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The article in question is entitled A Tale of Two Crises: One We Missed and One We Can’t Afford To by the most experienced analysts in the sphere of macro economy, Chris Varvares, issued in Business Economics in April, 2010. The author discusses the reasons why the economists failed to...
The book “Economic sophism” was published around 1840 in the then language, and the translator tried to maintain the weight of the meaning of the then language. The book is an attempt to refute the contentions raised against the implementation of free trade targeted towards the ideas of the protectionists;...
Introduction and Background The Second World War saw the collapse of the state of Korea that led to the division of the country in Northern and southern Korea. This decision was reached in 1945 right at the end of the war and the start of the cold war. At this...
Introduction As the boss of USAID, I herein recommend how the crisis in Haiti would be solved by establishing how to channel development aid to the country for both medium and long-run strategies. Haiti is among the poorest countries in the world and ranks as the sixth poorest country. Currently,...
The oil spill leaking into the Mexico gulf is as a result of the British Petroleum drilling rig which exploded at a rate of five thousand barrels a day. It was reported that about eleven workers died in the explosion that took place on 20th of April (Jones, 2010). The...
Introduction The slow performance of the U.S economy was brought about by the turmoil in the housing sector which led to businesses cutting down on investments and employment with the end result being less consumption from consumers. According to Pretcher (2010, p.2), in 2007, economic growth was at 2%. In...
Background The “Celtic Tiger” has bowed to the pressure of the global economic crisis. Ireland had gotten this name in the early 1990 when it had become the fastest growing economy and most wealthy nation in Western Europe. One reason for this impressive growth was the low taxes and government...
Introduction Capitalism is a means of production which is usually dominated by free competition and involves profit orientation and private ownership of business. This demonstrates an open market. It encourages individual operated firms rather than government operated ones. Capitalism has been common in the western countries since time immemorial, and...
Introduction Innovation is a multiple-stage process in which both profit and nonprofit making organizations changes ideas into new or improved products, services, or even processes with a view/aim to advance, compete and differentiate them successfully in the business world. Innovation takes one of these two categories; evolutionary which don’t need...
Reasoning on the discussion of introduction of Bretton Woods System Discussion on the proposal to reintroduce a new version of Bretton Woods System is very rife with quite a number of world leaders supporting the idea. Bretton Woods System as perceived by many, achieved its intended mandate after its formation...
Executive Summary Problem Statement The current economic crisis is one of the worst to hit street outlets in the last two decades. City Styles, a chain of 18 fashion boutiques across south-east England was not spared either. Consequently, dealing with its surmounting challenges has drawn the concern of many experts...
Introduction The investment market has been affected by economic crisis. This has led to the occurrence of many unavoidable losses. This has mainly occurred in banks where many loan borrowers have problem in paying back their debts forcing the bank to sell the security at loss. These specific problems faced...
Introduction Federal Reserve is the institution credited with setting U.S monetary policies. Numerous economists are found in this institution and they constantly analyze economic progress of the nation as well as other figures throughout the globe. Every decision of congress lies on the advice given by the congressional office. Economies...
Introduction The world is currently experiencing an economic recession which is affecting both small and big economies. Indeed, this is one of the worst economic times experienced by both developing and developed countries. The biggest investment banks are soon to collapse if proper modalities are not put in place to...
Economic freedom is the idea of free markets in which people have freedom to produce, buy and sell products and services both inside and outside one’s borders. These products and services should be obtained without the use of force, deception or robbery. Economic freedom is based on personal choice, keeping...
The ‘written Testimony of Mark Zandi’ is an article which outlines “The Causes and Current state of the Financial Crisis”. In this case, the main aim of this article is to examine the economic effect of the fiscal crisis that had been there for about three months ago. Based on...
To go global, companies should take into account cultural differences and perceptions, unique values and demands of consumers. Globalization changes the nature of traditional business relations and creates new opportunities and threats for companies. Companies consider the life-style factors influencing product development. Urbanization, leisure, competition, discretionary income, travel, styles, tastes,...
Introduction Today, the world is regaining from the world economic crisis that started in 2007. Every economy is trying to position itself to effectively recover. The crisis has already affected economies with a large number of them having a negative economic growth. There is hope that recovery will be attained....
