ECONOMIC GOALS: Five conditions of the mixed economy‚ including full employment‚ stability‚ economic growth‚ efficiency‚ and equity‚ that are generally desired by society and pursued by governments through economic policies. The five goals are typically divided into the three that are most important for macroeconomics (the macroeconomic goals of full employment‚ stability and economic growth) and the two that are most important for microeconomics (the microeconomic goals of efficiency and equity)
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The 21st Century Mortgage Crisis ENGL106 January 22‚ 2011 Abstract The 21st century mortgage crisis is certainly a key factor to the current financial catastrophe. There are multiple events that contributed to the downward spiral of the mortgage business. The crisis can be directly linked to the overzealous dreams of home ownership to the manipulation and failure of capitalism. What started out as mortgage bankers’ relaxed and deregulated approach to funding unqualified lenders has turned
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The Misconceptions of "Development Economics" The main idea in this article is how much and what kind of government intervention should take place in developing countries. Some believe lassez-faire is the solution‚ while many believe a dirigiste dogma government is needed. There are also ways of reducing poverty and distributing assets in order for countries to become more developed. Lassez-faire will only work efficiently if perfect competition is present. This is very unlikely to happen
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The Economic Effects of Terrorism: Counterfactual Analysis of the Case of Israel Dotan Persitz Tel Aviv University † Abstract The paper evaluates the effect of Palestinian terror on the Israeli economy by using counterfactual methodology and quarterly data for the macroeconomic aggregates of OECD countries and Israel from 1980 to 2003. Had there been no terror in Israel since 1994‚ the country’s per-capita GDP in 2003:3 would have been 8.6% higher than it was. Predictions based on low future
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The Economic Effects of the Olympics The Olympic Games is a sporting event that attracts worldwide attention. People travel from different parts of the world to participate in the Games‚ or to watch and support. Countries that are hosting the Games have to prepare to welcome this great number of visitors. They also have to set up all the equipments that would be needed. Hosting the Olympics is an expensive project‚ and it always leaves an effect on the host country. These effects may or may not
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Impact of global economic crisis on Bangladesh Barrister Harun ur Rashid The financial crisis that started in the US in March of this year has now turned into a full-fledged economic crisis that has pushed the European Union‚ Japan‚ Hong Kong and others into recession There is a saying that when America sneezes‚ countries around the world get flu. This has been evident from the fact that the American financial crisis has left everyone in a state of shock. October 10 was the day when stocks
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What Caused Economic Crisis? Readers Questions: What are the factors that makes today’s economic crisis? Which of them are the most important in today’s economic crisis? Some of the most significant factors in causing today’s economic crisis: · A glut of saving from Asia. A glut of savings poured into US and similar countries like UK. This kept US interest rates low and encouraged high levels of consumer spending in US. It encouraged a large current account deficit in the US. It also encouraged
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Financial Crisis in 2008: Evidence from Ten Industries in the USA Zongming Ma Abstract: The financial crisis in 2008 raised the concern of many practitioners and academics about the validity of the capital asset pricing model. In this paper‚ we use the data (ranged in ten years around the 2008 financial crisis) from ten industries to test the validity of the capital asset pricing model. Our results show that the model is not effective in these ten years. However‚ the 2008 financial crisis had an impact
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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008‚ Paul Krugman‚ has several rewarding occupations; he is an economics and international affairs professor at Princeton University‚ Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics‚ and also a widely known columnist for The New York Times‚ which he received the title as “the most important political columnist in America” by The Washington Monthly. Krugmans’ book‚ The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008‚ was highly praised
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The US Economic Crisis HiranJ 9 Oct 2008 Session content • • • • • The sub prime market and sub prime crisis Housing Mortgage Fraud CDS – Easy money! Wall Street in Turmoil The bailout plan The Sub Prime Market • What is the sub prime market? – Sub prime lenders • Lends to borrowers that do not qualify for mainstream lending by FannieMae/FreddieMac • Lending rates are usually high • Has prepayment penalties • One of the common lending terms is 2/28 ARM The Sub Prime Market • 2/28 ARM • ARM
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