ECONOMICS Adam Smith He was a Scottish philosopher during the Enlightenment. (The Enlightenment was an 18th century philosophical movement in Europe that stressed the importance of reason in analysing and investigating.) He wrote ’An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations’ published in 1776. His main economic ideas were: A nation’s wealth was the total value of its goods and services‚ not the value of its raw materials and precious metals. The value of these goods
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Jordan‚ Jerry‚ “How to Keep Growing “New Economies””‚ Economic Commentary Series‚ Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland‚ August 15‚ 2000. Summary -Innovations in technology have prompted many economists to reevaluate how technology changes the system in our economic environment as it produced unseen levels of positive economic prosperity. -Some people contend that technology merely adds value to our economy solely as an instrument to speed up data processing‚ but is not a game change; on the
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The first military draft in the United States was shortly after the Iraq war. This draft was started by Senator Ernest Hollings and Representative Charles Rangel. There were a lot of people for the military draft but there were also a lot of people against it. The people that were for the draft concluded that it was a good thing for the United States. They said that there was different ways that you could get out of it but why would you want to do that when you could fight for your country in their
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• Profitability Procter & Gamble’s Gross Profit Margin (GPM) increased in 2010 by 2.41%‚ however it decreased in 2011 by 1.34%‚ while Net Sales continued to increase from 2009 to 2011. This trend was due to a price fluctuation in Cost of Goods Sold. The GPM directly affected the Operating Profit Margin (OPM)‚ which also increased in 2010 by 0.25% and decreased in 2011 by 1.14%. The Operating expenses were somewhat stable‚ which resulted in the OPM ratios following a similar trend as the GPM
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Urban Sprawl The idea of urban sprawls is one that interests economists. An urban sprawl is the spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city. In the article‚ “Urban Sprawl” by Thomas J. Nechyba and Randall P. Walsh‚ the authors talk about the advantages and disadvantages of urban sprawls. They also explain the consequences of inner-city and suburbs after the urban sprawls have occurred. The problems of urban sprawls are the un-productive congestion of roads‚ high levels of metropolitan
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ECO1010F Essay1 2013 Student Number: CHXTAW001 Name: Robert Chao Introduction In South Africa‚ there are many socio economic issues. The four main issues that the country is dealing with are unemployment‚ poverty‚ crime and HIV/AIDS. “South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 25.2% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to 23.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011‚ says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA‚ 2013)” As a result‚ the poor have limited access to economic opportunities and basic services.
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2-8 (Key Question) With current technology‚ suppose a firm is producing 400 loaves of banana bread daily. Also‚ assume that the least-cost combination of resources in producing those loaves is 5 units of labor‚ 7 units of land‚ 2 units of capital‚ and 1 unit of entrepreneurial ability‚ selling at prices of $40‚ $60‚ $60‚ and $20‚ respectively. If the firm can sell these 400 units at $2 per unit‚ will it continue to produce banana bread? If this firm’s situation is typical for the other makers
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ECON individual assignment Topic: What were the causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s? Is today’s economic situation similar? Discuss. Zhijin Yu 300700894 Introduction The Great Depression occurred on 1930s made a huge destroyed impact to all of global economic entities. With economic theory developing‚ nowadays‚ economists are able to prevent economic depression or recession by using Macroeconomic knowledge. The report that following is completely based on economic principles
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Black Market The black market is not a physical place‚ but rather an economic activity in which merchandise and/or services are bought and sold illegally. Also called the “underground market‚” this market gets its name from the activity it conducts out of sight and often outside the sight of law enforcement. The black market or buying and selling of products and services take place often in plain sight. A black economy is a highly organized and a vast market where the regular taxation rules and
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57*1041kg M6 = (2230002*25000*3.09*1016)/(6.67*10-11) = 5.76*1041kg b)Six plots (logR‚ logM) (0.3‚ 40.6); (0.7‚ 41); (1‚ 41.4); (1.2‚ 41.5); (1.3‚ 41.7); (1.4‚41.8) c) logMR = (3-α) logR+k 3-α = (41.8 - 40.6)/(1.4-0.3) 3-α = 1.1 α = 1.9 2. Larger galaxy: v = H0d d = v/H0 = 5000/71 = 70.4 Mpc = 70.4 * 3.09 * 1022m = 2.18 * 1024 m 34 arcminutes = pi/10800 * 34 = 9.89 * 10-3 radians Linear separation = 2.18 * 1024 * 9.89 * 10-3 = 2.16 * 1022m Since F = mv2/r and F = GMm/r2 So
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