Introduction Government economic policies have been known in the world over to take shapes depending on the economic situation at the given times. Major drivers of shifts in economic policies include the desire to control high rates of inflation, control levels of exchange rates and ensure stability of currency. The...
Introduction This is a research paper about the effect of Trade on the environment. Much has been written about and said about the growing importance of trade in recent times and the way in which trade has contributed to the improvement of living standards and lifting people out of poverty....
Introduction California came under the control of the Spaniards in 1769, the policy of the colonisers to the Indian natives that they found here was to both civilise and Christianize them. In the process, missions, akin to semi feudal farms had to be established, thereby laying the foundation for agriculture...
The research paper relates to Sysco Corporation. The firm’s background information has been given with reference to the products that the firm deals in. A set of objectives for research paper are outlined. The core objective of the research paper was to conduct an analysis of the barriers that Sysco...
The US economy is going through a very bad period; the Subprime crisis has severely affected the US economy. This is arguably the second worse situation that is haunting the US economy. The worst was the great depression which was signaled by the Stock market crash in the year 1930....
The survival of any firm in a certain market is very important and there are certain factors that affect survival. The probability of survival is dependent mostly on the attributes of the firm, its products and its life cycle. There are certain times when the hazard rates in the life...
In the current state of financial crisis that our national and local government finds themselves in, financial analysts and local government advisers have been busy trying to find ways and means by which to bring down an ever ballooning budget deficit due to uncontrolled government spending. In Florida State, a...
The type of market structure that seems to be operational in the United Kingdom raising concerns in the recent past from the Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission is an Oligopolistic Market Structure. An oligopoly is a type of market that is dominated by a single class of sellers...
The International Monetary Fund is a global organization formed in the year 1944 with the core mandate to oversee the financial systems as well as macroeconomic policies in all the member countries. The main focus was on the financial as well as macroeconomic policies with a significant impact on the...
Government Spending Is No Free Lunch: Now The Democrats Are Peddling Voodoo Economics The writer begins by describing the 1980 economics. He has described the current form of government spending as demand sighted. He has described the current multiplier effect as 1.0. The l Gross National Product is equated to...
In business world especially in marketing, there is emphasis on the four Ps: Price, Product, Promotion and the Place. Place generally involves delivering products close to the customers or an area where the customers can easily access them. Place for the business is critical especially for young businesses that need...
Abstract ac With the complexity of these three factors (trade, debt and investment); it calls for support from all quarters for a country to be able to effectively drive them to the nations benefit. As far as trade and investment are concerned, the country has identified the best way to...
Executive Summary In the recent past mortgaging has been instrumental in uplifting the living standards of people in a country. With the current volatile economic world every body has been upset by the pace at which the environment is changing. Coming at a time when every economy is a victim...
Following the financial crisis of the year 2008 and which is still affecting the global economy even today, various companies collapsed as a result of the economic recession that was witnessed all over the world. This led to the governments of some countries bailing out some of the affected companies...
For a number of years now, the European steel industry has seen the victorious privatization of one of its last state possessed steel corporations, Spanish Aceralia. The corporation has also seen configuration of the globe’s third major and Europe’s major makers of steel, Thyssen Krupp Stahl (TKS) as well as...
Introduction The tie between economic growth and the role of inflation has been of interest to the economist, especially now in the light of the global financial crunch. The emergence of new and rapidly growing economies has presented economists and other interested parties with the opportunity of analyzing economic phenomena,...
Abstract Free trade or protectionism has always been a controversial debate not only within countries but in the global trading arena. The issue was brought back to the forefront with the onset of the global economic recession that has plagued almost every country. Countries were looking at ways of reversing...
The report here presents the economic political and social contexts of Italy which are considered by the marketing team to evaluate the country for penetration. Here the required details for the marketing considerations are provided which may make the decision to enter Italy or not a lot easier. This essay...
Economics is a very interesting and a very useful subject, economics is capable of doing a lot of positive things. The Stock Market in any country operates on the principles of economics and it also indicates the economic situation of a country. The recent recession has shocked many economists all...
Aim Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a notion whereby business organisations not only to maximise its profits and also have to consider to the welfare of the society and to take care of all kinds of interests of stakeholders like consumers, shareholders, suppliers, employees, environment and communities. Thus, a business...
