To what extent is economic growth beneficial for global economies? Economic growth is defined as the expansion of the productive capacity of an economy. An increase in resources causes an area to produce more goods or services in a given period of time – as shown on a production possibility frontier (PPF) diagram‚ where the curve shifts outwards. The PPF is a curve showing the maximum combinations of goods and services that can be produced in a given period with available resources. The improvement
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reduce uncertainty by enabling effective risk management‚ and support economic activity and stimulate savings and investment. Insurance sector will also increase the efficiency of the entire financial sector by reducing transaction costs‚ creating liquidity and economies of scale. A modern‚ well-functioning insurance sector is essential for achieving sustainable economic growth. With the advent of the global financial crisis‚ the economy is experiencing a very hard time. The insurance industry as
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repayments. Check out here to find out if mortgage protection insurance is the right option for you. What is mortgage protection insurance? Not being able to meet your home loan repayments is serious and could mean you lose your family home if the bank forecloses. Mortgage protection insurance – also called loan protection insurance – is an insurance policy that pays your mortgage when you’re unable to. With a mortgage protection insurance policy‚ your mortgage is covered if you lose your job‚ suffer
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Lecture How do we explain behavior Behaviour generally refers to actions or reactions (an activity or response of some kind) of an object or organism usually in relation to the environment or surrounding world of stimuli. Behaviour can be conscious or unconscious‚ overt or covert‚ voluntary or involuntary‚ sometimes it can be common‚ unusual‚ acceptable‚ or outside acceptable limits. The acceptability of behavior is evaluated relative to social norms and regulated by various means of social control
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to face in the twenty-first century. If humans keep standing by from protecting nature‚ then global warming will be the natural consequence of their inaction. Accordingly‚ people must try to find some suitable ways to prevent this situation. Currently‚ the three most efficient solutions of this problem are a moratorium of deforestation‚ a universal carbon tax and international cooperation. Global warming is a tendency which there is an increase in earth’s surface temperature which is caused
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The Greek Crisis The European Union. A lot of people know of the name and most will probably be able to give a vague description of what it is and how it works. Outlined here is a brief discussion of the European Union and one of its member states‚ Greece. The financial crisis that has occurred and its subsequent impact on the European Union and the rest of the world. In the 1940’s the world was at war and European countries such as France‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ and England were in disrepair and scared
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Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Hospitality Sector Based in Mumbai Region Oshma Rosette Pinto Assistant Professor‚ Pillai Institute of Management Studies and Research‚ New Panvel Navi Mumbai E-mail: pinto.rosette@gmail.com ABSTRACT The Global financial crisis from 2005 to the present is considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was triggered by a liquidity shortfall in the United States Banking system which resulted in the
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bad credit and mortgages! I’m talking here about how it is commonly believed that if you have bad credit it’s virtually impossible to get a home loan‚ and if you do happen to get a home loan‚ then the interest rate will be so high it will be a feat in itself just meeting the repayments. In Australia‚ every Tom‚ Dick and Harry will tell you that bad credit is bad news when it comes to your prospects for a home loan‚ however‚ there is has been a breakthrough in the bad credit mortgage industry. To date
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European CRISIS: An Overview of Facts EU rules state that no nation in the euro bloc should have an annual budget deficit which is higher than 3% of its gross domestic product. The Greek government aims to shrink it to 9.1% of overall economic output this year‚ down from 12.7% last year. Meanwhile Greece’s national debt stands at about 300bn euros ($419bn‚ £259bn). Following downgrading by Fitch‚ Moody’s and S&P‚ Greek bond yields rose in 2010‚ both in absolute terms and relative to German government
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How do we solve a problem like....stereotypes We can say that stereotypes are based in some kernel of truth. Some stereotypes are self-perpetuating‚ but is it up to the minority itself to regulate and stop those who perpetuate certain stereotypes? Can you tell one group of a minority to stop acting a certain way‚ to stop dressing a certain way‚ to stop talking a certain way? Would it really be better for society if we took out the kernels causing all the self-perpetuating problems? I believe
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