Transforming the Materials Economy Written by Alex Nicoll (http://www.newgreeneconomy.com) The Materials Economy The Materials Economy has been the driving force behind U.S. economics since the Second World War. The name refers to the raw materials from which its products are made. The marketing and sale of these products is what keeps the Materials Economy in motion‚ while exhausting natural resources and generating incalculable amounts of waste. Consumer products manufactured and sold in
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What is largely fueling the underground economy‚ experts say‚ is the nation’s swelling ranks of low-wage illegal immigrants. The government puts this population at 8.5 million‚ but that may represent a serious undercount. Robert Justich‚ a senior managing director at Bear Stearns Asset Management in New York‚ makes a persuasive case in a forthcoming paper‚ "The Underground Labor Force Is Rising to the Surface‚" that illegal immigrants actually number 18 million to 20 million. If true‚ the economic
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Why did Japan ’s economy boost in the 1980s? The boost of the Japanese economy in the 1980s is like most complicated historical events‚ it cannot be reduced to a single cause or reason. Indeed‚ several factors played major roles in this economical enhancement‚ including good government decisions‚ the foundation of a new education system‚ external factors such as the American occupation and the American donations after the Second World War. Lastly‚ the people’s recognition of the role they had to
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will drastically affect the balloon economy. For me to further elaborate my point‚ let us imagine a balloon. Not an inflated one‚ but a new one that you just bought from a store. This deflated balloon is still so small that I cannot appreciate its beauty as a balloon. So I put more air in it and it grows to a considerable size. Imagine that the balloon is the economy‚ and the air inside it is the money circulating in the economy. If we put more money in the economy (through making debts or printing
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The economy of Japan is the third largest in the world by nominal GDP‚[11][12] the fourth largest by purchasing power parity [13] and is the world’s second largest developed economy.[14] According to the International Monetary Fund‚ the country’s per capita GDP (PPP) was at $36‚899 or the 22nd highest in 2013.[15] Japan is a member of Group of Eight. The Japanese economy is forecasted by the Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment conducted by the Bank of Japan.[16] Japan is the world’s
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are evading the International Revenue Service‚ employers and workers alike. Americans are reverting to the underground economy‚ where tax-evaders‚ illegal workers‚ prostitution‚ and drug rings are abundant. This type of hidden income made by these activities go unreported in the national income‚ and has become accepted as the status-quo all over the world. The Underground economy is difficult to control‚ but can be managed with well thought out tax plans‚ and more severe punishment. In the years
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The perfect economy doesn’t seem like that hard of a subject to talk about. When we were first introduced to the topic of the paper at the first of the semester I thought it would be fairly easy. But as the semester rolled on we went farther and farther into the study of economics and the less confident I felt about this paper. The first topic we discussed is whether or not we thought eastern Kentucky was poor. We talked about how much the dollar was actually worth here compared to other states
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The economy of Norway has undergone growth since 2009. The economy is doing relatively stable over a decade (2002-2012)1 i.e. low unemployment rate‚ steady growth‚ low inflation etc. even in the 2008 financial crisis‚ Norway was being hit lesser than other Europe country2. There are a few highlights regarding Norway’s economy performances. Strength | Challenges | * High GDP per capita * Mild and stable inflation * Increase in money supply * Reduction in unemployment | * Appreciation
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barrier to entry in an oligopoly is economies of scale. Economies of scale generally refer to the cost advantages that will be associated with large organizations. Margaretta (2012‚26) suggests that companies pursue economies of scale in the belief that this will be decisive in determining a competitive advantage and increased profitability. Woolworths enjoys significant economies of scale in relation to its competitors. In the supermarket industry‚ benefits of economies of scale is usually achieved by
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property such as plantation or farms. Depending on their master’s ownership‚ the slaves might work along with their master calling it as task labor or largely with other slaves often watched by an overseer refer to as gang labor (Foner 416-417). Southern Louisiana cultivate largely of sugar field‚ gang laborers are always on their feet monitoring the field before it starts to rotten; abuse from an overseer if they’re not working harder enough. Though both labors are extremely exhausting jobs‚ but
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