyaru is a Japanese cub-culture generally consisting of young girls. Gyaru is a Japanese name meaning ‘gal’. Gyaru sub-culture originated in the 1970s and always classified as a sign of youth rebellion. Members of Gyaru can be found around the street corners in all major cities in Japan. They are characterized by heavily bleached hair with, mostly with dark brown and blonde shades, extremely decorated nails, and funny makeup as shown in figure 1. Figure 1 shows Gyaru girls with ...

Throwing garbage in the yellow trash can instead of the black one is not admirable, but it may encourage people to think about their consumption and what sustainability means. It is one tool, and the last line of defense in a more comprehensive strategy to reduce waste. Recycling is not difficult, requires no sacrifice, and is much easier than changing lifestyle. It is much easier to recycle plastic bottles than it is to organize and participate in car-pooling. Trading in the SUV for a much smaller fuel efficient car could help, but many Americans identity is intertwined with the car or ...

Intentions (Thinking) Over Impacts (Results): A Critical Analysis of New Deal Liberalism through the Themes of Crisis Control, Community Construction and Creating Confidence
Often when we pause to reflect on history, in remembering what occurred, we tend to focus primarily on the impact and results of initiatives which were implemented. At the same, however, we forget or are unaware of the original thinking or purpose behind those same initiatives, policies, programs, and movements, etc.

New Deal Liberalism - Roosevelt administration – represents just such a space in time.

New Deal is credited for facilitating the development of several programs. For example, social security; agriculture; industrialization; and, growth in union membership. Banking ...

In this report, we are interested in determining if there is any relationship between the dependent variable (y) business friendliness and the independent variables: change in revenue, state economy, black, Hispanic, and Asian. In this case we are interested with a multiple linear relationships between the dependent variable and independent variable.

Problem statement

In this study, the main idea behind this work is to determine if there is any relationship between the regressor variable business friendliness and the predictor variables; Asian, Hispanic, Black, State Economy, and Change in revenue. These predictor variables may directly contribute to the dependent variable business friendliness. In ...

Business Cycles

Overview
There is a contraction phase where the economy shrinks, the trough phase where growth is in negativity but manageable; the Expansion phase is when growth rate turns positive and peak phase is where the expansion grows. This happens every time in a country's economy cycles.

With currently the biggest electronic industry in the world, Japan's free market economy is the third largest globally. Best acknowledged by its effectiveness and efficiency in exports; it is competitive and a good business partner. However, the Agriculture sector is dwarfed. The exports can no longer service the national economy, so the country has shifted ...

Article Used : Economic Crisis Engulfing Developing CountriesAuthor Name: Martin Khor

Publication: Global Geo Politics and Political Economy
Link:
http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2014/03/07/new-economic-crisis-engulfing-developing-countries/

Introduction:

In this article, the writer Martin Khor has mentioned the downfall of currency in many developing countries and it impact on the economies.

Statement of topic:

According to the writer, the stock markets are facing down fall and thus it results in the fall of a currency ( Prins, 15). This downfall has now reached America as well so we can say that this problem has covered not only the developing countries but the whole world is coming in its way.

Thesis Statement:

The depreciation has a direct negative impact upon the economy of state and ...

Should Declining Fertility Rates be a Cause for Concern in Australia?

Australia has experienced a decline in fertility rates since the 1960s when the fertility rate peaked. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the total fertility rate has remained below the replacement level since 1976 (ABS 2013). ABS also observed that women of all ages, occupation, or education level are having fewer children now than in the past. Another research dubbed “Battering the Evaluation of Care Health (BEACH)” revealed that 1.3 per 1000 encounters in hospitals between 2007 and 2012 were attributed to infertility (Britt, Harrison & Zhang, 2012) Majority, 81.6% of the infertility cases were reported in women. The ...

The word Globalization is frequently used whenever there is a discussion on development, trade and economy. Globalization is therefore understood as a process integrating the economies around the world so that they together constitute a global economy and is operated with the implementation of global policy making. This interlinking arises not only out of the movement of people, goods and capital but also due to the merger of many cultures across the economies. This paper evaluates the basic question of whether globalization brings equivalent benefits and opportunities to the developed and developing nations or it contributes to enlarging the gap between rich ...