The world is in the grip of the worst economic turmoil since the great depression of the 1930s, it all started from the collapse of the US mortgage giants and quickly spread to various financial institutions and we ended up seeing financial institutions like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae collapsing...
Summary of the Seminar To begin with it should be stated that Globalization is the tendency, which develops steadily and rapidly almost all over the world. The fact is that, even ten years ago level of globalization was close to zero, while nowadays it is rather high, and presupposes the...
Market affected by the merger General Electric and Honeywell merger is one of the big events of the last ten years in the market. Even taken alone these companies had a large market share on their respective markets. In fact, both of the companies operated in several markets but their...
Executive Summary It has been an addition to the central position attained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the cost of the United Nations economic organizations in the scheme of global economic authority and the control of the philosophy of...
Abstract Cross-sectional and regression analysis of ECB data shows that German banks appear to lag peers on the Continent on most earnings, stability and efficiency measures. However, longitudinal analysis for the onset of the current recession suggests that prudence in not pursuing expansion and high-flying revenues may have protected German...
Executive Summary Most of the advanced countries in the world involve themselves in foreign direct investment in the less developed countries with an aim of increasing their potential for investment and making appropriate use of other countries’ resources to promote development (Hill 2008). Before an organization decides on the country...
This paper written by Phillip Gray provides very insightful analysis into the predictability of Australian equities. In the theoretical literature that exists out there, there have been attempts to predict the returns on equity employing diverse methodologies with varying degrees of success. Some of these employed the use of R-squared...
Introduction As technology has advanced, the demand for energy has been increasing. It is estimated that today the usage of energy has amplified so much that in no other century or millennium in history was the use of energy as much as it is now. In fact, no other century...
Summary Joshua Zumbrun in his article “Geithner’s Bank Plan: Winners and Losers” in the “Forbes” offers his own plan to the situation about the financial crisis, the banks and the ways of its solutions. The article offers banks to sell their bad assets – the loans and securities they cannot...
The fifth largest Economy in the world is the Economy of the United Kingdom also known as the British Economy and this is on the basis of the market exchange rates; in terms of purchasing power parity it is sixth largest in the world. In Europe it is the second...
The economies of most of the countries are developing toward world globalization, which increases the role of such phenomena as migration of capital, and international trade, which in turn is directly connected with the national debt. In 1985, a vital change took place in the state of the international assets...
Consumer behavior has a great impact on the marketing strategy and marketing mix developed by a company. Critics and researchers in consumer behavior (Schiffman and Kanuk 2003) are greatly concerned with the antecedents, activities, and outcomes of consumer actions. They have investigated the purchasing procedure, buying decisions, and consumption situations....
Taxation refers to the methods of tax deduction in a country and the United States of America have a complex system of taxation with four different levels of tax collection. Income redistribution involves the transfer of wealth from one person to another. Uneven distribution of the amount of income earned...
Introduction The term globalization emerged as an offshoot of the high-technology tools that have sprung these past decades – computers, the internet, Information Technology. We can connect and conduct business with the rest of the world so easily. With just a computer with an internet connection, indefinite access can be...
Introduction The rapid increasing in industrialization and globalization is changing the face of the modern world. Rapid industrial development, once seen only in Europe, USA, and certain other parts of the world has now spread to many developing economies as well. One of the main reasons for this change of...
Introduction Chrysler LLC is one of the most developed automobile producers in the world market. It is a US-based company whose sphere of interest includes the productions and sales of cars and their spare parts around the world. The recent events in the global economy, namely the financial recession and...
Credit insurance and credit disability insurance are services provided by several insurance companies. For instance, union security life insurance Company which is a member of assurant group (Lamb, 360). The credit insurance clients underwriting is done through several investments programs. Moreover, the company has a corporate office in Irving, Texas...
Introduction The document talks about the then president-elect’s Transitional team’s economic plan, that is, the $ 700-800 package which was proposed to stimulate economic growth in the United States of America. The plan has tax cuts as part of its components (Oxford Analytica, 2009). This goes hand in hand with...
Economic indicators for the current global financial crisis It is not lost on anyone that prior to the start of the prevailing global economic crisis in September 2008, there had already been published countless business journals that sought to warn the various governments and investors alike of the looming danger...
