ECONOMY Since the end of World War II‚ the Philippine economy has been on an unfortunate trajectory‚ going from one of the richest countries in Asia (following Japan) to one of the poorest. Growth immediately after the war was rapid‚ but slowed over time. Years of economic mismanagement and political volatility during the Marcos regime contributed to economic stagnation and resulted in macroeconomic instability. A severe recession from 1984 through 1985 saw the economy shrink by more than 10%‚ and
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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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Ecology and economy are two different studies that have merged together in recent years. This is because human lifestyle is having an increasingly negative impact on the surrounding environment. There has been a shift in recent years from technologies that are wasteful of resources toward technologies that use resources more efficiently and reduce pollution‚ a shift from conventional economy to sustainable economy. We are living beings on a planet Earth. Humans are living beings who depends on
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The demand for no taxation without representation was the primary force motivating the American revolutionary movement‚ and for many it became a symbol for democracy. Throughout the late 18th century‚ the British colony of America was oppressed by Parliament from "across the pond". This oppression included unequal rights compared to English citizens that lived on the mainland‚ unneeded taxation‚ and no representation in Parliament‚ which resulted in many laws that were unfavorable to the American
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT: PARADOX AND REALITY[1] BY AbbasBashir Department of Geography‚ School of Envirinmental sciences‚ Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚Yola‚ Nigeria Email: bashirmafindi@yahoo.com Introduction The Nigerian nation like most other developing countries have shown high regards for‚ and indeed embarked on different schemes and policies of industrial development because it is generally believed that industrialization
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the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11‚ 2001 caused a great deal of negative impact on the United States and the whole world as this attack led to over three thousand deaths of American citizens and installed fear into the rest of America and other countries as they did not want this horrifying event to strike them. These terrorists ultimate goal was to dent and cripple the United States economy by taking down its National Trade Center in order for them to lose money in stock markets
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I V E The Open Economy No nation was ever ruined by trade. — Benjamin Franklin Even if you never leave your home town‚ you are an active participant in a global economy.When you go to the grocery store‚ for instance‚ you might choose between apples grown locally and grapes grown in Chile. When you make a deposit into your local bank‚ the bank might lend those funds to your next-door neighbor or to a Japanese company building a factory outside Tokyo. Because our economy is integrated with
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Introduction to India & Indian Economy: India is the seventh largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with a population of over 1‚241‚491‚960 people. India is surrounded by three-water bodies namely Indian Ocean on the south‚ the Arabian Sea on the west‚ and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India shares its border with 7 countries namely Pakistan‚ China‚ Nepal‚ Bhutan Afghanistan‚ Burma and Bangladesh. India is a democratic country and is governed under a parliamentary system consisting
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National Economy Professor Heinowitz 1.) Explain why increasing opportunity cost is not caused by increasing inefficiency. 2.) Explain why the following statement is incorrect: “Income and output are two entirely different things.” 3.) Explain how Keynes’ economic principles and Supply-side economics are related. 4.) How do externalities determine the extent of the involvement of government in the national economy? 5.) Support or refute the following statement: “Since business investment
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1. Measuring the Cost of Living 1) Questions for Review # 2 Questions: Describe the three problems that make the consumer price index an imperfect measure of the cost of living. Answer: The 1st problem is called substitution bias. Consumers substitute toward goods that have become relatively less expensive. However CPI is based on a fixed basket of goods and it ignores the possibility of consumer substitution. The 2nd problem is the introduction of new goods. This means that consumers have more
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