of living and explain what they can infer from these sources. List three indicators of economic development other than National Income measures (NI‚ GDP‚ or GNP‚ level‚ growth rate‚ or per capita) that are of interest to economists and explain what can be inferred from each of these indicators. Explain in detail 3 weaknesses of per capita GNP (or GDP) as a measure of economic well-being. Although this measure has the flaws you just listed (and others) it is the most oft-referenced statistic when
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Pros and Cons of Deficit Spending Whether used in government‚ economics‚ or finance‚ the underlying principle of deficit spending is the same—less income‚ more spending. Economists have been debating on this topic for a long time already‚ with those against it saying this will hinder economic growth‚ while those for it argue otherwise. For this article‚ we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of deficit spending in the context of government‚ where a governing body of a nation that is
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Military Spending is Too Much! America. The pictures that might appear with that include: freedom‚ baseball‚ hotdogs‚ ––– and the military. We have an outstanding defense for our country‚ but that all comes at a cost. Money is being wasted for no good reason! Recent statistics have shown that the United States spends an incredulous amount of money on our military and national defense every year. How much exactly? A rough $600 BILLION dollars. That‚ compared to the $72 Billion spent
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INCOME TAXES AND DIVIDEND POLICY The income taxes of stockholders should affect the dividend policy of a firm. To help you understand these tax implications‚ we shall first examine the importance of tax deferral and then show the impact of having two different tax rates‚ one for ordinary income and one for capital gains. Rational stockholders should value a stock based on the after-tax returns they expect to receive from owning it. The tax status of the return depends on the form in which it is
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GDP Per Capita and Corruption 4/14/13 In my analysis of corruption‚ I chose to see how corruption affects the per capita income of families‚ households around the world. GDP is one of the most important factors in determining how well people in a given country live. Typically the higher the per capita GDP is‚ the better quality of life the people in that nation are able to derive. With less corruption throughout the world‚ I believe that GDP will have an easier time growing. The nation of Sri
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The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country is commonly defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year. The fact that it is measured regularly and quite consistently in practically all countries of the world allows a direct comparison of the standard of living in individual countries. The frequent measuring also makes it possible to quickly recognize changing trends. For example‚ it is used to
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Federal Government should never run a deficit. There should be a law enacted to state this.” Critically evaluate this statement. Ever since John Maynard Keynes introduced Keynesian economics he has changed the policies of governments. The idea that during a recession‚ the government can stimulate the economy by intentionally entering a deficit. Deficit spending occurs when a government spends more then its revenues during a fiscal period. There are both positives and negatives to deficit spending‚ but
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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 in 2010 they began to rise again. Some factors in causing the GDP to decline
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Federal and State Government PPA601 Foundation of Public Administration Leah Raby November 1‚ 2013 . Federal and State Government The current public policy issue that will be identified in the course of this paper causing a great deal of controversy in the news today is marijuana. Depending in what state one is living currently in the United States‚ will depend on what type of consequences if any a person might be facing if caught possessing it. The federal government defines it to
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assignment 1 Exercise 9.1 Data description Country: Mexico Indicator: Real GDP per capita (Constant Prices: Chain series) (I$ in 2005 Constant Prices) Name of variable: rdgp Frequency: Annual Period: 1950-2007 Number of observations: 58 Our first task is to compute the trend component of GDP: Let’s use the method described in Doepke’s book. First of all we need to compute the growth rate of real GDP for each period: we will create new variable GRATET it shows us the economic growth
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