Concept Paper: Public Interest To claim to hold the public interest is to claim something big. The ambiguity that arises from such a broad concept almost always means that it will have great‚ and sometimes detrimental‚ consequences. Because it is a sort of a “je ne sais quoi” (Sorauf – p. 623) of American politics‚ it is a strong but malleable tool that can be used by anyone who has the audacity to give it a meaning. Frank J. Sorauf‚ while conceding that no “neat and precise”(p
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Over the past few years‚ Greek’s ability to pay its sovereign debt became a major issue facing economies worldwide. The downgrade of Greek debt to “junk bond” status made Greek default seem inevitable‚ causing alarm to permeate financial markets worldwide. Unsustainable spending by the Greek government through the creation of a “welfare state” in Greece was a principle cause leading to the Greek debt crisis‚ which affected even the United States’ economy. High-paying public jobs‚ excessive pensions
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college? When most students graduate from college always have a debt to pay‚ about 75% of all students owe around 50‚000 a year because they had to borrow money and also pay interest on it. Individuals always try to get scholarships but they think you need to be smart which in reality you don’t need to be that smart. The best way to graduate college with little debt is to get scholarships‚ they don’t need to be that large of an amount. In college most students work because they need a way to pay
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Six years ago‚ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao cautioned that China’s economy is "unstable‚ unbalanced‚ uncoordinated and unsustainable." China has since doubled down on the economic model that prompted his concern. Mr. Wen spoke out in an attempt to change the course of an economy dangerously dependent on one lever to generate growth: heavy investment in the roads‚ factories and other infrastructure that have helped make China a manufacturing superpower. Then along came the 2008 global financial crisis
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body of rules and remedies which has developed alongside the common law. It has aided the protection of different rights and interests of and in relation to property. Although property can be seen as ‘things’‚ you can have different interests or rights in property depending on the persons relationship to the property and the nature of it. Property can be seen to be a power relationship between a person and a resource‚ ownership is seen as the highest interest as you will have absolute power over
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The national debt is increasing day by day‚ and the federal government is struggling to tackle it. As of now‚ the national debt has comprised to 18 trillion dollars. Americans and economists are concerned about the national debt‚ and the effect it will have in the country and even the world. As President George Washington once stated‚ “To contract new debt is not the way to pay old ones”‚ which is what seems to be happening recently. Debt needs to be addressed as a national issue along with the factors
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List of Tables Table 1: Zimbabwe debt figures 1995-1996 Table 2: Zimbabwe deficit figures 2000-2003 Table 3: Possible solutions EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this paper the author shall trace the country’s economic trajectory‚ starting with Dr Benard Chidzero’s budget presentation of 1986 which he described as “particularly difficult”‚ and projected a budget deficit of ZW$1 billion. The importance of the huge post-war expectations of the general populace‚ and the ruling party’s deep desire to retain
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Chapter 1: Introduction The materials that usually used for construction such as reinforced concrete‚ timber‚ brick‚ and also steel. In Malaysia‚ the steel has been used especially for the construction of electric tower‚ industrial building (factory)‚ roof truss‚ bridge and more. However‚ the usage of steel for residential is limited because their usage depends on the accompany with the other material. Steel framed structures are designed with the connections between the separate members treated
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launched in 1990. BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable building design‚ construction and operation and has become one of the most comprehensive and widely recognised measures of a building’s environmental performance. A BREEAM assessment uses recognised measures of performance‚ which are set against established benchmarks‚ to evaluate a building’s specification‚ design‚ construction and use. The measures used represent a broad range of categories and criteria from energy to ecology
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same page the work will come to a crawl. Me and my team as well as project manager will set the bar‚ leading by example setting the standard at the 1st phase to final phase through time‚ quality‚ and safety. Time * We will implement lean construction working efficient maximize our value bringing in materials‚ as need to minimize our waste. For us to do this me some of my team and project manager will meet with my subcontractors once a week where we will coordinate key items and we look into
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