Summary Assignment Joan Petersilia in Wilson Quarterly publishes the article “Beyond the Prison Bubble‚” in the Winter 2011. Petersilia explains several alternative solutions to the U.S’s overcrowded imprisonment systems. She talks about how research has come to prove that crime rates and recidivism can be decreased. Furthermore‚ Petersilia’s article outlines the evolution of accepting this fact‚ as well as developing‚ funding‚ and refining various intensive rehabilitation programs. The first section
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China’s Real-Estate Bubble China is one of the major economical players in today’s international market. China’s economy is the “seconds largest in the world after the United States” (Joseph‚ 63). This is a striking achievement due to fact that China is a “developing country”. China has achieved a great amount of success through the collaboration of political and economical regimes. The economical growth in China led to “one of the biggest improvements in human welfare anywhere at anytime” (Kristof
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In year 2007‚ United States witnessed the Subprime Mortgage Crisis‚ which was known as the “Mortgage meltdown”. It triggered a national financial crisis‚ which led to a tremendous decline is the housing market‚ rise in foreclosures and the collapse of some leading banks. This essay will look into the various causes of the subprime crisis as well as the parties who are responsible for this economic tragedy. Years prior to the crisis‚ United States had large inflow of foreign funds. In 2001 to 2003
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well as users as shown in Figures 1. This changed some in the business community to its potential as a means of communication also as a sales and marketing channel. Thus the notion of the "New Economy" has been hit hard since the "dot.com" bubble burst in early 2000. NASDAQ‚ the high-tech stock index‚ shortly after soaring to slightly over 5‚000 in the first quarter of 2000‚ dropped precipitously in the second and the third quarters of 2000‚ continuing its downward trend through 2002 to roughly
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1. Introduction The US Subprime Mortgage Crisis in 2007 has had a severe impact on the global financial system. The collapses of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers‚ the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by the Bank of America and the conversion of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs into bank-holding companies have all resulted from this subprime crisis that shocked the world and directly triggered the greatest global financial crisis since the Great Depression. The underlying factors leading to the crisis
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REVERSE MORTGAGE LOAN Senior Citizens are an increasing component of the Indian society and dependency in old age is increasing in the country. Most senior citizens have spent a life time working‚ providing and saving. They have built a home‚ brought up their children‚ often giving them the best possible education‚ got their children married and are now retired from service. While on one hand‚ there is significant increase in longevity and low mortality‚ on the other hand‚ cost of good
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and the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………….3 Background………………………………………………..4-10 Analysis……………………………………………………10-12 Conclusion…………………………………………………12-13 References………………………………………………….14 In the early-2000s‚ Moody’s‚ one of the leading credit rating agencies in the world‚ evaluated thousands of bonds backed by so-called “subprime” residential mortgages—home loans made to those with both low incomes and poor credit scores. When housing prices
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1.How did Japan perform until 1991? How do you explain this performance? The stimulus of Japanese economic miracle was the sorrow and revenge of the Japanese after surrender in World War II that had severely affected Japanese way of living. Likewise‚ it pushed the Japanese together to work harder for economic reform. Japan experienced tremendous economic growth and becomes the second largest economy in the world in 1968[1]. There are several underlying mechanisms behind the success of economic
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Subprime Mortgage Crisis ECO561 January 19‚ 2015 Subprime Mortgage Crisis Subprime mortgages are generally granted to borrowers who cannot obtain conventional mortgages due to insufficient or delinquent credit histories. These borrowers may be forced to take interest-only loan‚ which have lower monthly payment but are very difficult to pay off in the end. Problems with mortgage financing are the generally accepted cause of the financial meltdown that occurred between 2007 and 2008 (Gorton‚ 2009)
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The Bursting of the Healthcare Bubble Nathan Kaufman makes a very compelling case concerning the unsustainable status of the current health care system. Kaufman speculates that just as the housing market bubble eventually bust‚ the same is expected from the healthcare bubble. Similarities that are drawn between the housing market crash and how the experts refused to believe the inevitable are eerily similar to the perception concerning healthcare in the U.S. today (Kauffman‚ 2011). The rapid
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