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John OSullivan writes that part of the problem lies in economic theory itself. He writes that for many years, economists have reli...

sexes. Then there are other theories that put all their energy into the idea that the economy drives everything. Bourdieu (1998)...

The sole reason for a colony (in the eyes of the sponsoring Nation at least) was to provide greater wealth to the mother country. ...

Trade theory alternatives and the 2000 economic report of US President Bill Clinton are examined in a paper consisting of five pag...

aid coming from anywhere outside of the United States. To that end, then, does one turn to Keynes, whose policy calls for a rigid ...

lumber flourished in Oregon, Washington (Oregon Blue Book, n.d.). The timber industry collapsed in the 1990s but that decade also ...

reforms are supposedly helping these nations move into a more free market economy. But those who are actively pursuing the strateg...

even more disastrous in contemporary culture. There appears to be no end to what people will do to acquire a lot of money, often ...

This paper imagines a 2007 and how each of these men would economically rectify the situation in four pages. Six sources are cite...

economic freedom and then quantify them to reflect the degree to which they are present in a given economy or market. The EFI has...

deal to do with the fall of the South as well. The belief was that British debt holders that supported the South ended up taking t...

mother who works outside of the home would also have earning potential for the duration of her life, and may also contribute to ho...

social workers. This group had a 24 percent turnover rate" (Ryan, 2004) and social workers were not awarded the same type of pay i...

founding members are Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela; added since then are Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, United A...

homeless shelters, families working more than one job and millions living without health insurance (which continues to this day) (...

of a business like this, where some calls may require a rapid response, whilst others are less urgent and can be booked a long way...

this - as do governments that are required to make decisions that benefit groups of people. The difficulty of governing, however, ...

on the economy, its hoped that a better understanding of how the U.S. handles capitalism abroad can give a good idea of how well (...

ideas of Thomas Malthus and his theories on population growth. Then we can apply this to the UK. His theory was based on...

desired results. The central bank has kept interest rates low, the federal government has instituted tax cuts and analysts urge c...

approximately 1994 and 1999 there were problems. It was hoped that Tokyo would contemplate the conclusions to come from the repor...

those factors upside down. Microcredit has been found in at least one study to have more positive impact in terms of reduci...

was that great amounts of capital were invested in parts and product that no one was certain would sell. PC manufacturers learned...

a member country on their list. The tsunami affected many poor regions that relied on tourism. Some of these nations are consider...

when the "information age" arrived, along with the knowledge economy, we began seeing a shift in the situation. Because of communi...

business cycle. This is the boom-and-bust cycle that economists occasionally try to pronounce dead, only for it to rise up again ...

This thesis seems particularly valid when we consider the fact that an estimated two billion people in the world today earn less t...

of the novel, traces the life and times of a midwife during the late 1700s to the early 1800s. Through her diary entries one can s...

and less important, as seen with both Ancient Greeks as well as the ancient Chinese (Bederman, 1979). As the world has developed f...

societal problems (Years of plenty, 2003). A good example of the importance of economic policy in remedying the woes of a developi...