Introduction To a large extent, Gardner does not think that the development of high-tech shopping centers is a bad thing. However, he is quick to acknowledge that certain problems have been brought by the phenomenon although these can be tolerated by the consuming public. Gardner believes that a large number...
Summary The whole world is fighting the crisis now. The Economy of almost every country is in danger. The crisis in most fields of production comes closely with the problems in the Economy of the countries. The biggest responsibility is lying on the shoulders of the banks. The Central Bank...
The problem of the level of the salary in the modern world remains core in the economics in the condition of the free market. Considering the situation, when a famous movie star can earn as much as 60 million for a few weeks work, and a grade school teacher in...
Introduction During the last two decades, the total exports and imports of the U.S.A have increased from just $ 83.9 billion in 1970 to $ 470.9 billion in 1980, to $ 888.9 billion in 1990 and a whopping figure of $2507 billion in 2000! Importing a product into the U.S.A...
The best solution for the used book store business is venture capital. There are many determining issues when attracting venture capital. First, there tend to be long-term and large-scale practices and business activities, and these activities should be better handled by an independent company like a used book store business....
Over the last few decades, there has been a rapid transformation of the global economy whereby business firms have been forced to compete at a global level in order to survive. The global trends have been very influential in the development of the global economies, the major beneficiaries being the...
Outline The economic stimulus plan as introduced by President Obama is expected to have a budget provision of up to one trillion dollars. It will primarily be directed towards the creation of more jobs and for the installation of infrastructure, which are the two essential requisites for rapid economic development....
Introduction Los Angeles County is part of the state of California, which has the highest Gross Domestic Product within the United States economy. Yet, economical data show that unemployment and poverty are the most pressing social problems in Los Angeles County. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001). In 1988 the Los Angeles...
The article chosen for the critique is titled, ‘The Stocks at Stake: Return and Risk in Socially Responsible Investment’, and is authored by Galema, et.al (2008). They begin with an introduction to what socially responsible investment or SRI is, and informs the reader that 10% of the US investments are...
Introduction The Boston Matrix model was developed by Bruce Henderson in 1970. This model aims to evaluate the position of the company on the market and allocate resources of the organization. In spite of opportunities proposed by this model, there are some authors who criticize it for simplicity and lack...
Companies Are Liquidating; Homeowners Are Mailing In The Keys. Have We Given Up? The article begins by articulating the current happenings in the American economy. A big-city store trading in electrical items has just given up and 34,000 people will lose their jobs as this company, circuit city stores, closes...
Introduction Some countries like China believe that to make the economy smooth and more usable the most desirable approach would be the implementation of a single world currency. At present, the Euro acts as a common single currency for Europe and it is supposed to be the most desirable currency...
The impact of globalization is felt all over the world. Sometimes the effect of globalization forces can be dramatic and sometimes subtle. While globalization can be very difficult to track and study there are tools that can help an economist to get an idea of what is happening when it...
Today’s world economies have been transformed to a more global outlook through the liberalization of markets and technological shifts, making the world more or less a global village. According to Thai, Rahm and Coggburn (2007, p.2) globalization involves progressive economic growth that goes beyond geographical boundaries fueled by liberalization of...
Introduction The theory presented here by the work of Modigliani and Miller has been one of the defining works of modern finance and can be said to be the foundation of much of the subsequent work that has been done in the field. The whole study can be looked at...
Executive summary This task of presenting a new government oriented financial product as commissioned by UK government is an overview, which will explain gradual stages staring from selection of such product to an effective market orientation. Here, a modified social security scheme has selected to promote by targeting lagging behind...
Introduction The presence of multinational corporations in developing countries has been viewed both as an advantage and disadvantage. The resulting resource gap in countries in the global south may be viewed as a need to increase the possibility for more foreign investment. In addition, these corporations are looking for locations...
Capital investment analysis is the tool that managers use to set up the investment process. It is through this analysis that the investment necessities of the company became clear. It also gives an idea about the potential results of the investments to be made. Thus, the first advice for Genette...
An industry passes through a sequence of developments and downfalls either due to external factors or any internal grounds. Economic establishment helps to foster the growth of industries present in that particular economy. The role of industry in an economy signifies prosperity in terms of its advantage for respective stakeholders....