ECO 2105 – Principles of Macroeconomics

- How would building more universities change India’s current and future production possibilities? Illustrate your answer by drawing India’s current and future PPFs.
- Why is the reality of the unemployment problem in Michigan actually worse than the unemployment rate statistic of 15.2 percent?
Despite the unemployment problem in Michigan being high the real problem is the collapse of the auto industry combined with the housing crisis in the state. This means that the infrastructure neede to spur growth and subsequently employment will require revamping and will take time to be setup especially now that ...

Research Paper – Phenomenal Economic growth of Asian countries

In the last few decades there has been a tremendous growth in the Asian economies which as been as a result of various factors put together. This factors comprise of the population dynamics, the economic markets and the social political conditions.This factors are attributed to the immense growth which has made the Asian economies to be among the world’s most fast growing economies of all time. However the leading economy In Asia is China which is also ranked the second successful economy in the whole world.
Population dynamics has been over the years seen as a major facilitator of economic ...

How would you measure and assess effectiveness of a production capability?

Production capability the total output that a plant or an enterprise produces in a given period with existing capital equipment. It involves the balancing of inputs for the manufacturer to match output demand. Effectiveness is the capability of producing the expected results. It also includes preservation and enhancement of assets. An effective production therefore is production that meets the desired production goal (Blanchard, 2012).

The following methods are used to measure and evaluate effectiveness of production capabilities:

- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): it was a measure developed by the Japanese in the 1970s under the concept of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). It is a function of production line availability, quality defect rate and process effectiveness ...

Chapter 14

Question 2
I think the reason why labor force participation of women is lower than that of men in the United States is because the policies that have been in existence have been favoring men more than women. This means that women have been discriminated when it comes to labor force participation. However, in modern time there has been a dramatic increase in the labor force participation of women. Many factors have contributed to this increase. There has been numerous legislations such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963 that have been formulated to help in diminishing sexual discrimination ...

Who were the major "players" in monastery economies (think of Vezelay, for example). What did they have to gain- or lose- based on their roles in this economy? How did the cult of saints fit into this monastery economy? What visual and textual evidence do we have?
The legalization of Christianity undoubtedly gave rise to a number of monastic orders who flourished extensively over Europe with the establishment of several monastery economies. The Dominicans and the Benedictines were among the most successful especially the latter who took to copying sacred texts and commissioning works of art with considerable zeal.
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He looks at his cards: pocket aces. A sly grin emerges on his face as he thinks to himself, “This is my chance to win back the $250 and more!” His heart begins to pound uncontrollably as adrenaline rushes through every muscle of his body. Overcome with anticipation and excitement, he mentally calculates the potential winnings. He hears the dealer confirm, “Your action, sir.” With assurance, he asserts, “All in.” The flop reveals a King-King-Queen. He reasons, “I’ve got this! Two pairs is ought to win.” The dealer displays the final two cards: nine, queen. Just as he begins ...

The Impact of U.S. deficit, Surplus and Debt

The gross domestic product is simply written as illustrated below where;

C – Consumption, I – Investment, G – Government spending, X- Exports, IM - Imports
GDP = C+I+G+ (X – IM)
Therefore, a U.S. budget deficit, surplus, and debt have different effects on Phoenix University student and exporters such as the domestic automotive manufacturers such as general motors and ford. More exports are favorable than imports as they add positive value to the GDP. To begin with it is crucial we understand what the three phenomenon mean. A budget deficit occurs when government spending surpasses revenues collected from taxation. A surplus occurs when ...

Question One

The deadly economic crisis that hit the US since the year 2007 placed several challenges to bank institutions that had not been experienced for several years. This called for the Federal Reserve under the watch of Federal Government to come up with innovative ways of addressing this threat so as to prevent further worsening of the situation. To tame liquidity and counter credit crisis stimulus packages and policies came to play. These included promotion of public understanding of Fed’s inflation objective to avoid development of deflationary expectations, issued guidance on expected future course of the new policy interest ...

Business Cycles and Recessions

Business Cycles and Recessions (1980-2010)
Introduction
It may be a persistent blueprint of contraction and expansion (Boyes). A business cycle is a form of fluctuation that takes place in the entire economic activity. Periods of recession cause a contraction, whereas an expansion takes place during economic recovery. The Economic National Research Bureau of (NEBR) dating committee on business cycle recognized that in June 2009, an occurrence of a trough in the economy of the U.S. This trough began in the last month of 2007 and was the beginning of an economic growth. This recession took 18 months and was the longest ...

