Increasing use of Medical Marijuana ENGL103 Colorado Technical University March 18‚ 2013 In the United States of America‚ marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled substance; but 17 states and Washington D.C. have legalized medical marijuana. Even though marijuana is legal within those states‚ it is still a federal offense which is punishable by incarceration and fines. There are many sick people who benefit from using medical marijuana. Medical marijuana helps cancer patients
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Minimum Wage Increase “Americans overwhelmingly agree‚ no one who works full time should ever have to raise a family in poverty…”‚ said the State of the Union in 2014. In 2014‚ fifty-three percent of all people‚ that worked full time jobs‚ year-round‚ that were between the ages of 18 and 64‚ were living at poverty level (U.S Census‚ 2014). People are working their hardest and still not being able to get by. A minimum wage increase could prevent this. With the wage increase‚ people will be able to
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Christine Hicks Professor Thaddeaus Mounkurai ECO2013 -Principles of MacroEconomics 8/5/15 Federal Funds Rate Increase According to our textbook in Chapter 12‚ the federal funds rate is "The interest rate financial institutions charge each other for overnight loans used as reserves. A change in the federal funds rate reflects changes in the market demand and supply of excess reserves." I found the best explanation of the federal funds rate at http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/federalfundsrate
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Tutorial 3 1.) “The only rule of business is the increase of profits.” Discuss. We are now discuss about the rule of business‚ is it just maximize profit without any moral responsibility? Or we need to make decisions that protect and benefit society? According to the Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms‚ social responsibility is the “principle that businesses should actively contribute to the welfare of society and not only maximize profits”. We don’t have “absolutely” in the world
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Use the graphs to explain the process and steps by which each of the following economic scenarios will shift the economy from one long-run macroeconomic equilibrium to another equilibrium. Under each scenario‚ elaborate the short-run and long-run effects of the shifts in the aggregate demand and aggregate supply curves on the aggregate price level and aggregate output (real GDP). Suppose the household wealth decreases due to a decline in the stock market asset prices (See the set of graphs below
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* 1999 (WSJ) 12 40 6 COO Steve Ballmer Ballmer 80 Paul Allen : Bill Gates Gates Gates … ”n - 1” * Talent(A) MBA Christopher A. Bartleft n Microsoft: Competing on ”the”? email – Gates Allen 1986 Redmond 1200 29 2 12 ( ) ( 6 18 5) 30 31 31 (Code) 33 Gates 2~2.5 34 35 30 31 32 31 2~2.5 – 3 Gates Gates Gates Gates ( Ballmer 24 5 500 1980 ) 1986 6
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Alicia Arnold September‚ 16th‚ 2012 CSYW W.R. Myers High School Alberta Taber School Shooting: A 14 year old boy who had been bullied at W.R. Myers High School in Taber Alberta had entered the school on April. 28. 1999 with a .22 Calibre rifle and opened fire. He killed a 17 year old young boy named Jason Lang. Another 17 year old boy was shot‚ but fully recovered after the shooting. 14 year old “Todd Cameron Smith” a high school dropout showed signs of depression before the school shooting
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Economic stimulus using low interest rates – a fantasy or reality? Low interest rates are observed in developed economies as an attempt to discourage savings and encouraging borrowing from banks or other financial institutions . It further aims to create wealth for citizens‚ while boosting consumer and investor confidence. The economy is believed to grow and inflation to increase when interest rates are low. On the other hand‚ high interest rates cause consumer spending to decrease‚ putting a hold
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to measure the relative intensities of light at various horizontal distances from the lamp. The light detector (photocell) will enable us to make light intensity measurements that are more precise than those made with the human eye. The photocell converts light intensity to an electrical potential difference‚ which can be measured with a voltmeter. Using our measurements made from numerous elevations above the table‚ we assumed voltmeters were proportional to the intensity of light and observed a
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Why would the government want to intentionally raise unemployment and hurt the economy? When raising minimum wage‚ that is what the government is doing. The first federal minimum wage was established during the Great Depression. It was meant to increase wages to create a better life for those struggling. People then tended to buy more which caused more job openings (“The Minimum Wage”). This helped a lot during the Great Depression because it made employers pay the people a fair wage. The current
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