The labor force in any workplace is faced with a myriad of challenges. The wellbeing of the workers is a major test encountered by employers. Industries have endeavored to provide assistance through welfare systems. Welfare capitalism is a unique approach of free enterprise that appeared in the 20th century. Usually,...
Instruction The global market economies are beginning to experience some marked improvement from the economic crisis experienced in recent years. The 2009-2010 economic growth is expected to be a percentage higher against the earlier projection in the first quarter of the year, an estimate of 2.5% in 2010 (IMF 1)....
The effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on productivity of the country well researched topic throughout literature. The article review is one of these genres wherein the author studies FDI’s effect on the domestic productivity in the UK (Haskel, Pereira & Slaughter 2007). The relevance of the topic arise due...
Introduction The increase in the rate of globalization has resulted in improvement in the economic performance of various economies. However, it has also resulted in increased chances of the financial crisis occurring. This is due to the fact that globalization results in increased financial linkages amongst various economies. This was...
Introduction A business cycle occurs when there is a normal continuous form of a model of business behavior over a given period of time. It’s an irregular cycle marking ups and downs in the economic activities. The normal business cycle has got levels for boom when there is great expansion,...
This term paper contains the definition of purpose and functions of money. It also gives wide explanation of how central bank manages the monetary system of a nation. Discusses the recent monetary policies in US and how the federal reserve is helping to achieve that. Covers the effects of the...
European Union is an economic, social and political unison of twenty seven states of the European continent. The roots of European Union go back to 1950 when after the world war the steel and coal industries of Western Europe were integrated to form the European steel and coal community. The...
The course under consideration is rather important as it helped to understand a lot of different market and economical changes in the country. The knowledge possessed may help in real life while providing big purchases and just calculating the domestic budget per period (week, month, or year). The main advantage...
Introduction Types of financial institutions The international financial structure has undergone rampant development in the recent past. There has been emergence of different alternative types of financial structures. These are categorised into two main groups which include the banks and non-bank financial institutions. Non bank financial institutions consist of firms...
The current financial bailouts to big corporations in the United States have been received with mixed reactions. While proponents argue that it is the responsibility of a government to ensure that the country achieves its millennium goals by creating an enabling economic environment for business growth and prosperity, many financial...
Introduction It happened around September –October 2008 when financial institutions and capital market in US faced a meltdown which started in the subprime mortgage sector. IMF estimates that financial meltdown in 2008 had extinguished about US $ 4 trillion from the international stock markets. US witnessed a loss of about...
Significance of the Silk Road in promoting economic, cultural, intellectual and religious exchanges and integration since the first century BCE The Silk Road was the most important trade route since the first century BCE. The Silk Road refers to a trade route that links China, Persia, Central Asia, Western Asia...
Introduction The article which has been selected for this particular topic is titled Global leaders are team players written by Dr. Martha L. Maznevski & Joseph J. DiStefano. Martha L. Maznevski is an Assistant Professor of Commerce at the McIntire School. Of Commerce, University of Virginia, where she teaches Organizational...
Abstract The human society has always tried to find ways to control its activities and be sure about the proper ways in which resources are used. The most adequate ways that have been found to this day include the procedures of program evaluation and audit. Being the processes of monitoring...
Introduction The video under analysis in the current paper is developed by the Prentice Hall, Inc. for the purposes of education and management qualification development in regards to business ethics principles observed across the cultures and countries in the modern globalized world. The overall purpose of the work is to...
Introduction The current global financial crisis has led to an increasing number of market and financial analysts studying the relationship between the housing markets on the one hand, and the prices of stocks, on the other hand. When the housing market slowed down, there was also a corresponding decline in...
To begin with, the world economy is often collapsed by crisis. It is known that many economists tend to increase the local economies then to provide a strict policy in supporting other countries. It concerns mainly well-developed countries with highly intensified economies. Australia is no exception in this case. Its...
The proposed answer for Bill and Ann is to refuse the offer. Taking the aspect of profitability of the venture, it can be said that, comparing the numbers for the stores in Adelaide and the possible revenues for the store in a shopping centre, with much worse characteristics, the comparison...
There are various different market structures that operate in different settings; mainly, these structures are divided into four: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, monopoly, and oligopoly. Monopoly and perfect competition are two extremes, with monopolistic competition and oligopoly being somewhere in the middle. Monopolistic competition has a unique setting and structure;...
