The Great Debt Shift from 2000 to 2012 The United States is facing a structural budget deficit in recent years. The fiscal situation has an increasingly dire and unsustainable outlook over the next 10 years and beyond. However‚ looking back ten years before‚ when George Bush took office at the beginning of 2001‚ the federal government was running a substantial budget surplus and projected rising surpluses. Here comes to a question: how did federal government get into this fiscal mess. My paper
Premium Public finance United States public debt George W. Bush
HIV/AIDS community programs Dr. Dudley Wang – CMO of De Beers Group Michelle Venketsamy – administrative assistant. Facts: 1. At the end of the 2005 De beers had a comprehensive HIV/AIDS Strategy covering all the aspects of the prevention‚ education‚ treatment and community involvement. 2. In 2005‚ mining amounted to 7.5% of country’s GDP‚ but by 2006 it dropped to 2.3% 3. According to PwC 2005 was successful year for the mining industry. Global mining companies increased their investment by
Premium Antiretroviral drug AIDS HIV
Introduction to Marketing Environment Firms are affected by lots of different things; a firm’s marketing environment is made up of all of the things that affect the way it operates. Some of the factors in a firm’s marketing environment can be controlled by the firm but some are uncontrollable. Firms need to understand their marketing environment so that they can make the most of positive factors and manage the impact of negative factors. The market environment is a marketing term and refers to
Premium Marketing
A. Throughout American history there have been periods of financial boom and bust‚ economic growth and recession. The most recent recession from the third quarter 2007 to the second quarter 2009 seemed like an extraordinary period of recession. The S&P 500 shrank from about 1300 points to 666 points (50%)‚ evaporating capital in a matter of days. However‚ this recessionary period was quickly turned around to economic growth again. The average post-World War II length of economic contraction
Premium Inflation Monetary policy Debt
1. Do all international financial transactions necessarily involve exchanging one nation’s distinct currency for another? Explain. Could a nation that neither imports goods and services nor exports goods and services still engage in international financial transactions? LO1 Answer: The answer is almost certainly a yes. Only in rare cases would you find barter exchanges (goods and services for other goods and services). Yes‚ they could engage in financial transactions (the exchange of assets across
Premium Inflation Supply and demand Aggregate demand
1. What is the gross domestic product? A gross domestic product is “the total market value of final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year”. 2. Do increases in gross domestic product necessarily translate into improvements in the welfare of citizens? Yes‚ an increase in GDP improves welfare of citizens because if U.S exports are increased it will increase U.S GDP and reduces unemployment in the short run. This would be an improvement for welfare citizens. 3. What is unemployment
Free Economics Macroeconomics Unemployment
Part 1 of 3 - 100.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 16 10.0/ 10.0 Points Demand is price inelastic if: A.the price of the good responds slightly to a quantity change. B.the demand curve shifts very little when a demand shifter changes. Correct C.the percentage change in quantity demanded is relatively small in response to a relatively large percentage change in price. D.all of the above are true. Answer Key: C Question 2 of 16 10.0/ 10.0 Points If the absolute value of price elasticity
Premium Supply and demand Elasticity
ECON 1020 Principles of Macroeconomics Assignment 1 Question 1 (10 marks) (a) The relative scarcity of resources makes the operation of any economy a matter of choosing between alternatives.” Explain. The world has limited resources and us‚ as people have unlimited wants. Therefore‚ we must constantly make decisions to choose what we would rather buy or produce and what we must give up in its consequence. This includes work and time. For example‚ studying for an exam late at night would give
Premium Supply and demand Economics Opportunity cost
Environment Culture influences an individual’s attitude towards environment. Environment in this context refers to our physical surroundings and nature. Man’s attitude towards his immediate environment is largely based upon his cultural upbringings. Trompenar’s concept of attitude towards environment highlights how man controls nature by imposing his will upon it (reference). Large organizations impact the nature and environment in many ways. Corporate Social responsibility has become
Premium Third World Sociology Culture
Protecting Against Macro Viruses Marques Tate Rasmussen College This paper is being submitted on February 23‚ 2014‚ for Tina Grezinski’s D181 Excel course. Protecting Against Macro Viruses Many applications‚ such as Microsoft Excel and Word‚ support macro languages. A macro virus attacks these kinds of applications‚ infecting the documents and template files. So if your computer has a macro virus‚ and you use a word template file to make a new document‚ it ’ll also become infected
Premium Computer virus