economy‚ but the gap between the rich and the poor has recently been widening at an alarming rate. Today‚ more than 40 percent of total income is going to the wealthiest 10 percent‚ their biggest share of the nation ’s pie in at least 65 years. The social and political repercussions of this disparity have been widely debated. Oddly‚ despite its position in the political debate‚ the question has received little attention from economists. Mostly‚ they have focused on measuring income inequality and establishing
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accounts for the today’s difference in unemployment rates between France and US? France has one of the highest unemployment rates out of the industrialized nations. It has been at around 10% for the last two decades. Many French workers will go through unemployment at some point in their career‚ and it is an especially high probability for the low skilled workers and the young. There are many possible reasons for why France has a much higher unemployment rate than the US and different groups have
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THE REVIEW TREND RESPONSE Near Field Communication Mobile telephony: Personal Data Protection NEWS RESPONSE e-Identity at work in the Gulf Digital security around the world Being me. Watching you. Web 2.0 REFLECTION _ WINTER 2008 CONTENTS CONTENTS _ SPÉCIAL IDENTITY TREND Winter 15 issue #2008 TREND 04_Mobile _4 phones: the NFC front-runner REFLECTION Illustrating this issue of “The Review” is a selection of photos by Julie Guiches. Julie is
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Causes and Effects of Unemployment Unemployment defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica is the condition of one who is capable of working‚ actively seeking work‚ but is unable to find any work. In addition‚ to define a person as unemployed‚ the person must be an active member of the labor force in search of work. (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2012) There are three different types of unemployment: frictional‚ structural‚ and cyclical. Due to various causes in the economy‚ there will always be a certain
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The debate on the privatization of Social Security is a controversial one with advocates for both sides. When Franklin Roosevelt signed off on a bill on August 14‚ 1935‚ known as the Social Security Act‚ a social insurance system was created where workers’ would allocate a small portion of their earned wages to enable financial protection for when they retire (See Figure 1) (Privatizing Social Security). It specifically states that its purpose was "to provide for the general welfare by establishing
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THE LEARNING TRANSFER BIG PICTURE George Hall Mike Smith Carolyn Dare Do not forget learning transfer while crafting your learning and development initiatives. A research-driven model allows your organization to adapt quickly and make real-time adjustments to your learning strategy. AFTER MORE THAN three decades of experience improving the effectiveness of learning and development programs and consulting with Fortune 500 clients such as Mercedes-Benz‚ Kimberly-Clark‚ and Starbucks‚ our field research
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The Future of Social Security COM/156 December 5‚ 2010 Karen Williams The Future of Social Security In the United States‚ many people believe that Social Security will be enough to support them upon retirement and have not prepared themselves adequately by establishing pensions‚ retirement plans and savings accounts. Believing this way can get many people into trouble once they reach an age that they would like to retire. These people are finding out that Social Security is just not enough
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Differences Between Gross Domestic Income and Gross National Income. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product and GNI stands for Gross National Income. GDP is the sum of the gross values added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus all subsidies not included in the value of the products. GDP is measured by the country’s overall economic output. GDP is the market value of all services and goods within the borders of a nation. Besides that‚ GNI
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This essay will let you know the different opinions of federal policy issues involving welfare causing conflicting debates between national‚ state‚ and local government and how these conflicting issues relate to federalism. Federalism is “A government system where power and authority are shared by national and states governments‚ with the ultimate authority derived from the people. With that been said this essay will also describe the history of TANF and discuss debates about the pros and cons
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based on discussion of adopting transfer pricing regime in Bangladesh and needed initiatives for it. In this regard it is necessary first to develop clear perception about the concepts related with the issue. Keeping in view this need this section consists of review of the literature that is focused on how to adopt transfer pricing regime in Bangladesh‚ what initiatives to follow to adopting transfer pricing regime. The section further unfolds the impacts of transfer pricing regime in Bangladesh and
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