‘‘WITH THE REFERENCE TO THE UK AND A COUNTRY OF YOUR CHOICE‚ DISCUSS THE LIMITATIONS OF ‘GDP PER CAPITA’ AS A BASIS FOR COMPARING LIVING STANDARDS BETWEEN COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME’’ • INTRODUCTION From the late ‘40s a lot of countries started to develop very quickly‚ despite the wars. Every country realised its strong points of growing economically‚ and this was their resources. Some countries have more land‚ some countries have more water‚ some have more oil and some have more gold. Knowing
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Perfect Measure of Living Standards? Economists estimate the average standard of living in a particular year in a particular country by taking the real GDP and dividing it by population. The ratio is called GDP per capita. This gives the average amount of income that each individual of the population potentially has access to. The more money each individual is able to access the higher the potential standard of living. GDP per capita is the usual measure of the standard of living. But this measure
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Switzerland has the highest standard of living‚ trumping Canada‚ Italy‚ Argentina‚ and India. Based on the analysis of the seven aggregate statistics (refer to Appendix “A”)‚ Switzerland leads the other nations by having the highest GDP per capita‚ lowest government debt and lowest tax revenue as a percentage of GDP‚ lowest unemployment rate‚ lowest inflation rate‚ highest life expectancy‚ and second highest average level of education. These impressive statistics indicate that the Swiss government
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Discuss the usefulness of GDP as a measure of living standards‚ and as a way of comparing living standards i) across countries ii) across time. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total market value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given year. It is equal to the total consumer‚ investment and government spending‚ plus the value of exports‚ minus the value of imports. The GDP report is released on the last day of each quarter and reflects the previous quarter. However‚ GDP
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have made it confidential according to their demand. * How did you adapted to your host culture? “America is a dream of almost all people in the world. Many would like to come and live here because they want to experience the American way of living. They heard about the good life that America has to offer to everyone who comes and this impression overwhelmed our hearts’ desire to migrate for greener pasture. We have no idea of how challenging is the life of new immigrants adjusting to many different
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An Evaluation of the Effects of Modeling and Advertising Standards upon the Average American As the obesity percentage and the amount of overweight Americans has been skyrocketing among the United States population‚ models in the fashion and advertising world have been growing thinner and thinner in size (“Thin Fashion Models”). “People who are already large are getting larger and on the other side is the shrinking ideal” (“Models”). The beauty standard in modern American culture is an idea that
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What is Advertising Advertising is a form of communication for marketing and used to encourage‚ persuade‚ or manipulate the audience to continue or take some new action. Most commonly‚ the desired result is to drive consumer behaviour with respect to a commercial offering. Commercial advertisers often seek to generate increased consumption of their products or services through "branding‚" which involves associating a product name or image with certain qualities in the minds of consumers. Non-commercial advertisers
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Advertising has changed the market and consumer culture of America. In the 19th Century‚ those changes in the market paralleled changes in the modes of transportation and communication and urban growth. Today‚ advertising on the World Wide Web has become a recent phenomenon because most consumers surf the Internet daily. Advertising is a deeply pervasive part of all lives lived in consumerist economies. The average individual in Western society is bombarded with several hundred adverts per day
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impacts of education and healthcare towards the Standards of living in Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam may be a small country with a small population but the quality of life is high. With oil and gas as the main resources‚ Brunei has their gasoline remarkably cheap and cost of living is low as houses are easy to find and are reasonably priced. In terms of education and healthcare‚ Bruneians have it easy. The education provided are of high standards as there is an improvement in the educational
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