Explain why the Tet Offensive could be considered a turning point / changed US policy (12 marks) Although the Tet Offensive 1968 was a military disaster for the Vietcong who suffered casualties‚ it had caused major changes within US policy. The North continued attacking the south which meant changing US military and political policies was inevitable. Therefore the Tet Offensive is considered to be a pivotal turning point in the whole Vietnam War as it demonstrated US limits to power. Westmoreland
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Deficit Spending: The Deficit Good or Bad "Spending financed not by current tax receipts‚ but by borrowing or drawing upon past tax reserves." ‚ Is it a good idea? Why does the U.S. run a deficit? Since 1980 the deficit has grown enormously. Some say its a bad thing‚ and predict impending doom‚ others say it is a safe and stable necessity to maintain a healthy economy. When the U.S. government came into existence and for about a 150 years thereafter the government managed to keep a balanced
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The Corporate Jack Page 1 Contents Message from Editor….. .............................................................................. 2 From the Desk of Lipi Das ........................................................................... 3 The 10 commandments of Individual Brand Power ............................... 3 INTERVIEWS ............................................................................................ 6 GD Topics for the Corporate ...................................
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EFFECT OF RISING OIL PRICES ON PAKISTAN TRADE BALANCE ABSTRACT: The objective of this term paper is to explore the correlation between rising oil prices & deterioration in trade balance of Pakistan. This paper analyzes how the increase in oil prices affect the import bill & export earning of Pakistan .The study consist of annual data for the period 1985-2010.Pakistan is not an oil producing rather oil-importing country. An increase in oil
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selection from a published volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: China ’s Growing Role in World Trade Volume Author/Editor: Robert C. Feenstra and Shang-Jin Wei‚ editors Volume Publisher: University of Chicago Press Volume ISBN: 0-226-23971-3 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/feen07-1 Conference Date: August 3-4‚ 2007 Publication Date: March 2010 Chapter Title: China ’s Current Account and Exchange Rate Chapter Author: Yin-Wong Cheung‚ Menzie D. Chinn‚ Eiji Fujii
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significant and direct impact on trade balance. By examining the trade balances between one of the Asians country which is china and US countries for the sample period from 1977 to 2008‚ this study found that the role of exchange rate changes in initiating changes in the trade balances has been exaggerated. As such‚ an alternative explanation to the observed behavior of China trade balances in the selected sample period has been postulated. In particular‚ we propose that trade balance is affected by real money
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INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 2. DOLLAR ANALYSIS 3. EURO EVOLUTION . 3.1 Euro Depreciation 1999 2002 . 3.2 Euro Appreciation 2002 2004 4. SHORT TERM FORECASTING . 5. LONG TERM . FORECASTING . 5.1 5
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Explain the gains from trade and the implications for trade negotiations Trade is the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another in return for something in exchange from the buyer. The fundamental force that drives trade is David Ricardo’s law of comparative advantage; that is‚ the ability of an individual or group to carry out a particular economic activity (such as making a specific product) more efficiently than another activity. One country cannot have a comparative
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Budget Deficit For many decades‚ there has been a concern for the deficit within the United States. Many politicians‚ authors‚ newscasters‚ and citizens have expressed their distress in order to resolve or control the issue. Keynesian economic theory states that running a budget deficit is okay‚ as long as the deficit is not exorbitantly large and is not carried for a long period of time. Even though many experts agree with this notion‚ having a deficit at all is important to the present and
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A democratic deficit (or democracy deficit) occurs when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularlygovernments) fall short of fulfilling the principles of democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.[1] The phrase democratic deficit is cited as first being used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977‚[2] which was drafted by Richard Corbett. The phrase was also used by David
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