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Harford: “The Undercover Economist”

but sometimes works in unpredictable ways. Harford also uses Starbucks to explain why location is so important in real estate and...

Fuel Cells

An 8 page paper discussing the economics and problems of hydrogen fuel cells as power plants for cars. Jay Leno praises the BMW H...

The Politics and Economics of Stem Cell Utilization

fetal stem cells raises the ethical problems surrounding abortion. This presented a scenario where politicians found themselves p...

Threats Against “Four Effects” in Iraq That Could Delay Transition

be an emerging Kurdish state in northern Iraq (Russell, 2007). In addition, the "armed Peshmerga today police the borders of the n...

ISSUES IN TRADE, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND PRODUCT ROLLOUT

is because the U.S. is becoming a service-oriented economy -- while the country is certainly a net importer of goods, its exportin...

THE ECONOMICS OF U.S. AGRICULTURE

years, thanks to the incentive of subsidies, fields that sprouted different crops have been given over to the growing of corn. Thi...

SHOPS, DISCOUNTS AND KNOWING WHEN TO STOP

price cuts can also be duplicated by the competition (McConnell and Brue, 2006). When a rival moves to lower prices, any potential...

Automotive Industry And Global Financial Crisis

less cost than other countries (Tabarrok, 2008). This means that every country can have a comparative advantage if they specialize...

The Civil War, Augusta County Virginia, and Franklin County Pennsylvania

square miles and Franklin County Pennsylvania encompasses approximately 772 square miles. Despite their similarity in size, howev...

VALUATION OF REEBY SPORTS

Adding to the issue is that his competition is also moving into mail order, so Reeby does need to act so his company can...

OPEC AND ECONOMICS

much to the market. Though this means members of the cartel get an equal share (which might be less than if they were separate ent...

HISBAH AND ECONOMICS

is the law, Hisbah (or Al-Hisbah) is the collection of people assigned to ensure the law is fulfilled. In Saudi Arabia, for exampl...

Managerial Economics; the Dominant Firm

2000). There are a number of examples of this model, however it is one that is generally seen as unhealthy on an industry...

THE THROW-AWAY WORKER: USE (AND ABUSE) OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN DEVELOPING CANADA'S RAILROADS - AN OUTLINE

the immigrants were considered expendable when it came to building the railroads. History of Canadas Railroads Much of th...

The Presence Of Financial Crises In The Global Economy

has taken place the global nature as a result of the interlinked economies appears to be able to enhance the potential for the cri...

Sports Management Curriculum, Virtual Reality, and Traditional Simulation

or in groups that can be translated into a definitive course of action (Lainema & Lainema, 2007). The purpose of simulations is t...

Housing Market Economics

to appreciate over time. Just as Adam Smith observed with the overall economy, the natural progression is expansion. The speed w...

Racism and Sports

story interesting is that the United States all but used him to prove to Adolf Hitler that African Americans could beat Germans, a...

THE ECONOMICS OF OPEC

of drug, the copyright or patent on those drugs effectively erase all competition for a period of several years, to allow the comp...

Economic Terms and Concepts

balance is once again achieved. Another word for balance is equilibrium (Investopedia, 2009). The law of demand states that the ...

Inflation in Different Economic Conditions

it is important to look at the way inflation may occur, including the different influences, and how it may increase and decrease i...

Native American Images as Mascots

answered the magazines poll, who do not care. But, there are seemingly far more people who are greatly offended by such images....

Out-Of Market Sports Fans

MLB Advanced Media has tapped into todays ever-mobile society by making games available to approximately one-quarter of a million ...

King of Sports Journalists/ Jim Murray

extremely talented writer, the consensus of his peers is that Murray could have chosen to write anything he wished, but he chose s...

Do Drugs, Get Banned Forever

(Albergotti). Some steroids apparently give a "boost" to performance that last for life, giving these athletes a permanent advanta...

Supply and Demand, Elasticity and Monopoly Conditions

converse is true and the supply exceeds the demand, the price will then drop, dropping to a level where it is able to attract suff...

Examination Of Alcohol And Sports

their rights are being violated by the limitation (Stockwell, 2001). II. CONTROVERSIES OF MARKETING/ADVERTISING ALCOHOL AT COLLEG...

Learning to Focus in Sports and Other Life Pursuits

original publication but today the techniques he advocates are widely recognized in a diversity of disciplines. Those techniques ...

Violence In Sports

the Boston Bruins in the head and fractured his skull; the players had already engaged in two fights earlier that game and were su...

Why Violence IS So Prevalent In Sports

very heart of causal processes (Bandura, 1986). Emphasizing the notion of learned expectations, this theory is closely associated...