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The Moral Critique The moral critique views that political scientist's, as well as economists, became less principle experts who betrayed their original vision and goal of political economy. Greater than any other social sciences economists separated themselves from these controversial concerns in last half of the century and have since developed a personal contained professional discourse. The newly created discourse is that of positive science that excludes the evaluative claims earlier stipulated. Myrdal Gunnar never wanted to see these economist returning to the political and moral commitment and advocated for a clear distinction between the advocate and scientists roles ...

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Assume that the country is in a period of high unemployment, interest rates are at almost zero, inflation is about 2% per year, and GDP growth is less than 2% per year. Suggest how fiscal and monetary policy can move those numbers to an acceptable level keeping inflation the same. What is the first action you would take as the president? As the chairman of the Fed? Why? What would be your subsequent steps?

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Analyzing the given data indicates us that this economy is suffering from the deflation. In another word, we see high unemployment, very low inflation and very ...

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights defines thirty basic human rights from right to live to right to marry and right to travel. Theoretically, almost everybody assumes that those are indispensable. Basic human rights mean a person make preferences in his or her life without disturbing another person. In another word, the borders of freedom are defined: one’s freedom ends where another one’s freedom starts. Theoretically, it is a very simple idea to define the basic human rights.

This approach is humanistic approach and assumes that everybody has very similar belief settings. However, it is not true in the ...

THE SECRET OR HIDDEN STORY WITHIN KATHERINE ANNE PORTER’S “THE JILTING OF GRANNY WEATHERALL”

According to Dictionary.com’s definition of the word ‘jilt’, it means “to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.” The website explained that the word ‘jilt’ originated from a word used in during the period of 1650-1660, which was another word for harlot. It adds that it is a “syncopated variant of jillet.” The Online Merriam-Webster Dictionary notes that the Scottish word ‘jillet’ means a “vexatiously flirtatious girl” or a wench. It is inferred from the meanings of the words ‘jillet’ and ‘jilt’ and the hidden narrative present within Porter’s ...

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UNEMPLOYMENT Introduction Unemployment is defined as the people who are not willing to participate in the labor force. In another word, unemployment is a preference made by the individuals. Unemployment is an essential social problem as well as it is an important macroeconomic indicator. Considering that the world population is increasing rapidly, and the global financial crisis has started a new era when many developed countries have got into trouble, the labor force is facing a harsh time. The unemployment rates even in the developed countries have reached 10% or exceeded 10%. Some developed countries could manage to keep the ...

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INTRODUCTION The economy management of the country has two kinds of policies to intervene and regulate the markets in case of market failure: Fiscal policies and Monetary policies. Fiscal policies are the responsibility of the government, and the monetary policies are implemented by the Federal Reserve System (FED). The economic policies can be implemented in two ways: expansionary and contractionary economic policies. Expansionary policies stimulate the economy and expenditures of consumption and investment increases as the result of these policies. Contractionary policies slowdown the economy, and the expenditure level decreases. In this essay, the definitions of the fiscal ...

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Introduction Pricing strategy is an important decision for the companies. Price means the agreement or the balance point between suppliers and demanders. In another word, price exhibits who is (are) stronger in the market; it is the most important indicator in the market. The price occurs depending on the strength of the side in the market. The companies would like to have more power, and having more power in the market happens through controlling the price. Thus, if a company or a group of companies can control the market price, then they get the monopoly or oligopoly power. Subsequently, controlling ...

Is Microsoft a Monopoly?

Introduction Microsoft is a leading software developing company in the world. Almost more than 90 % of people using a computer uses one application developed by the Microsoft because Windows application has become an essential interface that makes using a computer relatively easier for the user. The main word can be used for Microsoft is user-friendly. As the company producing the first user-friendly computer interface, the company made an essential brand that many people all around the world are addicted. Nowadays, there are other companies producing user-friendly operation systems for the computers. However, Microsoft has developed its operation systems very rapidly, ...

THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN A MARKET ECONOMY

Introduction 2 What is Different Happened in 2008? 3 The Monetary Policy’s Contribution 6 Looking for Guilty Agents or Guilty Ideas in the Economies 7 An Important Example for the Developing Countries: the Egyptian Economy? 8 Conclusion 9

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THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN A MARKET ECONOMY Introduction The first economist believed in the full competition. Adam Smith expressed that there is a perfect system in the economy similar to the perfect system in the universe. As the God does not intervene the system in the universe after the creation, the state or ...