Nature of the Program The mandate for municipal purchasing to give windows of opportunity to small business, women-owned and minority-owned enterprises stems from federal guidelines. Organizationally, the Office of Government Contracting (GC) of the Small Business Administration (SBA) advocates the interests of small, disadvantaged, and woman-owned businesses. The goal is...
Introduction The field of industrial relations deals with the relationships between workers, more often groups of workers, and the management of an organization. This is why union systems are integral and one of the most important issues connected with the industrial relations. Union system may be characterized by numerous trade...
The world is just recovering from an economic crisis that saw some of the world’s largest economies struggle to forestall looming crashes. Financial, and other, institutions were crumbling under the weight of one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In the United States, automakers,...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an institute of 186 states, functioning to promote international financial support, protected monetary firmness, smooth the progress of global trade, endorse high employment and maintainable financial expansion, and decrease scarcity around the globe (Barbara 2003). So from this definition, it is palpable that International...
In a perfectly competitive market condition, because of the presence of a large number of buyers and sellers, there is no rivalry existing among them. Since no seller or buyer is able to dominate market price under perfect competition is determined by the operation of demand and supply. Therefore, the...
Globalization signifies escalating global connectivity, incorporation, and interdependence in the economic, cultural, technological, social, ecological, and political orbs. Globalization has an assortment of characteristics, which influence the world in numerous dissimilar ways. The various forms of Globalization are as such, Industrial Globalization, pseudonym Trans-nationalization is surfacing of worldwide manufacture markets...
Mexico’s Maquiladora program has been a key feature of the US and Mexico economic relations. In 1964 when the US terminated the Bracero Program1, there arose widespread unemployment in the Mexican economy, to curtail, which the Border Industrialization Program, was developed in 1965. The Maquiladora2 program was first established by...
This paper is a critique of the article about “Managing the global supply chain in a time of economic crisis” by Paul Laudicina who happens to be a senior principal with the global consulting firm, AT Kearney. The article is his keynote address at a meeting of global business leaders...
Introduction The world economy is under the grip of recession. Stock markets show great fluctuations day by day. Recession and the stock market have been the main topics dominating the newspapers since December 2007. Researchers are engaged in discussion about the causes of the recession. As it prolongs, the recession...
Introduction A stable, effective and efficient financial system is very crucial and plays a great role on a country’s economic growth. Governments must always ensure that their financial sector is well and functioning properly in order to enjoy and maintain economic prosperity. The sector interacts dynamically with other key sectors...
Executive summary The objective of this research study was to assess how the current global financial crisis has had an impact on planning activities in the supply chain and contract management of four selected supply chain organizations in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: ATCO, SYSCO, Wal-Mart, and GFS. In order to facilitate...
Low-wage workers have to face a wide range of difficulties; the greatest of them is the fear of losing their jobs. This sphere is characterized by constant turnover of the personnel, thus every employee feels uncertain about his or her position in the company. In her book Nickel and Dimed,...
While multinational corporations (MNCs) play a big role in the development of economies in developing countries, evidence supports that they are responsible for much of the poverty and violence in some developing countries they operate in. Multinational Corporation is a term that is used to refer to the companies that...
Portfolio theory is an investments theory that seeks to explain how investors can minimize investment risks while at the same time maximizing returns on their investments (Elton, 2007, Markowitz, 1952). Under the same concept fund managers have a chance to make rational decisions to prevent them from running their organisations...
Exchange rates are influenced by wide ranging economic factors which differ in importance attached to them from one country to another over time. The exchange values for various currencies fluctuate on daily basis or even more frequently according to Smith (2009). Money like any other commodity in the market is...
Financial reports indicate that the U.S. dollar is weakening. Some times the dollar falls sharply against other major currencies like the euro and the Japanese yen. “Global growth is dependant on the united states and china” (Walayat, 2008).If this is so, it means that instability of the dollar will have...
Subsidizing Tobacco The United States government resorts to subsidizing the tobacco producers as the means of developing the country’s agricultural sector of economy (Skolnick and Currie, 2007, p. 58). The major programs and initiatives taken by the government to assist tobacco producers in their work include, according to Farm Subsidy...
