capacity being set up by the hospitality industry. Key Words: Tourism Policy‚ infrastructure‚ destinations‚ terrorism‚ sustainable tourism development‚ Global Tourism Boom‚ Economy Introduction Tourism has become the world ’s largest industry‚ generating wealth and employment‚ opening the minds of both visitors and the visited to different ways of life. Worldwide‚ the industry currently employs more than 200 million people. Tourism‚ as an instrument of economic development‚ will steadily assume
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way that we measure the extent to which the distribution of income. The Gini index is a measurement of the income distribution of a country’s residents. This number‚ which ranges from 0 to 1‚ is based on residents’ net income. This number helps us to define the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest. A 0 represents an economy with perfect equality while a 1 represents a perfect inequality. Do not mistake the measurement of income distribution with the measurement of wealth. A country that
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conceps ‚ measurement of nation income Classical and Keynes approaches nATIONAL INCOM E: ----The t otal sum of goods and services produced by t he people of a count ry wit h t he help of capit als and national resources called Nat ional Income (Prof. Alfred Marshall) We can define Nat ional Income as t he collective achievement of a nat ion. In t his way‚ t he Nat ional Income is t he aggregat e of t he individual incomes. (Prof. Gardner Ackley) Nat ional Income is t he basic concept of economic
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National Income (Contd.) Methods used to measure National Income Calculating National Income There are various methods for calculating the national income such as production method‚ income method‚ expenditure method etc. Income Method: Different factors of production are paid for their productive services rendered to an organization. The various incomes that are included in these methods are wages‚ income of self-employed‚ interest‚ profit‚ dividend‚ rents‚ and surplus of public sector
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Chapter 1—Federal Income Taxation - An Overview MATCHING Match each term with the correct statement below. a. Average tax rate b. Effective tax rate c. Horizontal equity d. Marginal tax rate e. Progressive rate structure f. Proportional rate structure g. Regressive rate structure h. Tax avoidance i. Tax evasion j. Vertical equity 1. A tax rate that increases as the tax base increases. 2. A tax rate that decreases as the tax base increases. 3. Fraudulent methods
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Refer to the list of income statement items in Problem 2-6A. Assume that Corbin Enterprises classifies all operating expenses into two categories: (1) Selling and (2) General and administrative. Required 1. Prepare a multiple-step income statement for the year ended December 31‚ 2010. 2. What advantages do you see in this form for the income statement? 3. Compute Corbin’s profit margin. 4. Comment on Corbin’s profitability. What other factors need to be taken into account to assess Corbin’s profitability
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1 Income Inequality The rich‚ the middle class and the poor. These so-called "titles" are defining Americans today. What is income inequality and why is it a problem? Income inequality is the extent to which income is distributed in a population. In the United States‚ that gap between the poor and the rich has expanded immensely over the past ten years. Income inequality is a constantly debated topic today with different opinions and solutions; economists‚ writers‚ and politicians all have different
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Passive Income Streams We work to make ends meet‚ whether you are employed or you work in your own business‚ we all engage in one activity or another‚ actively so as to make some money at the end of the day or the year. This form of active income can be demanding and tedious and we have to work to make money‚ however‚ we can also go into passive income‚ making money in a passive manner‚ in that we do not have to be actively involved everyday but we still make money. It is important to note that
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Another lense through which inequality can be conveyed through is the social and income class lense. Depending on one’s class standing‚ it has the ability to determine a lot about a person’s life‚ including: access to opportunities at higher paying jobs and higher education‚ as well as the ability to live a healthier‚ safer and more comfortable life. Those that are able to afford‚ or have the social status to achieve more luxurious options‚ tend to have their feelings of power and privilege be enforced
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