VOLTANIA

Executive Summary Voltania is a landlocked country in Africa. The Voltanian economy mainly depends on the agricultural production. In another word, the country is one of the less developed countries in the African continent. The country's agricultural production is the base production on that the government can develop an economic development program. Having based on the agricultural production is a big disadvantage for the country because of the fragility caused by the climate change. The country with a fragile economy does not produce enough income and new jobs for the people. Subsequently, the citizens face an unstable economy. The unstable ...

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Introduction Producing goods and services and supplying them to the people is the aim of all the companies. In the early times, the economists assumed that any product or service has a buyer; therefore, there was no need to spend effort to sell the products or the services. However, in the modern times, there are a large number of companies producing substitutable products and services. The consumers need to make a decision of choosing some products and services to use. From the companies’ point of view, the companies need to answer an essential question: “Why should a customer prefer their products or ...

1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL

1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL AS DYSTOPIAN NOVEL

Orwell’s Dystopian Approach

George Orwell has a standing against the utopian approaches. The animal farm was drawing a picture exhibiting that there is no perfect democracy or management in the world. Pigs were vicious; however, the other animals who got the power from the pigs were not so different, because they got rid of the pigs when they got on the power in the farm. He has a dystopian approach to the world. Dystopian means the worst things are happening in the world. It is called anti-utopian. As known, the utopia is an ideal ...

HOTEL MAN OF THE HALF CENTURY

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PERSONAL HISTORY 3 PERSONALITY TRAITS 5 HOTELS BEFORE ELLSWORTH 7 HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOTEL BUSINESS 9 HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT IN MODERN TIMES 11 CONCLUSION 12

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INTRODUCTION He was an American influential and pioneering hotel businessman, born in 1863 into a poor family in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Although he did not receive much from his family in terms of financial resources, he could manage to be famous of hotel development and management. He is known as the father of American Hotel. He made a great amount ...

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Before 2006, the social security management was constructed as three different institutions. One was involving with the workers(SSK-Social Security Institution), one with the public servants(Emekli Sandıgı) and one with the self-employed workers(BAGKUR). In 2006, the system changed and all the three institutions have been transformed into one institution (SGK). The change has influenced how the social security services are supplied to the people. Before 2006, people could apply to the different health service places and other social security service places depending on their type. The most efficient one was the Emekli Sandıgı for the ...

Democracy is the regime people have freedom to think, express them, realize their wishes inside the legal framework, and take part in the political system. In democracy, there exists a state which is responsible for keeping the social peace and the national security against the external attacks. In another word, if everything goes fine inside the country, the state does not intervene anything; however, if there is a conflict inside the country between groups the state intervenes to develop an agreement between sides of the conflict or if the external powers attack the country, the state is responsible for constructing a national ...

The Strengths of the Walmart

The Walmart is the largest retail seller in the world. The Walmart Company has invaded all the North America and spread to the other countries all around the world. The Walmart has got its markets in the most suitable locations in many towns. Also considering that the Walmart buys goods in very large amounts, the Walmart provides the best pricing for the customers. Selling a large range of products attract many customers to the company. Also the company can create the best pricing strategy by implementing different prices for different products. In another word, the price changes in the Walmart ...

IMPULSIVE PURCHASING BEHAVIOR

1. What is the purpose of the article? Why did the author(s) conduct the research and/or write the article? Impulsive purchasing is unplanned purchasing that depends on a rapid decision-making. There are many variables influencing the impulsive purchasing behavior such as demographic factors, income, cultural orientation, price promotions, and many other varying variables. The previous studies on the impulsive purchasing analyze the influence of these factors on the purchasing behavior. However, the previous studies miss an important point in analyzing the influential factors on the impulsive purchasing behavior: the influence of the social environment and the social relations ...

IS THE GDP OVERRATED?

Introduction Gross Domestic Product (the GDP) is accepted as one of the main economic indicators. By definition, the GDP is the sum of the values of all the goods and services produced in specific time period in a country by using the current prices. We consider that high amount of production allows us to build a well-designed civilization. If a country can produce more than the needs of the citizens and export the excess production to the other countries, then this country can reach the desired goals. In another word, the GDP is generally accepted as an indicator of well-being. Most ...

