SPRING 2013 Under the Supervision of: Dr. Louis Hobeika International Economics - ECN 431 PROJECT: Role of the Middle Class in shaping economic development in MENA? Identify it? Impact of urbanization‚ trade and the balance between transition and modernity Submitted by: Stephanie Boustany Zahi Chammaa Christian Chbeir Mark Hourany David Naccour Abstract The "middle class" is an elusive concept. And it is likely to be‚ in common speech‚ even perhaps in the political discourse
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of Managerial Economics Economics has two major branches namely Microeconomics and Macroeconomics and both are applied to business analysis and decision-making directly or indirectly. Managerial economics comprises all those economic concepts‚ theories‚ and tools of analysis which can be used to analyze the business environment and to find solutions to practical business problems. In other words‚ managerial economics is applied economics The areas of business issues to which economic theories can
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Principles of Economics According to Campbell‚ “Economics is the social science concerned with the efficient use of scarce resources to achieve the maximum satisfaction of economic wants” (Campbell‚ 2005‚ p. 3‚ Para. 1). For example‚ an individual needs air; however‚ wants a lavish vehicle‚ which the vehicle becomes the economic want. However‚ economics is concerned with obtaining maximum satisfaction through the efficient use of scarce resources. Likely‚ economist view and study economics through the
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Association of Southeast Asia (ASA)‚ an alliance consisting of the Philippines‚ Malaysia‚ and Thailand that formed in 1961. As such‚ ASA is considered the predecessor to ASEAN. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic organization of countries located in Southeast Asia. ASEAN was formed on August 8‚ 1967 by the Philippines‚ Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ Indonesia‚ Singapore‚ as a display of solidarity against Communist expansion in Vietnam and insurgency within their own
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Principles of Economics Economics P RINCIP LES OF N. Gregory Mankiw Premium PowerPoint Slides by Ron Cronovich © 2009 South-Western‚ a part of Cengage Learning‚ all rights reserved In this chapter‚ look for the answers to these questions: § What kinds of questions does economics address? § What are the principles of how people make decisions? § What are the principles of how people interact? § What are the principles of how the economy as a whole works? 1 What Economics Is All
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Mainstream Economics Our Alternative Stance What Many Mainstream Economists Believe Economics from an Alternative Perspective As a discipline‚ economics is defined in terms of a set of specific core assumptions and analytical techniques. As the general "science of choice" economics is applied to any living organism‚ and it is not restricted to human‚ market‚ monetary or business phenomena. Economics is defined in terms of the scientific study of a real object – the economy. The economy is that
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1. PRINCIPES OF ECONOMICS-MANKIEW CHAPTER 1- QUESTION FOR REVIEW (18) No 3. What is inflation and what causes it? = Inflation is an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy. Inflation happen because culprit is growth in the quantity o money when a government creates larges quantities of the nation’s money‚ the value of the money. No 5. Explain the two main causes of market failure and give an example of each! = Externality‚ is the impact of one person’s action on the well being
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Wheelan writes‚ "Life is about trade-offs‚ and so is economics." Indeed‚ so is Naked Economics. This book promises to be a good introduction to economics for the layman. Throughout the book‚ the author uses easy-to-understand language and vivid examples to illustrate his points in strategic places maintaining a sense of lightness with the readers in reading the material. Here is a summary of each of the 12 Chapters of the book Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan.
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International Foundation Programme Foundation course: Economics Katarzyna Krajniewska and Derek Gibson FP0002 2013 This guide was prepared for the University of London International Programmes by: K. Krajniewska‚ The London School of Economics and Political Science D. Gibson‚ The London School of Economics and Political Science This is one of a series of subject guides published by the University. We regret that due to pressure of work the authors are unable to enter into any
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post-war economic miracle The war wiped out many of the gains Japan had made since 1868. About 40% of the nation’s industrial plants and infrastructure were destroyed‚ and production reverted to levels of about fifteen years earlier. The people were shocked by the devastation and swung into action. New factories were equipped with the best modern machines‚ giving Japan an initial competitive advantage over the victor states‚ who now had older factories. As Japan’s second period of economic development
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