Introduction The labor market is constantly moving. As in every other market, the constant interaction of demand and supply influences the determining of various factors like the employment rate, the minimum wage, the wages according to categories, etc. Modern economy In the modern type economy there exist certain pillars on...
Introduction The focal point of the paper is to argue in favor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its success in managing the international financial system. In economics, a wide description is that globalization is the union of prices, wages, products, profits, and rates of interest in synchronization with...
In this paper, we are going to discuss the economic situation in such a developing country as Rwanda. In particular, it is necessary to carry out growth diagnostics and propose the strategies, which may help to overcome the difficulties that this state currently faces. In this work, we rely on...
Professor Raphael Malcolm Kaplinsky is a member of the Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology at The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes. Born on 31 December 1946, he is the author of a number of books and research papers on the subject of technology, industrialization, and globalization. These incorporate...
Acknowledgments This report would not have been made possible without the kind assistance of university librarians who assisted me in tracking down the correct books and articles needed for data collection. Moreover, the bulk of the research was done online particularly when it comes to accessing the Internet to retrieve...
Introduction The Indian economic system is unique because of an interaction of social and political factors that have occurred there. The 1991 reforms, as well as the caste system, are key factors in understanding India’s economy and they shall be examined below. How the economic policies of the Indian government...
Introduction The main aspects that have crippled the economy have been the subprime mortgage loan crisis which eroded the credibility and capital base of many large financial and lending institutions. Many firms like Lehman Brothers went into liquidation and some companies like Goldman Sach and Morgan Stanley were bailed out...
Introduction The United States is experiencing one of the worst economic crises in a century and Americans have lost their sense of hope. Companies are closing, people are losing their jobs, the people are scared about the future, banks are not lending, the housing industry is collapsing; in short, it...
International Trade The development of the modern human society is associated with the processes of globalization and trade liberalization (Mankiw, 2004). Although widely claimed to be positive, integrative processes, both globalization and liberalization of international trade affect the economies of developing countries negatively making the poor even poorer and giving...
Introduction The world is currently grappling with an economic recession that started in the US after the housing crisis. The paper shall look at how financialization, leverage of banks, securitization of mortgages, and toxic assets could have led to this crisis. The US economic crisis and global recession Financialization is...
The article by Naomi Klein “Don’t Fence Us In” responds to the world’s significant problems concerned with economic and financial instability in the world. The survey is full of arguments and details about the problem of limits or “fences” which surround vital for life domains of peoples’ everyday life. The...
Social Security Trust Fund according to Diamond & Orszag (2004) is ‘the way by which the federal government of the United States (US) accounts for surplus payment from employees and employers to the Social system that are not needed to pay current benefits expenses’ (p. 4). Kollman and Nuschler depicts...
Introduction The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 on the World Trade Centers in New York destroyed lives and property, increased government spending at a time when the country could ill afford the excessive expenditures, and squelched corporate and consumer confidence which further slowed the economy and hindered the recovery efforts....
Supply and demand are the cornerstone interdependent variables in economics theory and practice. Supply is defined as the amount of goods and services available for customers to buy. Demand on the other hand is the number of people with the desire and willingness to pay for the available goods and...
Introduction The relations of human beings within society have always been characterized by the considerable complexity of processes and theories developed by various scholars to explain the mentioned processes. The idea of class inequality and the struggle of classes in society acquired considerable importance in the middle of the 19th...
While it is true that Black South Africans were undergoing through immense suffering as a result of the Apartheid rule, it was important for Chevron and Caltex not only to consider the position of South African market as a lucrative venture but also the humanitarian cost of doing business in...
Introduction A city as has been defined by Frey & Zachary (1998) as a dense urban agglomeration. Societies have been rapidly transformed from primarily rural to primarily urban and the notion of urban changes from time to time. It is different across political boundaries and is modified over time. There...
In the year two thousand and nine financial years, the three trillion budget was released by the administration on Monday the fifth. It involved a cut in the budget where the Domestic program planned for the highest cuts in communities and families that are needy. This included aid in reduced...
Introduction Globalization is the broad outline of the places where most of humanity now chooses to live and work-cities. These cities are the engines of growth for their countries and gateway to the resources of their regions. They are the biggest; most interconnected cities help set global agendas, weather transnational...
