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Children and The World Wide Web

childs use of the Web. In many ways the Internet might be considered a sociological experiment. While most adults are...

The Control of the American Sugar Industry

it would provide subsidies for the sugar growers (Bovard, 1998). By the time 1950 rolled around, the sugar programs in the U.S. wa...

EVE Online/Authority in an Online Community

travel through a universe made up of over five thousand solar systems. The developers of the game look to the player community for...

Detroit, Michigan

has a relevantly new, sharp mayor who has made a lot of progress since his stint in that role. While a struggling entity, Detroit ...

Pet Care Industry

As stated, the pet food industry already generates more than $53 billion in sales; accessories and nonessential services (i.e., ex...

The Economic Impact of 9/11

the grief and loss of the people themselves, which is incalculable. In addition, the replacement value of the Twin Towers themse...

MEXICO, ECONOMIC STATISTICS & GROWTH DIAGNOSTICS

The authors note that the main problem with this is the impression that any reform is better than no reform at all -- and the deep...

Rich and Poor: the Growing Income Disparity in India

Development Bank (ADB) says the number of people in Asia living on less than $1 a day fell by 223 million between 1990 and 2002" (...

The Impact of Tax on Supply and Demand

good, but it is up increase on the price at which you will have to pay to obtain a good. The price of the goods increases from the...

The Widening Gap Between the Rich and Poor in India

This 16 page paper examines some of the issues surrounding the gap between the rich and poor in India, including the growth of the...

Culture in India

(India, 2007). The cabinet is "appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"; the president is elected "...

Culture of China

voted against him, 4 abstained, and 38 did not vote); ZENG Qinghong elected vice president ... with a total of 2,578 votes (177 de...

Teaching in an Information Age and Global Economy

the cost of a car wherein 60% of the cost is related to the materials used and the workforce to create the car (Riegle, 2007). In ...

Economy-Building with FDI

have required capital in their possession, they also are likely not to have a great deal of foreign exchange available for use. ...

Why an Employer Should Create a Tuition Reimbursement Program

be grateful to their employer for the benefit and also, might want to stay at least until they complete their schooling. Of course...

Is The Rise Of China Real

of the United States. Trade accounts for 70 percent of Chinas GDP (Venables and Yueh, 2006). By comparison, trade accounts for 20...

Wal-Mart SWOT Analysis

as mentioned earlier is one of those strengths. Wal-Marts brand is based on value for ones money, convenience and the number and v...

Belize as a Hospitality Market

percent of those over the age of 15 can read and write (Belize 2008). Tourist Accommodations Superficially, it could appear...

Is China's Growth Slowing Down?

beginning to ask more questions about why international trade is a reality (Krugman, 1994). The author gives an example of the dif...

Alternative Energy Sources: What is Best for America?

the Earths magma will represent an important alternate energy source in the future (Alternative Energy Sources 196). Presently, s...

Exporting to China

the way that the market needs are likely to develop. To do this we need to look at the macro environmental factors, an assessment ...

Consumption Choices

are cheaper. These effects may be seen even if there is not a drop in disposable income, but there is an expectation that there wi...

Economy Of Nigeria

B.C. when it was a sparsely population area (Pearson Education 2008). The Nok culture is known to have resided there between 800 B...

The Current Vietnamese Government

(Vietnam, 2008). The President is elected from among the members of the National Assembly once every five years; the next presiden...

The Airline Manufacturing Industry

will have ripple effects throughout the industry. Although Delta denies that there will be any hub closures or job layoffs-for now...

Will High Oil Prices Lead to Recession?

of a U.S. recession in 2008; this was up from his predication of a 33% chance the previous month and the reason for the pessimism ...

The Sichuan Earthquake and The Economy

the massive quake, more than 34,000 were declared dead and some of those were rescue workers (Ho, 2008). That was an early count. ...

The US Economy; 2008

annual decline rate of 0.3% (BEA, 2008). There was a contraction expected as a result of lower personal consumption expenditure, ...

The Drug Economy of Peru

the network also includes those who may never come in contact with the drugs, such as pilots, lawyers and bankers and others who m...

10 Drivers for the Development of Manufacturing Industries in Small Economies

level of income available in an economy to make the purchases it will also increase the pressure on government spending on the wel...