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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT MARKET STRUCTURES Market is a place where the buyers and the suppliers meet. Market is a structure which has a main function of determining an acceptable price for goods and services. The determination of the market price is a result of a bargaining process between the buyers and the sellers (or producers). Bargaining means that the sides of the agreement use their advantages and power to persuade the other side for the price they suggest. As we know there are some certain types of markets occur in the marketplaces: perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and oligopolistic competition. Perfect competition ...

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INTRODUCTION Monetary policy implemented by the central banks aims at influencing directly the financial markets to create a stable monetary environment in the economies. The economies fluctuate over time with peaks and troughs. The globalization has created a large world economy which includes the connected country economies, and any crisis emerging in a country spreads to the other countries’ economies quickly. The crisis creates vulnerable economies, and the economy managements of the countries have to intervene to recover from the crisis. The global crises have severe results for economies and individuals, and they also can create disequilibrium in the monetary values ...

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Introduction In this essay, how the real estate business is creating an oligopoly market in the city is to be discussed. As known, the new developing cities attract investors to the cities and the first investors in the city become the people related to the real estate business. The new developing cities are the places where changing economic conditions creates new job and business opportunities; therefore they attract more population including new investors, new workers, new service business etc. The more population in the new developing city means the higher demand for the accommodation facilities such as new ...

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“ONE SIZE FITS ALL? HECKSHER OHLIN SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL PRODUCTION” BY PETER K. SCHOTT Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines SUMMARY The paper analyzes one of the most famous issue in the science of economics: Why do the countries trade with each other? The Heckscher Ohlin model, a classical approach in this issue, provides an explanation by using specializations steaming from the endowments of a country. This model has two main stream: Single-cone and multiple-cone versions. Single-cone version assumes that all the countries have the same production technologies or in another word a product is produced same way ...

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NONCOMPETITIVE MARKETS: A CASE STUDY Introduction Competition is the most crucial property of a developed market which ensures higher quality products at reasonable costs. For a perfect market or a market close to perfect requires a background inclusive of some dimensions: information gathering has to be possible; information has to be open to everybody; a developed participation in the market operations is a must. In an environment that anybody can have the market information, it is possible to see that many companies are founded and developing, thus a highly competitive and a strong market mechanism can be built. Subsequently, there is no major power which can ...

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Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Concepts GoodLife’ supply curve given in the first page is a microeconomic concept. It shows the quantities can be supplied for the given prices, or in another word, this company’s supply curve exhibits how the company reacts to the prices by changing the quantity supplied. When the company rents out all the apartment, the company ask a price level of 1500 $ for an apartment. Price ceiling policy is a macroeconomic concept, because government makes a policy decision and this decision affects all market players in economy. A price ceiling means an excessive demand in market, because GoodLife ...

Taking into account the sources of Islamic law, what changes did the ulama in Persia undergo during the reign of Shah Abbas I (1587-1629) that would have direct influence on the Iranian Revolution of 1979? Shah Abbas (or Abbas I) hated sunnies and he suggested a new denomination to people: Twelver Shiism. Shah Abbas and many other traditional religious people were against any change in Iran. They wanted to follow the belief of Shiism. The Ulama (the respected religious people with religious degrees) was trying to unite the belief of Shiism and the philosophy of Aristotelian and neo-Platonic. ...

The Largest Actor in the Economy: Government

Government is an organization founded by the collaboration of all people in a country which is assigned to organize country management, protect its citizens’ rights, provide public services to its citizens and develop country economy and welfare level. Governments are mostly elected organizations for a certain time period and they need citizen votes for being on power. They make economic, social and political development plans and present it to citizens; and if people gives them power, government can implement its plan strategies. Government is the largest organization in all countries. To do its duties spends a lot of resource and ...

DQ1: There is a relationship between thinking and language, as we tend to think in our native language. Interestingly, some people who speak two languages fluently say they switch their thinking between the languages, depending on who they are around at the time. However, arguably, humans have always been capable of thought, even before language was developed. Also, it is possible for people to have abstract thought processes without possessing language skills.

DQ2: There are all kinds of slang words now used with reference to technology. Some of my favourites include a technologically based term, combined with an older, ...