Effects of credit crunch/ensuing recession on political economy decisions

The 2007-2010 economic crisis is perhaps the worst economic disaster to hit the globe since the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The crisis spread instantaneously across the globe triggering deep recessions in developed and developing economies (Hudson, and Maioli, 2010). Assets were devalued, financial markets became turbulent, unemployment levels rose, and access to credit became limited during the crisis. The onset of the financial crisis marked the end of the highest growth cycle experienced from 2003-mid-2008. The causes of the crisis can be attributed to surpluses in the current account of China and other oil-based economies, which provided ...

Economics in general deals with demand and supply and connects the relationship between the two forces, since both demand and supply are equal and have an impact on the economy of a country. What ponders in the minds of economists in the United States is whether the high levels of unemployment is due to aggregate demand being low, or whether the amount of supply in the economy has problems. The government through president Obama has intervened in the situation and put measures that stimulate the economy by encouraging investments through reducing taxes to investors, and increasing the amount of government ...

What has been the evolution of development theories since the “linear stages” period? Have these theories added value to the understanding/explaining the causes of underdevelopment? Give reasons for/against your position.

Among the many fundamental questions that continue to confound economists today, is the issue, what are the causes of economic growth and decline? Economic theories have emerged to locate, understand, and thus, develop the reasons behind the successes and failures of economies. While the original answers for this question were in the form of simple theories, nowadays, the complexity of this question has been better understood as these theories ...

Question 1

Political ideologies are the windows through which people view and believe the government should be run and public policies implemented. I believe in a combination of both the liberal and conservative ideologies. This is because the beliefs of both ideologies vary depending on the issue at hand. As far as gay marriages are concerned, I believe the conservative ideology is more logical. This is because conservatives believe in preservation o the traditional marriage. This means they appreciate the negative effects that gay marriages will have on the balance that exists in society due to the traditional home setting. Liberals believe ...

Summary

Minimum wage legislation is a very popular and populist issue. There are both economic and social needs to be addressed in the matter. There are also very highly opposing positions in the discussions.
There are many arguments in favor minimum wage legislation. Perhaps, the most important among them are four rationales: poverty alleviation, reduce wage inequality, employee protection, and economic stimulation. Meanwhile, among the four more important arguments against minimum wage legislation are: increased unemployment, aggravated poverty, increased high school drop-out rate and prolonged unemployment periods, and reduced global competitiveness.
In the light of the present world economic ...

Q.no.1:
The financial crisis that hit the United States first and then the world economy starting in fall 2007 meant that the future prospects of many firms looked gloomy at best for some time. Comment on the effect of a recession on the investment curve (only) and on the level of savings, investment, and the equilibrium real interest rate. Show your answer using a graph.
Answer:
A depression is a severe economic downturn that lasts for several years. It is characterized by falling Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and high unemployment rates.
What started as a financial crisis in the ...

Abstract

During the course of this essay I will discuss President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address. I will focus on critiquing his discussion of the economy, the labor market and his hopes for the future. The essay will also focus on Obama’s incessant need to look to the future as opposed to discussing current problems happening today.

President Obama's "State of the Union Address" from Jan. 25, 2011

President Obama opened his Address to Congress by discussing the recent assassination attempt on the life of Congresswoman, Gabriella Gifford. His focus for discussing this event was to suggest that whilst the last couple of years have been difficult, ...

Introduction

The need for government and central bank intervention in the market has historically received support from a number of scholars. For instance, the economic idea of government intervention (demand-side management) in the market is largely attributed to the Keynesian economics, which is highlighted in the book, “General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money” by John Maynard Keynes published in 1936. According to the Keynesian economics, automatic market forces (alone) may not trigger a condition of economic equilibrium, particularly during a financial crisis. This is primarily due to the presence of economic inefficiency brought about by market externalities. Closely linked to government intervention ...

Government Intervention and Income Equality

Income equality can be understood as the disparity or gap in the distribution of economic assets between individuals or groups. It encompasses not only the income but also the welfare of individuals or groups in the country. In an article of The Economist dated October 13, 2012 about inequality and the world economy, the twin forces of globalization and technical innovation were noted to have narrowed inequality globally, with the poorer economies catching up with the richer economies. However, income gaps within countries were found to have widened. With the increasing disparity of income between individuals and groups in ...

