CHAPTER 1: MEANING‚ NATURE AND SCOPE OF PUBLIC FINANCE Def: Public Finance is the field of economics that studies government activities and the alternative means of financing government expenditures. Our focus in this course is on the microeconomic functions of government‚ the way government affects the allocation of resources and the distribution of income. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK The Appropriation Act gives the Government of Belize the authority to collect revenue and incur expenditure within
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public finance is the study of the financial activities of governments and public authorities. divided into three categories: a - Knowing what activities the public sector engages in and how these are organized (that is‚ revenue gathering and expenditures) b - Understanding and foreseeing the full consequences of these governmental activities c - Evaluating alternative policies. The positive side describes the activities of the public sector‚ explains the reasons of the programs in existence and
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Concept Paper: Public Interest To claim to hold the public interest is to claim something big. The ambiguity that arises from such a broad concept almost always means that it will have great‚ and sometimes detrimental‚ consequences. Because it is a sort of a “je ne sais quoi” (Sorauf – p. 623) of American politics‚ it is a strong but malleable tool that can be used by anyone who has the audacity to give it a meaning. Frank J. Sorauf‚ while conceding that no “neat and precise”(p
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resolved that public humiliation is not an appropriate means of punishing criminals Public humiliation is a cruel‚ unnecessary‚ and degrading means (method) of punishment that is not only ineffective but also wrong. It brings a lot of unnecessary publicity to the law offenders and can sometimes lead for people to get an exaggerated version of events. Public shaming should be something beneath one’s dignity‚ beneath OUR dignity. It is of the opinion of my colleague and I that public humiliation is
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~ Searching for shareholders Keynotes An Initial Public Offering (IPO) takes place when a private company raises capital by introducing its shares on the stock market and becomes a public limited company (plc). Before a private company can go public‚ it must comply with the requirements of the regulators of the stock exchange (Securities Exchange Commission in the US) and file an application giving full details of its accounts. Most companies prefer to use the services of -.‚’"~‚ an investment
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Debates over Breast-feeding in public. Breast-feeding a baby is one of the most normal and natural things to do in a mother’s life. A mother should never feel ashamed or embarrassed to take part in something that is crucial for the development of their child. Research suggests that a mother should allow her baby to feed when the baby shows it is ready‚ this means at any time at any place. The Better Health channel states that it is essential for a baby to receive their mother’s breast milk‚ as
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Public Enemies The film is about the FBI trying to take down American gangsters John Dillinger‚ Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during the booming crime wave in the 1930’s. The film Public Enemies‚ directed by Michael Mann‚ is a 2009 American adaptation from the book‚ “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the birth of the FBI” written by Bryan Burrough‚ which details the demise of many notorious criminals in the 1930’s. Burrough originally intended to make a television series
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ECON 100A Public Goods and Coase theorem April 29-May 2 Part I Public Goods A good is a (pure) public good if once produced it meets two criteria: 1. Non-rival - A good is non-rival if consumption of additional units of the good involves zero social marginal costs of production. 2. Non-excludable - A good is non-excludable if it impossible‚ or very costly‚ to exclude individuals from benefiting from the good. Taking these two criteria we can categorize goods into four groups. Rival
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Public Speaking Test 1 1. Public speaking: Public speaking is speaking to a group of people in a structured‚ deliberate manner intended to inform‚ influence‚ or entertain the listeners. ( is an oral presentation in which a speaker addresses an audience.) 2. rhetoric: Rhetoric is a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form. 3. extemporaneous: made up or done without special preparation 4. communication: is the phenomenon of conveying information and meaning
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Public shame can teach someone a valuable lesson. In the NFL‚ the Miami Dolphins had an incident where a player quit do to the fact that he was being harassed by one of his teammates. In defense‚ the other player stated that it was just locker room talk; however‚ this bullying also took place over text. The player is now being publicly disgraced for being raciest and harassing one of his teammates. In doing so‚ it makes him learn his lesson on what he has done and suffer the consequences of his actions
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