tastes of individual consumers. In summary‚ the market forces are regulated by competition instead of the state. That is the way how economy should make progress. On the other hand‚ mercantilism doesn’t consider competition within economy activities. The economy activities are regulated and controlled by the state in order to guarantee security‚ to protect the nation against foreign threats‚ and to support its own industries. The internal market forces act the way the state dictates to bring wealth
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1. Introduction The price of oil becomes the bone of contention recently. Oil price seems to be hitting new highs with the regularity of a metronome. It is a bad news for customers who have to pay more on it. More frightening still‚ this situation may get worse before it come back to normal. No one can exactly predict when the pendulum will soon swing back again since all uncertain factors existing. From the supply side of view‚ the OPEC is the main producer‚ being prepared to add or subtract production
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Anti-discrimination and unfair dismissal What is Anti-discrimination? o Involves having equal rights against civil rights‚ desegregation‚ Emancipation‚ equal opportunity‚ gender equality‚ indigenous rights and integration o Is the act of treating everyone equal and not judging anyone. What is unfair dismissal? o Involves terminating an employee’s contract on the basis of genuine grounds‚ such as misuse of property or a down turn in business. Examples of business that practice ethically o National
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS A CHALLENGE TO ACCOUNTING PROFESSION By SHEHU USMAN HASSAN Department of Accounting Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. 08067766435‚ 08057777085 Shehu.hassanus.usman@gmail.com A paper presented at International Conference with the theme: Global Financial Crises and African Quest for Development‚ Faculty of Administration‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. Kongo Conference Hotel‚ Zaria. Kaduna State‚ Nigeria. JULY 20th - 22th ‚ 2010 Abstract Accounting practices
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The Global Economic Crisis 1 THE GLOBAL CEONOMIC CRISIS: Causes and Consequences The Global Economic Crisis 2 The world has confronted numerous economic crises in the history which have caused a decline in international commodity trade‚ bankruptcies in almost all sectors of activity. However‚ the September-October 2008 Stock market crash has proven to be far beyond the preceding calamities. The financial giants have been able to manipulate the stock market and resultantly have devastated
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rising food price 2.1 Demand side factors: As there is a rising demand for meat in the fast growing economies countries such as China and India‚ this brought by the rising demand of grain‚ as large amount of grain are needed to feed chickens‚ pigs and cows to produce meat in the market. There is a derived demand between grain and meat‚ in which an increase demand for meat leads to a rise in demand for grain‚ which driven up the price of grains. Due to the rapid economic growth in country
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Asia’s large economic disparities are a source of major continuing tension in the region. While global economic powers China‚ Japan‚ India‚ and South Korea continue powering through‚ and Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Philippines‚ Thailand‚ Vietnam and Sri Lanka have entered the path to long-term growth‚ regions right next to these countries are in severe need of assistance. Given the large‚ cheap and amply available labor in the region‚ particularly in China and India‚ where large workforces provide an economical
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Economics of Global warming Global warming has been on the rise for several years now‚ becoming one of the most modern issues in society. It is pretty evident that it cannot be ignored. Global warming is when the earth heats up resulting in a temperature rise; it happens when greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere and causes trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. Resulting in several social and political effects like higher sea levels
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS Name: Rasheed Akewusure Student no: 2710157 Module Reference Number: BAF-7-GFM.1 Module Coordinator: Dr. Carolina Valiente Word Count: 3‚997 Abstract The U.S. stock market experienced the worst bear market in its history since the Great Depression during the October 9‚ 2007-March 9‚ 2009 period. The stock market crash was mainly caused by the U.S. banking sector crisis in 2008. As a result of this crisis‚ the U.S. financial sector has received considerable attention
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EGT1 Economics & Global Business Applications (V1 UG 0213)-PA Name: Christopher Talag Student Number: 274350 Task 1: A. Explain profit maximization from the following approaches: Profit maximization can be explained according to the following approaches according to McConnell (2012): 1. Total revenue to total cost - profit maximization is achieved when the difference of the total revenue minus the total cost is at the highest point. 2. Marginal revenue to marginal cost - means that profit
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