Scottish Economy Scotland has a mixed economy closely interlinked with the rest of the United Kingdom (UK) and with the European Union more widely. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita‚ which stood at £16‚944 in 2005‚ is the 4th highest of the regions and countries of the UK‚ after London‚ South East England and Eastern England. Its annual economic growth in 2006 was 2.2%. The main factors contributing to the Scottish economy are Energy‚ Whiskey and financial services. The
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technology and easy access of the internet. In the following essay the merits and pitfalls of being able to access large amounts of information from the internet will be discussed as well as trying to avoid the downside of operating in an “attention economy”. The internet has many advantages. Firstly on a social level‚ websites such as facebook‚ Twitter and MySpace‚ have allowed for people all over the world to be connected. It is a cheap‚ fast and easy way of communicating. More and more public places
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The Late Howard Zinn is a very respectable historian. He is very bold and is willing to state things that cause quite a bit of controversy. Throughout one’s youth we go on learning history in anecdotes and learning important facts such as dates and memorization of legal documents; however Zinn takes a very crucial look at small events and also takes note of who the founding fathers were and what they really wanted. Howard Zinn believed that the true reason for the civil war was truly for wealth
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4 Report Atsushi Ito‚ G587159 Brazil: Embracing Globalization? Analyze and evaluate Brazil’s development strategy and economic performance. The success of the import substitution strategy and its pain. Originally‚ the Brazilian economy was deeply depended on primary commodities exports which had followed the industrial structure in the colonial era‚ until hitting the crisis of sluggish exports due to the Great Depression in 1930. E.g. in 1920s‚ coffee accounted for 70% of exports
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The Canadian economy is one that is mostly dominated by the service industry. This industry employs approximately one-third of the work force. Its primary sector is the logging and petroleum manufacturing industries. During the past 100 years‚ the growth of the manufacturing‚ mining‚ and service sectors has transformed the nation into a more industrial and urban economy‚ when it used to be more rural. Alberta‚ Canada has large oil and gas resources‚ giving it the world’s second-largest oil reserves
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The economy Palace economy The Minoan economy and civilization heavily depended on the cultivation of wheat‚ olives‚ grapes and barley Several industries within the Minoan society had been supported by the Minoan economy such as‚ textiles‚ pottery and metal work industries Minoan palaces became the centre of economic activity and life where manufacturing industries were based in palaces Produce had been collected‚ recorded and stored in palaces – evident through a large amount of pithoi vessels
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CHAPTER 1 ( INTRODUCTION 1.1 DISCIPLINE OF ECONOMICS THEORY There are two different categories concerning economic behavior‚ the micro economics and macro economics. Micro economics The study of economic behavior of individual making units such as producer‚ consumer‚ household‚ and firms. Macro economics The study of economic system as a whole or on the basis of aggregate such as consumer price index‚ inflation rate‚ national income and unemployment
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Intorduction: Within the overall umbrella of the word "economy"‚ one speaks today of the market economy‚ the formal economy‚ the informal economy‚ the underground economy‚ the productive economy and perhaps even the reproductive economy‚ the post-industrial or post-modern economy and the global economy. Thus while the concept of an economy is not fixed but arbitrary‚ and may have strayed rather far from the management of household resources‚ it is nonetheless spoken of in official circles as
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inelastic demand function D. None of the statements associated with this question are correct 5. Transactions costs refer to A. Variable costs of labor B. Costs of exchange unrelated to production costs C. Fixed costs of capital D. Economies of scale 6. Economies of scale exist whenever long-run average costs A. Decrease as output is increased B. Remain constant as output is increased C. None of the statements associated with this question are correct D. Increase as output is increased 7
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Chap1: The National Economy I. THE SCOPE OF MACROECONOMICS the major macroeconomics issues Economic growth; governments try to achieve high rates of economic growth economies suffer from inherent instability. As a result‚ economic growth and other macroeconomic indicators tend to fluctuate. Rate of eco growth: the percentage increase on national output‚ normally expressed over a 12 month period. Unemployment waste of human resources‚ unemployment benefits are a drain on gov revenues
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