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Economic Terms and Concepts

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

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...

OIL AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONNECTION

Before we take on an explanation of oil and petroleum on a global scale, we first need to understand how the "liquid gold," as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Brief on National Security: Russia

domestically and internationally. --- Slide 3: Background The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world 139 mill...

The Basic Elements of Labor Economics

the Y axis shows the price and the X axis the level of demand, this would result in a downward sloping line. When considering the ...

The Benefit of Falling Trade Barriers for Developing Economies

million people by 2015 (World Bank, 2003). While it is possible there is some over optimism is general agreement that a reduction ...

NURSING SHORTAGE AND IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE DEMAND

for certainty is that as demand for health care services grows, nurses will be pressed more and more into taking over doctors duti...

Freakonomics The Truth About the Economics of Dealing Drugs

Our popular conception of drug dealers is a guy with gold teeth and gold chains driving a BMW or...

PURCHASING A HOUSE: A DECISION IN ECONOMICS

Offers the economics that go into buying a house. There are 5 sources listed in the bibliography of this 10-page paper....

Health Care Economics and Funding in the United States - A History

the consideration of dozens of microeconomic systems that operate as a function of the national macroeconomic picture. It is often...

1994 Congressional Issues

In seven pages this paper examines the various issues the 104th U.S. Congress had to contend with in terms of labor, economics, so...

20th Century White Male Culture

In ten pages this paper discusses the impact of 'white male culture' upon 20th century society's politics, economics, and culture....

Overview of the Works of Karl Marx

In seven pages this paper discusses Karl Marx in a consideration of his works, theories, and how they have contributed to the fiel...

Social Science Research Methodology

In nine pages this paper discusses social sciences research methodology through a hypothetical interview in which questions relate...

AN ANALYSIS OF STEVEN BRILL'S "THE BITTER PILL"

Discusses Brill's Time magazine article "The Bitter Pill," and its impact on the politics and economics of the U.S. healthcare sys...

Increased Taxes and the Affordable Care Act

This paper questions the economics of ObamaCare. Americans are benefiting but others are paying dearly for those benefits. There...

Developing Countries and Micro Credit

Group members can monitor each other with relative ease as well as train and assist low-productivity members. Social custom in man...

The life and work of Charlotte Gilman

A paper which discusses the life, work and theories of the writer Charlotte Gilman, and looks specifically at the role of feminism...

Discussion of 10 Questions on Economics

In twenty four pages this essay examines 10 economics questions on such topics as the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem, labor sourcing, abs...

Highway Privatization

often leads to the knee-jerk assumption that the roads and other public goods are collective property and thus, the responsibility...

Urban Economics and Politics

of the southern states black families received lower benefits than white families and many received no benefits at all, no matter ...

Examination of Cow Ticks

In eight pages cow ticks are examined in terms of biological manifestation along with their implications in terms of economics, he...

The High Stakes Game of the Toy Industry

A 20 page expose on the toy industry in the U.S. This paper reviews Sidney Stern and Ted Schoenhaus' Toyland The High-Stakes Game...