Introduction

Market capitalism refers to a market in which things like distribution, investment, and production are influenced by demand and supply forces. As such, the prices of both services and goods can be established in an economy with a price system that is free. Alternatively, it can be defined as an economic system where the industry and the country’s trade are controlled by the private sector without any sort of interference from the state. On the other hand, market socialism is one where methods of production and other economic activities are socially owned or publicly owned such as cooperatives. The essay ...

Introduction

Capitalism refers to a form of political and economic system where country's trade and industry is manned by the private sector, rather the government. Every society is characterized by an uneven distribution of wealth and income. The speculated thoughts help a small percentage of the people in the society to gain control over the majority in the country. Therefore, the minority must, be able to find ways in which they sustain their status quo within the society. The majority group uses myriad ways to battle and be at the top of the prestige minority class. For instance, they convince the majority ...

Sustainability has no clear line of definition as it means a lot different things to different people. To some, it could be a way of living with regard to the extent they can bear. Others could define it as the production styles they use in their flow of business, or a business as a whole. It could imply the responses to policies especially in the question of to what extent the environment that should be consumed over time (Ana Markulev, 2013).
Sustainability entails the ability to do an activity continuously. In sustainable development, the current needs are met without affecting the ability ...

Introduction

Crash Course: Ch. 3 - Exponential Growth & Ch. 4 - The Power of Compounding by Chris Martenson
Chapter three talks about exponential potential which is regarded the most important key concept of the crash course and it highlights about the population of the world, the consumption of oil, money supply in the united states, water use, forest degradation, the extinction of species and fishery exploitation which seems to quickly reach their natural limits.
There is a need for people to be in the frontline to take actions since our lives will be affected and action to curb this ...

Abstract

Business ethics is a form professional ethics that addresses moral problems that arise in business environments. Ethics in business encompass avoiding breaking the law, avoiding actions that may result in legal suits being filed against the business and avoiding actions that may damage the image of the company. The scandals that rocked several American companies in early 2000, revealed rampant self-dealing, mismanagement, erroneous accounting procedures and other unethical business practices. In an attempt to restore investor confidence, congress initiated the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act in 2002. This paper seeks to critically analyze the business ethics issues as contained in the SOX ...

Recently, the world has grown into one market due to integration of business related activities across organizational and geographical boundaries. This has necessitated the need for the capacities to deal with many culturally diverse merchants. Due to globalization, markets have expanded to include competition for productive inputs and customers with regard to national boundaries. This paper seeks to look at evidence regarding penetration of global economies into the community, who benefits, and those who do not benefit from it.

I hail from a region where there exists economic globalization manifested in a variety of ways. At the business level, companies have ...

Abstract

In the framework of the modern merge between philosophy and economic theory, two opposite theories of socio-economic development of human civilization are of specific interest. The first concept theory is Mill’s perception of the liberalism and its further contribution to formation of free market system. The second one is classical Marx’s theory of socialism, which should save humanity from social stratification and anarchy of the free market. In order to understand the correlation between those two concepts and realize what might be wrong about liberty, Mill’s work “On Liberty” will be analyzed from the perspective of ...

Principles of finance

Undiversifiable risk is also known as known as systematic risk. This is a risk, which is common to all securities, for example the market risk. However, diversifiable risk is also known as unsystematic or idiosyncratic risk. This is the risk associated with individual assets or certain sector of economy or a specific company. A major lawsuit against one large corporation is a diversifiable risk because its effects will be felt in that corporation only and not the entire economy or market (French, 2003).
A substantial rise in oil prices is an undiversifiable risk because oil affects all sectors of economy in ...

Introduction

“Foreign aid consists of all resources – physical goods, skills and technical know-how, financial grants (gifts), or loans (at concessional rates) transferred by donors to recipients” (Riddell 2007, 17). It can be in three different forms: bilateral, which is from one country to another, multilateral, which is from institutions like World Bank and IMF to other countries or institutions, and NGOs based foreign aid (Riddell 2007). The idea officially started from post World War Two even though many countries are found before that too helping the other countries in various forms of aid (Hjertholm and White 1998). The objective behind ...

After the ending most widespread war in the history of mankind - the Second World War, the world entered into the New World Order. With the last shot of this war the European colonial period ended, and began new era –era of the two rival superpowers. Almost immediately after the ending of the war “Iron Curtain” has crossed the continent but not only the continent across the entire world. So let’s analyze to what consequences WWII led and how it impact on positions of all major players in the world. The first major consequence of the Second World ...

