necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Published in May 2002. The Population Council is an international‚ nonprofit‚ nongovernmental institution that seeks to improve the wellbeing and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane‚ equitable‚ and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical‚ social science‚ and public health research and helps build research capacities
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Advance Macroeconomics 1. Why the rich become richer and poor become poorer? It is because of the rising in inequality. He rich have got richer‚ and the poor have become relatively poorer. It is not that the real incomes of the lowest paid have fallen (though in some cases real incomes have been stagnant) but‚ they have fallen behind higher income earners. The gap between the highest paid and lowest paid has increased. In the past couple of decades it feels like the ‘rich have got richer
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Macroeconomics Coursework assignment word count: 1802 Marco Lau What are the main means by which unemployment can be controlled? Unemployment‚ the state of being unemployed‚ especially involuntarily can cause big problems in our modern world. But how does one measure such an enormous prospect? When measuring unemployment it is first necessary to measure the working population‚ as not every person is able to work. Looking at the elderly and young children as
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics ECO/372 Principles of Macroeconomics Alisha Wisniewski May 28‚ 2013 David Aloyan Part 1 Using Resource: Figure 3-1 in Ch. 3 of Macroeconomics 1. Gross Domestic Product – Is value of how much every household and a business can produce within the United States in a year. 2. Real GDP – The dollar amount of money made by businesses‚ government‚ and households combined. 3. Nominal GDP – GDP without taking in account other factors like inflation. It
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*Source: Wikipedia Switzerland in brief * Switzerland’s Real GDP *Source: World Bank Swiss | Year 2004 | Year 2005 | Year2006 | Year 2007 | Year 2008 | Year 2009 | Year 2010 | Real GDP in US$ (based on 1990 price) | 362‚990‚618‚832 | 372‚475‚755‚390 | 391‚233‚703‚828 | 434‚116‚631‚637 | 503‚215‚464‚683 | 492‚261‚743‚767 | 527‚919‚933‚356 | Growth Rate | 2.5% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 2.1% | -1.9% | 2.7% | From the data available‚ Switzerland’s
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The Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Before being able to grasp what economics has to offer it is important to understand the terms and concepts that are frequently used in economic. This paper will consist of two parts‚ part one will explain six terms; gross domestic product (GDP)‚ real GDP‚ nominal GDP‚ unemployment rate‚ inflation rate‚ and finally interest rate. Part two will consist of describing how three economic activities‚ such as purchasing of groceries‚ massive layoff of employees‚ and
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper ECO/372 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Part 1 * Gross Domestic Product (GDP)- is the market value of all goods and services within a country in a period of time (Hindsight). * Real GDP- account for changes in the price level‚ an adjusted measure compared to Nominal GDP. * Nominal GDP- When a GDP figures that has not been adjusted for inflation. * Unemployment Rate- The rate is measure of unemployment citizens by dividing the number
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Economic Indicators Paper What does it mean when someone refers to the health of an economy? Furthermore‚ how can one classify an economy? Americans love to quantify data. Because of this inherent need to compare data‚ economists have developed a way to collect nearly every type of statistics that may reveal the general health of the economy. These statistics actually tell if the economy is productive and efficient or if it is slow and inefficient. Included in these statistics are Gross Domestic
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Part A: Evaluate Company Q’s current attitude: With reviewing company Q’s current attitude towards social responsibility‚ I feel it is very poor requires immediate attention. There a few areas of which the company can work on to be more socially responsible. The company just recently closed down two stores due to high crime rates rather than giving it a chance to succeed and help the community in the time of need. Yes the store may have lost some profits‚ but using the crime rate as an excuse to
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Topics on Economics Name Institution Instructor Subject Date Keynesian approaches in achieving long run macroeconomic stability The two schools of economic thoughts have different perspectives on how macroeconomic stability can be achieved. Keynesian economics became prominent when John Maynard Keynes introduced the concept of active participation of government in stabilizing the economy. This was because the private sector alone was not able to sustain stability
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