UNDERGRADUATE SYLLABUS Global Economics II Semester 2 2013/14 Miguel Lebre de Freitas PhD in Economics‚ University of London (Birkbeck College)‚ 1998. Assistant Professor at Universidade de Aveiro‚ Invited Assistant Professor at Nova SBE. Previously‚ he served as Chief Economist at the Ministry of Economy (Director of Cabinet of Strategy and Studies‚ 2005-2010). His professional experience also includes a passage through the Bank of Portugal’ Department of Economic Studies (1999-2000)‚ as
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Reflection of The Global Crisis ; Food ‚ Water and Fuel 1- “We are at the crossroads of the most serious economic and social crisis in modern history.” Explain this statement by giving examples. A : The provision of food‚ water and fuel is a precondition of civilized society: they are necessary factors for the survival of the human species but these days its hard to use that goods and services for most of the countries.The prices are increasing quickly at global level so surviving on
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International Labour Office Policy Integration Department The Philippines in the global economic crisis: the social and local dimensions Lourdes Kathleen Santos[1] A Technical Note for the Policy Coherence Forum Overcoming the Jobs Crisis and Shaping an Inclusive Recovery: The Philippines in the aftermath of the global economic turmoil 11 – 12 March 2010 Philippines March 2010
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Banking in the Global Economic and Financial Crisis" 1. Introduction It is fair to say that central banks around the world have learned the lessons from previous crises and they attempted to change financial regulations to keep pace with the changing global financial system. The policy response triggered by the recent financial crisis has been rapid and it appears that the global policy response has helped to mitigate the effects of the financial crisis. European Central
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ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON THE UNITED STATES AUTO INDUSTRY In late 2008 through 2009‚ the automobile industry faced an economic crisis. By September of 2008‚ the industry was rapidly decreasing production‚ cutting nearly 120‚000 jobs per month‚ and closing large operations across the United States (McAlinden‚ Dzicczek‚ Menk‚ & Cregger‚ 2010). The 2008 – 2009 recession and financial crisis severely impacted the industry’s health‚ ultimately leading to its national distress. Additionally‚ one of
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Economic Crisis Impact on Auto Industry’s Costs and Sales B.W. Strayer University Abstract The 2008 economic crisis negatively impacted the U.S. domestic automobile industry. GM‚ Chrysler and Ford reported annual operating costs and sales revenues that mimicked the movement of the overall economy from 2005-2010. Until 2009‚ all three companies displayed a downward trend in operating costs and sales revenues. These two aspects of automobile manufacturers are directly
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STUDY Ireland had a major economic crisis happened started in 2008 until 2011 this is because this country are falling into recession for the first time since 1980’s. The government of Irish officially announced it was recession in September 2008. This announcement leads to sharp rise in unemployment in the following months. In January 2009 is the highest month that record number of people claiming unemployment benefit it rose to 326000 people. Before the crisis happen in Ireland‚ Ireland is
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The Developing Economies‚ XXXVII-4 (December 1999): 417–38 THE MALAYSIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS: ECONOMIC IMPACT AND RECOVERY PROSPECTS MOHAMED ARIFF SYARISA YANTI ABUBAKAR I. INTRODUCTION to the crisis‚ Malaysia had been dubbed as one of the miracle economies in East Asia owing to its maintenance of high growth rates averaging 8.9 per cent during the period 1988–96 in addition to low inflation rate of about 3–4 per cent per year. Moreover‚ the increasing emphasis on manufacturing‚ and electronics
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interference. But it seems not very accurate. This lesson was followed with undiminished faith until the GFC. This is most evident in the attention paid to rating agencies and bond markets‚ and the speculative bubble they helped to generate‚ that created the crisis in the first place. The second lesson is deregulatory. The regulatory framework did not keep going with financial innovation‚ such like derivatives and securitisations. Also many laws made bankers more greed and not lead to society’s wellbeing
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January 16‚ 2009 Global Oil Crisis – Word Count: 1‚823 Global Oil Crisis: The depleting oil supply and the need for alternatives Oil is the single most important energy source that drives our economy and makes civilized life as we know it today possible. It is so vital to our life that if the earth’s oil supply were to run out within the next 20 years‚ it would completely cripple the United States and its economy. We use oil and other fossil fuels for transportation (of goods‚
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