Economics Final Exam Study Guide 1. Manufactured goods needed to produce other goods and services are called what? Capital goods 2. The study of economics is important because it enables us to make choices. 3. What is GDP? Gross Domestic Product 4. What is a production possibilities frontier used for? Showing all the possible combinations of any two goods and services that can be produced using available resources and technology. 5. Know the four factors of production and be able to recognize
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WHY STUDY ECONOMICS? Students take economics courses for all kinds of reasons. • TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD BETTER Applying the tools of economics can help you understand global and cataclysmic events such as wars‚ famines‚ epidemics‚ and depressions. But it can also help you understand much of what happens to you locally and personally—the worsening traffic conditions in your city‚ the raise you can expect at your job this year‚ or the long line of people waiting to buy tickets for a popular
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Peronism was an Argentine political movement which was conceived by the former President of Argentina- Juan Domingo Peron and his wife Eva Peron. The pillars of the Peronist movement were social justice‚ economic independence and political sovereignty. Peron’s model of the mixed economy plus the central role of the worker unions was similar to that of the Scandinavian welfare state. (1) In a speech that Peron made in the Congress in 1948‚ he stated that Peronism was humanism in action. He called
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The American University of Sharjah Fall 11 08 Fall Ghada AL Ghazali ID: 37506‚ Professor: George Naufal The Main concept of Islamic banking vs. conventional banking systems Introduction Islamic finance is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global financial industry. It has become essential in some countries and very relevant in others. Many factors have influenced to the rapid growth of Islamic finance‚ including: (i) high demand in many Islamic countries; (ii) growing
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October 21‚ 2008 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: CAN ISLAMIC FINANCE HELP MINIMIZE THE SEVERITY AND FREQUENCY OF SUCH A CRISIS IN THE FUTURE? by M. Umer Chapra* (A paper prepared for presentation at the Forum on the Global Financial Crisis to be held at the Islamic Development Bank on 25 October 2008) ___________________ * The author is Research Adviser at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). This paper is a revised and updated version
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Many times in life we are presented with situations that can alter the way we view things and as a result may alter our decision making process from time to time. The ever-changing global economic situation is one such factor that does affect the way people live their lives from day to day since survival has now become the order of the day. We now have to be better able to evaluate our absolute advantages versus our comparative advantages. Governments‚ businesses and people can no longer solely
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I/Feb; 12pp.1-4 Muniraju M Research Papers ISSN:-2230-7850 BANKING SECTOR REFORMS IN INDIA: THE RATIONALE AND EFFICACY Kumar B Assistant Librarian‚ University College of Arts‚ Tumkur University Tumkur- 572103. Muniraju M Assistant Professor‚ Department of Studies and Research in Economics‚ Tumkur University‚ Tumkur – 572 103. Abstract The Indian banking industry is measured as a flourishing and the secure in the banking world. The country ’s economy growth rate by over 9 percent since
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Advances in Applied Economics and Finance (AAEF) Vol. 2‚ No. 2‚ 2012‚ ISSN 2167-6348 Copyright © World Science Publisher‚ United States www.worldsciencepublisher.org 325 Analysis of SWOT on Internet Banking 1 Yan-Qin Su‚ 2Ying-Jun Sun 1 2 Yan-Qin Su‚ Business School‚ University of Shanghai for Science and Technology‚ Shanghai‚ China Ying-Jun Sun‚ Business School‚ University of Shanghai for Science and Technology‚ Shanghai‚ China Email: suyanqin88@126.com Abstract –With the development
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Bangladesh is one most affected country by this climate change. And Bangladesh banking industry is ahead one step from other financial institutions for taking endeavors to measure and mitigate the risk of climate change caused by human and banking activity. This activity is familiar in banking industry with title of “Green Banking”. 1.1 Green Banking: Green banking in general refers to the efforts of the Banking sector to keep the environment green and to minimize greenhouse effects through
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January 11‚ 2013 Syllabus Critical Issues in Global Health—Spring 2013 –Yale School of Public Health Course Number: HPA566B Course Instructor: Richard Skolnik Course Description: The course will focus on critical challenges to the health of the poor in low- and middle-income countries and pay particular attention to how these health gaps can be addressed in low-cost and highly effective ways. The course will cover the architecture of global health‚ key trends in approaches to meeting the
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