| |Higher 1 | ECONOMICS 8819/01 Paper 1 1 September 2011 3 hours Additional Materials: Answer Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name‚ index number and CT class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of
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the major tasks of government is to provide goods and services to the people. There are however many factors that hinder the smooth delivery of goods and services. Corruption is one of the factors. A link has been established between corruption and economic stagnation. Corruption leads to misallocation of resources meant for uplifting of the majority members of the public for the benefit of a few. It is a universal scourge that has been described differently by various schools of thought. It tends to
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customers find it more convenient to get their food and coffee at McDonald’s thus taking away some of Starbuck’s customers. 3. What changes in society helped Starbucks become successful? The biggest change which led to the success of Starbucks was the increase in the amount of "out-of-home coffee drinkers." Coffee drinkers aged 25-29 incrreased their out-of-home coffee consumption from 42 to 66 percent. Coffee drinkers aged 30-59 incrreased their out-of-home coffee consumption from 33 to 46 percent
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HISTORY Why was there a boom in the USA in the 1920’s? There are many factors that contributed to America’s economic boom in the 1920’s. Resources where essential at this time in USA‚ this was because many new products and items were being produced for the consumer. Natural resources like coal; minerals‚ oil and land were in great store and were a great help as a basis for further expansion. The First World War was another factor as the USA supplied Europe with many goods during this time and
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Jonathon Swift’s A Modest Proposal Week 4‚ Assignment 1 Phoenix University Professor Smith HUM112 January 29‚ 2012 Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal I choose a writing by Jonathan Swift‚ A Modest Proposal written in 1729. The piece starts off innocent enough‚ describing the dark realities of the day. (Swift‚ 1729) The setting is in the year 1729‚ Ireland. (Swift‚ 1729) The poor lined the streets‚ mostly mothers and their children‚ begging for food or money for food and necessities
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Great Recession 2007-2008 Our 2007-2008 financial crisis is blamed on cheap mortgage credit‚ including lax underwriting process and government policies. In 2003‚ the government passed the American Dream Development Act‚ which provided financing to low-income families. Trying to help lower middle class families‚ the policy led to mortgage subprime mortgages. Financing to families with low credit rating at high interest rates. Since a large part of the population is middle to lower class‚ an exhaustible
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This is an example of the final exam paper for PHY3171. It is very similar in format to the real paper for 2009. Some questions are from past papers‚ some are on this years and some I’ll use in the future. ________________________________________________________________________ SECTION ONE: LONG ANSWER QUESTION (Suggested time: 60 minutes) Answer the following TWO (2) questions (questions 1 and 2). Answer each question in a SEPARATE answer booklet. ***************************************************************************************
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I have heard that "A Modest Proposal" is considered one of the finest examples of satire in world literature. Written in the persona of a well-intentioned economist and published in the form of a popular pamphlet‚ the tract argues that the problem of poverty in Ireland can best be remedied by selling the children of the poor as food for the wealthy. This outlandish thesis is a manifestation of Swift’s outrage at what he saw as the scandalous economic and political policies of the Irish and English
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time‚ based on the way Swift says a positive outcome of his plan would lessen the number of Catholics who wished to return a Catholic king--who was overthrown in 1688 in favor of two Protestant monarchs--to the throne (Swift 8-9‚ 9n30). Moreover‚ Swift shows his distrust view of his nation when he informs the readers that he had “been assured
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In the late 19th century during a period of United States history known as the Gilded Age‚ many factors led to changes in American society and business. Political‚ economic‚ and social changes were brought about by increased industry‚ immigration‚ and more. Increasing industry and job opportunities led to increased immigration and a rise in the work force which involved women entering into more jobs. These jobs were often in dangerous and dirty conditions‚ which labor unions attempted to improve
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