households (or consumers)‚ the private sector (or producers)‚ and the public sector (or the government) depending on their involvement in a terrorist attack‚ economic agents may suffer from (i) direct impacts through losses in physical and human capital‚ and (ii) indirect impacts that emerge as consequence of the distortion of the economy. First-hand economic damages of terrorist activities have attained recent dimensions in consideration of the unprecedented magnitude of 9/11. Therefore‚ it is not surprising
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he fear is widerspread among environmentalists that free trade increases economic growth and that growth harms the environment. That fear is misplaced. Growth enables governments to tax and to raise resources for a variety of objectives‚ including the atatement of pollution and the general protection of the environment. Without such revenues‚ little can be achieved‚ no matter how pure one’s motives may be. "Marathon runner threatens to pull out of 2008 Olympics fearing Beijing’s air quality"
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The relationship between the economic growth and environment is and may always remain a complex matter. Some perceive the emergence of new pollution problems unsuccessful when dealing with global warming. There are others however‚ that have a more optimistic view. They see tremendous progress made in improving air quality in major cities and note ever improving human condition which was made possible by the advances of technology. The limited natural resources of the planet had many years been
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Economic Factor Affecting Automobile Sector. 1. Excess Capacity. According to CSM Worldwide‚ an automotive research firm‚ in 2004 the estimated automotive industry global production capacity for light vehicles (about 74 million units) significantly exceeded global production of cars and trucks (about 60 million units). In North America and Europe‚ the two regions where the majority of revenue and profits are earned in the industry‚ excess capacity was an estimated 17% and 13%‚ respectively
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FINAL RESEARCH PAPER The Rise of China: Understanding its Economic Growth Since 1987’s Economic Reform By Francia‚ Niña Luz V. Julio‚ Hilarie Claire L. I. Introduction A. China’s emerging economy for the past 30 years During the 1800 ’s‚ China was economically and politically dominant in the world. However‚ it was during 1850 when China ’s economy started to decline and Britain took the economic lead. China ’s economic and political power weakened. It maintained a centrally
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What are the annual growth rates for the U.S. economy over the last 5 – 10 years? Has GDP been growing or declining over this time-frame? Explain what factors might have caused GDP to increase or decrease over this time-frame. Annual Rates: 2001: 1.1‚ 2002: 1.8‚ 2003: 2.5‚ 2004: 3.6‚ 2005: 3.1‚ 2006: 2.7‚ 2007: 1.9‚ 2008: 0.0‚ 2009: -2.6‚ 2010: 2.9. The 2.7 increase in 2006 slowly declined to a -2.6% change in 2009 and 2.9% increase in 2010.Up until 2009 the rates seemed to slowly decline and
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The ultimate engine of economic growth is new technology. According to economists‚ the growth of output per capita is a fairly recent phenomenon. This can be attributed to all the new technology people have discovered in the past few centuries‚ causing output growth to surge and accelerate faster than ever before in history. The result of all these ingenious‚ innovative inventions has been a total revolution in the way people live their lives. After examining the multitude of invention descriptions
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One should start by saying that economic growth of Japan after the end of the World War II was enormous. It resulted in Japanese economic ascension making Japan one of the few world most economically advanced nations. From the savage destruction brought during World War II. Japan has done wonders to create the strong economy it has today. Japan had managed to advance originally via proper government industry cooperation initiatives‚ strong work ethic of the Japanese people‚ adoption of new technology
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1 China’s economic growth and poverty reduction (1978-2002) By Hu Angang，Hu Linlin and Chang Zhixiao1 [Abstract] This article has summarized and evaluated the trend of China’s poverty decrease in the period of 1978-2002‚ considering that China has obtained great achievements in the area of poverty decrease sine 1978 and made great contributions to the world; however‚ poverty decrease has not corresponded to the economic growth and it has slowed down the pace since the middle of 1980s; in addition
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Pakistan Economic Growth (2000-2010) A: Agriculture: “Agriculture growth rate over the last seven years: Table 1.1: Agriculture Growth (Percent) Year Agriculture Major Crops Minor Crops Livestock Fishery Forestry 2003‐04 2.4 1.7 3.9 2.9 2.0 ‐3.2 2004‐05 6.5 17.7 1.5 2.3
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