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    Coming to the issue of the impact of the new economic policy on the vulnerable sections‚ Rangarajan argues‚ "analytically‚ we need to address two sets of issues. One is whether the new economic policy affects in any way the specific policy measures that we normally undertake in order to improve the conditions of the poor. Second‚ is there anything in the new economic policy which per se has an anti- poor bias? The new economic policy which may be a convenient expression to refer to the measures

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    Competitive Strategies and Government Policies Externalities are defined as decisions of consumption‚ production and investment made by individuals or businesses that affect third parties not involved directly in the transactions. The governments intervene in the economy to deal with externalities. Pollution is the most common examples of the negative effects of externalities. Some companies make decisions based on the costs and benefits without considering the indirect costs accepted by the victims

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    Table of Contents 1.Economic Overview …..................................................……...……….…. 3 2.Essay Objective ……………….................................................................. 3 3.Summary of the Chosen Article …….....................................………......... 3 4.Background on 2008 Recession …......................................……………… 4 5.V Shaped Recession ……………….......................................……………. 5 6.Low Interest Rates Causing a Medium Term Inflation Risk

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    Philippine Government Policies on the 8MDGs Introduction A pledge the Philippines made along with 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have come a long way in achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The MDGs have been adopted not just as top priority goals but as commitments to ensure a brighter prospect for all Filipinos‚ especially the poor. We have witnessed since the establishment of the MDG in 2000 the national and local

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    domestic policy maker. We have got ‘New Labour’ now‚ but to what extent have we really got ‘New Britain’? It could be argued that Tony Blair’s New Labour movement was successful due to his expertise in policy making. Blair‚ Labour leader from 1994 – 2007‚ made large reforms in domestic policy‚ concerning social‚ economic and constitutional factors. Whether this effective policy-making actually produced a ‘New Britain’‚ is a debatable subject. After the Thatcher and Major governments‚ one could

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    Topic 5 – Demand‚ Supply and government policy (Week five Oct 6th – Oct 13th) Outline: 1. Price Ceiling: -- General Analysis; -- Example: Rent Control; 2. Price Floor: -- General Analysis; -- Example: minimum wage law; 3. The Incidence of Sales Tax -- Key Results; -- Numerical Examples: a)Tax levied on sellers; b)Tax levied on buyers; -- Elasticities of demand and supply;  Price Ceiling A legal maximum on the price at which a good can be sold 1) General Analysis Price 12 PE 8 Shortage 16 QE

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    Executive Summary Planning of economic policies & their implementations are the most vital facts of a country. Overall development of a country largely depends on economic policy design & its proper implementation. Every country has its own economic policies & specific way of their implementation. But some policies are same for all countries such as Fiscal Policy‚ Monetary Policy‚ etc. Philippines‚ as a developing country has set various economic policies & strategies over time with

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    Fiscal Policy and Government Spending As I look around today‚ our country is still trying to pull itself out of recession as the unemployment rates are still high as it slowly decreases‚ along with the costs of living‚ and its interest rates are nearly zero when economy is expected to be in a bad shape. As for taxes‚ the tax rate is also still very high itself. Although things have improved over the last couple of years‚ our country is still struggling to pull itself out of debt and avoid great

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    The current and expected government policies and regulations including taxes and regulations in place to address issues related to externalities. Traditionally the government policies towards the environment and taxes‚ has control measures for regulation and legislation. Through your government‚ the policies are designed to achieve more efficient use of the resources that are made available to the consumers. To promote a substitution between the resources that is present and provides an incentive

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    Game Theory in Economics Game theory is a concept of decision making that considers more elements beyond just benefits minus costs. Specifically‚ it includes the interaction between participants. In economics‚ the theory attempts to predict the participants’ optimal decisions. It has found a core place in economic decision-making and policy-making for its inherent ability to predict reactions in resource allocation‚ business negotiation‚ and other economic aspects. Game theory is mostly associated

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