Gross Domestic Happiness: What Is the Relationship between Money and Well-being?: Knowledge@Wharton (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2675) Gross Domestic Happiness: What Is the Relationship between Money and Well-being? Published : January 19‚ 2011 in Knowledge@Wharton Most of us have seen the bumper sticker: "Anyone who says money can ’t buy happiness just doesn ’t know where to shop." It ’s an amusing sentiment‚ but it provokes an important question: What exactly
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INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VAT AND GDP IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY Denis Basila Department of Accounting Adamawa State University‚ Mubi‚ Nigeria denis.basila@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study is an empirical investigation into the relationship between Value Added Tax (VAT) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria. This research is significant for planning and policy formulation as regards revenue generation. A data based on VAT revenue figure and GDP figure from 1994 to 2008 obtained from Central
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The Contribution of Stephen hawking 18 October 2011 Stephen Hawking is a genius. He became a leading figure in cosmology and quantum mechanics in a short period of time. He did this while battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He is mostly known for his work in developing the understanding of the way black holes behave‚ as well as the origins of the universe. He was popularized when A Brief History of Time was released‚ which described his life and what he had accomplished. Hawking
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His contributions to society helped many people at this time‚ and they went on for generations. As stated by Donovan 455‚ in 1748‚ when studying electricity and conducting experiments‚ he developed his Theory of Points which states that blunt metal objects don’t
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In this day and age‚ the artist Andy Warhol is best known for his iconic pop art prints. Examples of his printed artwork include the Marilyn Diptych‚ a silkscreen painting containing fifty identical images of Marilyn Monroe’s face‚ and the famous Campbell’s Soup Can series‚ paintings of the titular can. Warhol’s printed artworks remain the most famous of his creations; however‚ he was much more than just an ordinary pop artist. Andy Warhol‚ working with many media types such as film‚ sculpture‚ and
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Product at fixed prices‚ i.e. Real GDP‚ is the true indicator of its growth and prosperity and can be looked upon to forecast what the future of the economy will be to be able to take policy decisions in a scientific manner. This paper aims at examining various macro economic variables and use statistical methods to find the impact of these variables on each other. For this objective secondary data has been obtained about inflation rate (CPI)‚ bank rate and real GDP of India during the years 2004 to
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References: Alpízar Durán‚ L. Keynote speech at High-Level Roundtable “The implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action‚ the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a gender perspective towards the full realization of the MDGs". 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women‚ United Nations Headquarters NY‚ March 2010. AWID. Getting at the Roots: Re-integrating human rights and gender
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Contributions and Drawbacks of Marxism Marxism is a theoretical system that created by Marx and Engels based on labor movements in the 19th century. Marxism was written upon a materialist interpretation of history. The Marxist theoretical system consists of three parts: Marxist philosophy‚ Marxist political economy and scientific socialism‚ which were created on the basis of the German classical philosophy‚ the British classical political economy and French utopian socialist influence respectively
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Elliott Carter is among the most celebrated American composers of the 20th century. Until his death in 2012‚ Carter was a renowned ace in composing contemporary classical music. His success during his career spanning eight decades can well be manifested by the numerous accolades he gained including the most coveted Pulitzer Prize. Elliot Cook Carter‚ Jr. was born in New York City in 1908 and died in 2012. His interest in music began while he was in high school. Carter’s music career was instigated
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Sumerian Culture and Contributions The Sumerians were a people who lived in the southern portion of Mesopotamia from around 3500 B.C. to 1800 B.C.. The Sumerian people lived in twelve city states‚ famous among which ar Sumer and Ur. They shared a common language‚ Sumerian. Sumerian has no modern day descendants‚ it seems to have disappeared from human history as a spoken language‚ but lived on in written language. The Sumerians were an agricultural people‚ and they raised crops in three areas
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