Society and the Built Environment ‘Governments use fiscal policy to help them to achieve their macroeconomic objectives’ Explain what is meant by this statement and discuss specific fiscal measures that the UK government has implemented in recent years to influence economic activity in the built environment. Definitions: FISCAL POLICY: “A combination of government spending and taxation used to achieve macroeconomic management. (The flow of government money in and out of the treasury.)” (Danny
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used to finance government operations and increase interest rates. The challenge is this: to balance the budget in a way that helps economic recovery and restructures government expenditures. Towards the end of Clintons presidency‚ the U.S. debt stood at 5.66 trillion dollars. Since then‚ the debt is heavily increasing. After the recession in 2008‚ the debt stood at $10.7 trillion dollars. Today‚ the U.S. debt is over 16 trillion dollars. By the end of 2012‚ the U.S. government will have more
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National Child Labour Elimination Policy 2010 An Official Translation Ministry of Labour and Employment Government of the People‟s Republic of Bangladesh March 2010 CONTENTS Page 1 2 2 3 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction Child Labour Situation in Bangladesh The Causes of Child Labour Child Labour: Constitutional and Legal Position The Objectives of National Child Labour Elimination Policy 2010 Definition and Age of Working Children Classification of Working Children and Child Labour
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How could the Chinese housing bubble affect the Australian economy negatively? The Chinese economy is one of the fastest growing economies in history and they have excelled by throwing tons of resources into modernizing their economy. Real estate is a foundation of China’s phenomenal growth record in the past two decades with property construction alone accounting for 13% of GDP in 2010. The health of the economy is crucial to China’s construction‚ steel and cement sectors. Chinese growth has
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1. Introduction The market forces of demand and supply lead to equilibrium price and quantity that can be used to allocate sources effectively in many of the markets. At times they fail to deliver the best level of output for society. The government intervenes using various methods to correct market failure. This report details the six different types of market failure which can occur in the UK in addition to critically detailing how the government attempts to correct market failure. 2. Externalities
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Housing Bubbles in Metropolises in China Introduction The boom of house market has emerged accompanying with the soaring development of Chinese economy over the last two decades. Although the prosperity of real estate sector makes contributions to the growth of national fiscal revenue and Gross Domestic Product‚ it also raises a serious problem --- housing bubbles‚ defined as the housing prices deviate too much from its fundamental value (Flood and Hodrick‚ 1900)‚ especially in metropolitan
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The share market is an important aspect in order to operate the economy that provides a way for individuals and businesses to interact . The share market also provides opportunities for companies or businesses to raise funds needed for their growth and gives returns to individuals for their surplus funds. The share market in Australia plays two key roles; it allows companies to sell shares to new investors and also shareholders to sell all of their security to a new owner. The Australian Stock Exchange
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Wage Policy and the influence it has on the economy As wage is one of the key elements to which people attach greatest importance when finding and choosing a job‚ wage policies of a country can do a lot more to the economy of the society in many aspects such as employment‚ productivity‚ inflation than we people often thinks they can. Every country has its own wage policies‚ which is due to their political structure and many more other factors. Different wage policies have different influence to various
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in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent” (p. 336)‚ this statement is written by E.E Schattschneider. This debate surrounds the extreme amount of power or influence business groups have on government. For most of us who pay attention to government issues‚ it is obvious that the business elites basically make all the decisions concerning society when they only count as the minority in our society. Their rules‚ laws‚ and ways of thinking are usually
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Market Failure Market failure can be defined as give full play to the market mechanism but still cannot achieve social welfare maximization. Market failure was caused by the free market fails to allocated resources in an optimum and efficient manner. Type of market failure can be divided into three types; there are externalities‚ public goods and non-competitive behavior. Externalities is part of the interests of people’s economic behavior cannot be classified for their own enjoyment of‚ or part
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