High unemployment rates have a great impact on the economy and purchasing power of consumers. In the article, “Unemployment Checks” Owens and Stettner underline that current unemployment affects both the economy and employers, the government financial resources, and the jobless population. The researchers found that “new jobless benefits claims have...
Introduction Capitalism has been defined as that economic system that allows both wealth as well as its production means to be controlled and owned privately, as opposed to being controlled and owned by the state, or the public for that matter (Wallerstein 1979). As such, land, capital, labor and any...
There has been increased trading between countries since the countries produce different goods and services. The trading has been a result of the different countries desiring to acquire goods and services that they do not have so as to satisfy their needs and wants that are essential for their well-being....
Introduction The recent financial crisis in the world has had negative impact on real estate development. Many people have suffered the consequences of the crisis financially. This crisis calls for a measure that provides shelter at a reasonable rent or price. This situation requires developers of real estate to come...
Background and context of the situation The events of the company and then probability of the portfolios churning profits in the foreseeable future is largely dependent on the scenario for that period and the prevailing business environment. In analyzing the different portfolios, I have simplified their names in to alphabetical...
Abstract Realtech system PLC is in trouble to raise 3m for short term financing. If it wants to raise the fund form the banks it will have to pay LIBOR+2% which will be threat for liquidity position. So, the firm is thinking to use some derivatives for risk exposure. The...
Introduction There has been growth that has been experienced in India and China. This has been in place because these two countries have been in danger of having high poverty rates therefore they had to come up with measures that could lead to a reduction of these poverty rates. Therefore,...
The classical time-inconsistency problem analysed by Kydland and Prescott (1977) and Barro and Gordon (1983), and followed by a large literature, is based on the following model: y = γ (π – π ) + u , where yt is the log of output (or employment), measured as a deviation...
Introduction Globalization influence economic system of the world and stipulates economic and trade relations between countries. From globalists’ positive perspective, globalization improves conditions of life, facilitates trade relations and cooperation. Globalization allows greater choice of consume products, better quality and technology transfer. For the third world countries, positive effects of...
Introduction Americans can and do always argue about the increases to taxes, even if those taxes do not affect the people complaining. Some believe that tax cuts to all income brackets help to stimulate economic growth. However, other feels tax cuts maintain the socioeconomic imbalance in America today. Two such...
New York State’s Budget Gap originated from Wall Street and dot.com financial bubbles that led the economy into a recession. Other activities that activities that led to financial gap are the September 11th attacks , natural recession and overly ambitious multi-year tax reduction that could not be sustained through a...
Introduction South Korea stands out in the history of the world as a nation that has extraordinarily advanced within a span of forty years from being one of the poorest countries in the world to becoming one of the most technologically advanced country in the realm of consumer goods industries...
Introduction and Background The Chinese accession to WTO in 2001 was expected to be a boon to world trade with the opening out of the Chinese markets and the easy access to Chinese goods for countries across the world, particularly the developed world. These hopes were not believed as can...
Globalization is one of the major characteristics that have brought tremendous change in most economies around the world. Globalization is the local and international integration of the world economies which results in changes in the economic and political developments of different countries. With globalization, a countries economic resources such as...
In America, “addiction to oil” results in high oil prices and a unique structure of economy dependent upon crude oil. The future of oil in the world economy is one of the most controversial topics in international affairs at the present time. With the different views held by the producing...
Introduction Gasoline is considered as one the most important commodity that surmised these days. It is the main ingredient in transportation, in industry and in household. During the time when the automobile is presented in the market, the gasoline industry at the same time was created. However, during that time,...
Introduction Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have for decades experimented on many drastic economic reforms, from Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs), World Economic Trade liberalization policies to leftist socialist programmes, etc. in efforts to take-off from economic stagnation and perpetual dependence. These methods have mostly led to further entrenchment of absolute poverty,...
Introduction Inflation is one of the main problems in third world countries. The article describe the situations in Zimbabwe and evaluates the impact of inflation on the economy and common citizens. In 2008, Zimbabwe becomes a leading country with an “annual inflation rose this month to 1,063,572 percent” (Shaw 2008,...
The year 2008 is a presidential election year. Many people believed there would be a significant shift in government. This belief had a deep-rooted cause in the economy, and it was found that the economy became a fundamental and decisive part of this shift. The importance of the economy to...