It’s Contestations in Contemporary Organizations

The Notion of Corporate Social Responsibility and It’s Contestations in Contemporary Organizations
Every action or business operation of an organization is in some way related to social factors. As such, it is unavoidable for a company to lay sincere focus towards being a responsible and active corporate citizen. In order to thrive under this social dependence, corporations need to collaborate with scientists, activists and thought leaders to make Environmental Justice economically feasible. While corporate social responsibility was once considered to be philanthropic activities that could only be afforded by corporate giants, the view of the business community has changed ...

Effect on Reducing Deficits and Stabilizing Prices

In a recent opinion editorial, American literary theorist, legal scholar, and public intellectual Stanley Fish decided to use a definition for neoliberalism provided by political thinker and writer Paul Treanor (2009). Fish stated that Treanor holds that neoliberalism is a philosophy where the existence and operation the market are valued separate from the production of goods and services, to the point of deliberately not justifying the market by its goods and services production. This creates an ethic based on the operation the market alone, and this resulting ethic is asserted as being capable of acting as a guide for all human action, substituting ...

Economic questions

Question 1
Economically, if people were to sell their organs rather than donate them as it is done nowadays for free, the price of the organs would drive away the patients in need. In addition, the low income families would have difficulties and may not afford them. This is because people who donate their organs attach little value to their organs and hence the patients get them free of charge. According to the law of demand, the low supply of organs compared to an increasing demand would lead to an escalation of prices. The lower the supply the ...

The title of the article that I had chosen is “U.S. Poverty: Census Finds 46.2 Million Impoverished As Median Income Drops” found in the Huffington Post website (September 12, 2012). The persistence of poverty and unemployment in the United States were the issues being addressed in the current event.
The report of the Census Bureau about the poverty in the US was the focus of the article. It was cited that 46.2 million of the country’s population is impoverished, that is, 46.2 million people in the US is living under poverty as indicated by a drop in the ...

The following paper has been written in view of the current unemployment issue faced by USA which is causing major financial crisis to the entire nation. The proposal below lists out the two alternatives to overcome this issue and how its implementation can benefit the country.

The current financial scenario of USA points out to growing number of unemployment amongst residents of the country. According to statistics the unemployment rate reported in May 2012 was 8.2%, whereas historically the unemployment rate in US has been at an average 5.2%. The rise in unemployment is a matter of concern and immediate ...

Introduction, Background of the Author and the Book

In order to give an intelligent critique of the book “In Fed We Trust”, by David Wessel (2009), and clearly understand his arguments, and points surrounding the success of failure of Quantitative Easing 3 (QE3), we must first set a background and vividly understand the author “David Wessel”. The information posted on the Wall Street Journal’s website denotes that:

David Wessel is economics editor for The Wall Street Journal and writes the Capital column, a weekly look at the economy and forces shaping living standards around the world. He is responsible for overseeing coverage of the Fed and the Journal’ ...

Question 1

After the military junta lost power in the late 1980’s, Argentina went through a burgeoning period where it expanded its economy in the middle of the 1990’s and attracted several investors who poured money into the country at highly favourable interest rates which were clearly unsustainable in the long run.
This eventually led to a collapse of the banking system and there eventually was a huge run on the banks which resulted in several thousands of investors losing their money and ending up with nothing. Politically the country was also affected as the instability created by the financial crisis ...

Doug Guthrie, in his article “China and Globalization” Can present a good comparison analysis with David Harvey article Neoliberalism with Chinese characteristics in "A brief history of Neoiberalism". Dough Guthrie has presented Globalization in China as a free flow and optimized allocation of capital, technology, information and service in the global market. This can be compared or is similar to neoliberalism in David Guthrie’s article that features neoliberalism as an aspect that has an influence on an international level besides it being having its dominancy from a political and economical perspective. David Harvey approaches the aspect of neoliberalism as a dogma that ...

- Find an outline an example of one economic policy/practice from any country that fits into the realist perspective of IPE. Don’t all choose the same country

The great example of the economic policy in realist context is Russian gas policy. Currently Russia uses its neighbor Ukraine to deliver gas to Europe, however the emergence of new projects for Russian gas exports to Europe provoked the gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which began at the turn of 2005-2006. Then Ukraine created obstacles to the free transit of Russian gas to Europe. Particularly acute gas war was at the turn of 2008-2009. The absence of the Russian-Ukrainian agreements on gas supplies and its conditions of transit interrupted the supply of hydrocarbons from Russia to Europe through ...

