Economics Essays

At the time Nivola and Brady were assembling the collection of essays and analyses contained in Red & Blue Nation? Characteristics and Causes of America's Polarized Politics, it seemed as if the U.S. was more pided into two opposing, mutually hostile camps than any time since the Civil War. This pision was exacerbated by five years of one-party rule by legislators who abandoned the real social and economic concerns of the average citizens and instead served the interests of large corporations and unbridled, unchecked, predatory capitalism while publicly obsessing and...

Although there's a year left before the elections, campaigning by aspiring Presidential Candidates is in full swing. They are trying to woo voters in primary states to their camps, especially in Iowa and New Hampshire. While campaigning, the issues that need to be discussed include the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the health of the economy, Climate Change, Healthcare, and the Social Security System.The War in Iraq is by far the biggest issue on most voters' minds. The fact that over 3,000 American troops have died since the start of...

SummaryAfghanistan is, according to most sources, one of the most important strategic locations in the world. Indeed, from a geopolitical point of view, it plays an essential role in the global fight against terrorism. However, following the Bonn Agreements, if has constantly failed to provide itself and the Afghan population with a stable security environment. This is rather visible in the volatile security balance that exists in the capital Kabul and throughout the country. The reasons for the current situation can be identified in the weak system of institutions as...

Safety concerns about good produced in China topped the world news in 2007, with two-thirds of the recalls the United Stated Product Safety Commission issued in January to June tied to Chinese made products. In many cases the Chinese cried foul at the recall and even began to issue warnings of its own against American goods, mostly food stuffs, being imported into China. But it all adds up to an international political economy question that must be resolved by more stringent actions than single product recalls and a pissing match...

American politics according to most political scientist is generally comprised of five fundamental building structures. This includes recognition of inpidualism, property, laws and contracts, freedom and finally, equality. Inpidualism has remained nowadays as a contentious concept. This can be traced back to the obsolete meaning of inpidualism which is commonly associated with "freedom from societal entanglement"(Dewey) and "cultivation and expression of personality"(Kateb). In this sense, inpidualism is expressed through "self profiteering" which could actually be detrimental to the whole politics.Thus, as Du Bois suggest, there must be a new way...

Francisco Franco in his reign as the head of the state marked the period of long dictatorship since the end of the civil war in 1939 until his death in 1975. Franco's success in overthrowing the Republican was believed to have paved the way for the World War II. After the war, Spain had undergone the seemingly repressive and violent era in the hands of Franco for roughly four decades.After Franco's death, his successor thought of taking necessary measures to resolve the traumatic impact of dictatorship in the life of...

The model of market in which the goods and services are transferred without unnecessary barriers of the government is called Free Trade. Western countries are ruling the market now with the advancement they have gone through or the inability of the other countries to cope up with their advancement. But now slowly it's getting shifted and all the developing countries are contributing their own part in the world free trade market. India which is regarded as the forerunner in the developing countries have already made its mark and even developing...

Inflation, Employment, Economic Growth and External Balance in AustraliaThe Australian economy is considered relatively small, as its GDP is just 5 percent of that of the United States. Practically, it means that the economy is significantly exposed to the rise and fall of the global economy and the major world trends as in the case of energy prices increases. As a small economy on the edge of the world, a country of vast distances and small population, Australia still develops according to common macroeconomic laws. From macroeconomic perspective, there are...

IntroductionIt is a fact that crime had been in existence as early as man's history. What has changed and placed an enormous difference though, are the means by which it is carried out and the scope by which it is organized. Just as technological advancement has given present-day society the ease by which we communicate and move for the purpose of development, ‘criminal minds' likewise had been quick to utilize these mediums for their illegal purposes.Nowhere else along the world's history have people been brought closer at the fastest rate...

National debt is also called government debt or Public debt. National debt can be described as the money a government (central, federal, municipal or local government) owes. Governments in normal circumstances are supported by taxpayer's money; the taxpayers comprise people the government represents. Therefore any debt any government owes can be seen as an indirect debt to the taxpayers. When a government spends more than it taxes it runs a deficit thereby accumulating debt over the time because it forces the government to borrow from within or outside.Government debt can...

The aspect of nation-building has been an important component of creating stable states in a liberal democratic environment. With this, there are several ways and methods that a particular state may use to enhance and develop its objectives. In the end, as states try to incorporate a particular method of nation building, there are positive outcomes and negative implications that need to be taken into consideration. It is through this that the process of determining a state's own values, traditions and ideals are put into practiced and applied.Seeing this, there...

The personal computer industry suffers from several factors that have combined to keep profits low. Firstly, PC manufacturers are continuously locked with one another in a series of price wars. Consumer demand is high and, in order to meet this increased demand, firms have saturated the market. Such saturation coupled with the reduction of prices on a regular basis has created an elastic product demand whereby price cuts on one model will force rival makers to make similar cuts before major profits can be made.Students Usually Tell EssayLab professionals:Who wants...

IntroductionThis paper is an example of a budget for a family at the poverty line. The writer puts himself on the position of the provider of this family, aiming to determine how it is like to prepare a budget with a very small income. The paper also aims to determine what the government agencies can do for the families at and below the poverty line to help them meet their needs.Budget ConstructionBelow is a monthly budget constructed by a single mother living in Hamilton, Florida who earns an average of...

Great historical epochs characterized the Spanish state since early 19th century. Various states of political synchronization were evidence of various activities that had a lot to restructure the state of social interactions in the state. To Spain, the subject matter of liberalism was greatly defined and was a candid state of political structuralization that defined the scope of the governance.Generally, liberalization to Spain was a state which captured various governance theories whose consideration was in promoting inpidual liberty as the most fundamental political state and goal. Historically, liberalization in Spain...

Statistics is a discipline that develops and applies scientific methods in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data. These scientific methods that are frequently applied include designing and analyzing surveys and experiments, quantifying of the social, scientific and biological phenomenon and statistical principles application in understanding the world around us. Therefore, statistics is a wide area of study that can be applied in medical, biological, research institutes, government, management, manufacturing, marketing research, finance, economics and social sciences (Abelson, 1995, p.44).T-test or the students' t-test is a statistical concept that was developed by...