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Joseph Pine and James Gilmore's 'The Experience Economy'

Information is becoming a big component of the economic market as well. While at one time the consumer was dependent on informati...

U.S. and Thoughts on the Great Depression

period of time that argued that the economic policies of the government were too conservative and that it was largely at fault for...

Keynesian Economics, the GDP, and Fiscal Policy

is there, then supply will grow to meet demand. When there is more demand, there are more jobs, as more people are needed to staff...

Societal Role of Sports

provides a healthy venue for socializing. Rather than meet clients in a bar, for example, they can chat on the golf course. Young ...

Accounting and Financials As They Involve Islamic Banking

For the most part, Islamic practices when it comes to money dont adapt themselves very well to more Anglo methods of accounting or...

The International Impact of Adolf Hitler

of some fifty million people2. These deaths included not only Jews, but also gypsies, the mentally or physically disabled and eve...

Cheerleading and Sports Gender Constructs

peer pressure, societal norms, family expectations, all contribute towards "channelling" the individual into certain forms of iden...

Answering Questions on Economics

it demands from the consumer. A budget item demands attention, but a ten cent increase in the price of a candy bar probably does ...

The Common Sports Injury of a Sprained Ankle

a step or jumps inadvertently onto an opponents foot with an inverted foot (Lynch, 2002). Often, the foot is plantar flexed when t...

Biography of Bill Clinton

for a second term, but won the office again four years later. He was Governor of Arkansas when he ran for President in 1992, defe...

Tourism and Economics

the rates at which wages can increase. But this will make it hard for employees to keep staff, especially good staff who may be mo...

Leisure Activities in Britain 1700 - 1850

festivals (2005). Early ritualized activities of leisure would continue after many people began to reside in the Victorian tow...

Ecuador's Dollarization

to as full dollarization, happens when the foreign currency is either the predominant or the exclusive legal tender in the country...

Struggles for Equality in Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

being Thomas Jefferson) gathered to write their objections down on paper. Among the objections were what were termed "self eviden...

Culture of Costa Rica

and final voyage to the New World. Archeologists have determined that native civilizations existed in Costa Rica for thousands of ...

Reaganomics, Keynesian Theory, and Supply Side Economics

as the way to economic health, rather than moving through macroeconomic methods (Answers.com, 2005). During the 1980s, such measur...

U.S. Economic Development from 1790 until 1840

He appealed to logic and strove to demonstrate that a central government guided by the Constitution as it existed would bring grea...

Sports and Cheating

breaks the rules to gain an advantage, that is cheating. Cheating is important not only because a lot of money is involved, and th...

Cultural and Economic Overview of Colombia

The population of the country is 42.9 million, and the median age of the population is about 26 years (CIA Factbook, 2005). The gr...

Social Conflict Theory, Politics, and Economics

workmen to gather. There were no acts of parliament forbidding collusion among employers to "lower the price of work: but many ag...

The Holocaust and U.S. Reluctance to Take Action

as the mentally and physically challenged; African Germans and others considered inferior were included under the law as well (Bai...

Airlines and Economics

expense of lower returns on investment in the future; in other words, a company might cut prices now to boost short-term demand....

Community Stability, Global Warming and East Washington State

to use certain lands for planting or harvesting crops (Anonymous, 2004). Furthermore, about one-sixth of the total cost would come...

Economics and Health Care

can add to scarcity, such as time and income (Schenk, 2004). Furthermore, resources are limited, such as manpower, machinery and n...

Injuries in Sports and Liability for College Campuses

Scholarships are typically awarded because of athletic ability, which strongly suggests that something is being offered by the col...

Drugs That Enhance Athletic Performance

were barred from the first Olympiad in Greece due to illegal ingestion of animal protein" (p.27). The reason why these drugs are f...

Arguing Against Compensation of Collegiate Athletes

attend (Vera). Finally, "some analysts believe student-athletes should receive payment because they do not receive a quality educ...

Overview of Information Economics and the Transportation Industry

changes in the way in which the postindustrial age has addressed basic economic conditions, including the introduction of things l...

Sports Fans and Their Importance

would clearly only be played for the love of the game and the players would not make a living at it without fans. It would be a ho...

Private Team Sports Facilities and City Financing

notes that in the 1990s alone: "30 new professional sports facilities have been built at...