In recent years, global baby bust has affected the international market of consumer goods. A significant decrease in the birth rate has influenced the industrialization. A vital decrease in the sales of the consumer goods related to infants has also been observed in the recent years. The national income of several countries is affected where baby bust is on the peak. It is also analyzed that baby bust in many countries have increased the unemployment rate significantly.
Low fertility rate leads to the decline in the growth of population. Baby bust produces many negative effects on the consumer ...

In your opinion, how does the principle of separation between church and state compare in theory and in practice in the United States? Provide specific examples.
The Establishment Clause was aimed at prohibiting state sponsored religion leading to the doctrine of separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson referred for the first time this separation as “wall of separation between Church and State.” This principle is a unique American vision. As far as the interpretation and meaning of Establishment clause is concerned, there are three major theories.
According to the strict separation theory, the religion and state should ...

National Differences and Political Economy

There are is a big relationship between corruption in a country and economic growth. Corruption will affect a country’s economic growth mostly negatively (Hill, Richardson & McKaig, 2006). Corruption among government officials goes hand in hand with public auction which is the theft, piracy, and blackmail by private individuals or individuals or groups. Public auction and corruption occurs public officials acquire income through excessive taxation. Requiring expensive licenses or permits from property holders, or taking property into ownership by the government without compensating the owners (Hill, Richardson & McKaig, 2006). Corruption can also be in the form of bribing a government official to obtain ...

Division of labor

It a process whereby people specialize in areas of production in which they are best fitted to work. A British economist of the 17th century Adam Smith is accredited to have developed the modern model of division of labor. He proposed that division of labor has caused greater increase in production than any other factor. (Smith, 1776).This differences are experienced in greater size in more developed nations with more industry and improved technology and they are the major causes of universal opulence in these countries. For example industry is more amenable to division of labor than agriculture causing poor ...

A1. The global contact changed the world during the middle ages and the early modern period through a globalizing character where colonization and exploration of the Americans sustained contacts in the isolated parts of the world. The historical powers were involved in the global trade. Capitalist economies around the world became globally articulated and sophisticated, which saw the rise and dominance of mercantilism theory of economy. It also led to the colonization of the Europeans who spread Christianity in the 15th and 19th century around the globe. Interactions and encounters between cultures were inevitable mostly in by the non-westerners.
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Scarcity in my life occurred when I saw my brother fail to continue with his masters because I was also going to high school. Since the resources were scarce, he was to forgo doing masters so that I could continue with my high school studies. The opportunity cost of me going to high school is my brothers’ failure to continue with master’s degree. The sacrifice was worth making since I also needed to continue with my studies to become a reasonable person in future.
When federal budget is being made, the trade off comes in because the government ...

Response Paper: The Wal-Mart Effect

Thesis Statement:
Wal-Mart has a great influence on the American economy and in future of manufacturing one day Wal-Mart will be global distribution center without technically breaking any laws.

Introduction

Wal-Mart is America's national treasure, the most powerful retailer in the world dictating the rules of business. Americans spend $ 35 million every hour at Wal-Mart this cycle repeats 24 hours a day (Fishman 09). What we know about the principles of the activities of this giant retail store is surprisingly very little because the company keeps its business principles as a secret from all its partners and employees. The author of this ...

Policies on minimum wages in the United States are common in the headlines in the current era. Globally, it has become a common trend and various countries following the ongoing dynamics in economical trends. In the United States, every job has stipulated wages. These policies are governed by the Fair Labor Standards act. Besides, there are other laws, which operate locally to determine the minimum wages for every job. The main goal of these laws is to ensure that every American who is working is paid fairly according to the work he has done. In America, the minimum wages differ ...

Introduction

Sociology is the science that deals with societies. A society is composed of a group of people with shared norms, who usually live within one geographical or virtual boundary. Sociology studies various aspects of a society including its dynamics, structure, stratification and institutions. With increasing economic liberalisation and advancement in communication technology, societies are interacting and integrating globally. This global interaction makes it imperative to understand the society and institutional framework in other countries. The paper attempts to understand the profile of a country and its five key institutions, education, religion, government, family and economy.
China has been identified for this ...