the practice of running deficits in all phases of the business cycles is problematic because it indicates a structural deficit caused by an inability or unwillingness of the American government to live within its means2‚3. Economists to measure the national debt because it is an indicator of a nation’s ability to repay its debt use debt-to-GDP ratio‚ because it compares the amount owed to the amount that the nation produces per year. While the current debt-to GDP ratio is below the post World War II
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Ageing population The problems of ageing population include the prospect of slow growth and low productivity‚ rising public spending and labor shortages. Looking ahead to the year 2050‚ it has been predicted that for advanced countries‚ 10% of the fiscal burden of the crisis will consists of ageing –related costs. The other 90% will be spent on pensions‚ health and long term care. In 1900 average life expectancy at birth for the world as a whole only around 30 years‚ and in rich countries under
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Tragedy In September 11th- A National Tragedy‚ James Peck writes about how the tragic event‚ September 11th has affected our world today. Peck states that tragedy is a word that has commonly been overused by Americans throughout news articles and magazines when a significant event happens. When referring to September 11th‚ the crashing of the twin towers‚ this is a tragic event. Peck states‚ “I do know life is life and theatre is theatre” (735)‚ but we as Americans immediately turn life events
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quarter of the twentieth century‚ the rise in life expectancy has been accompanied by a downward trend in fertility which results in an aging population. Similar to many developing countries with aging populations‚ aging populations indisputably brings challenges. The Government has many plans and policies in preparing our nation for the inevitable aging population – One of such policies implemented by the government is to ensure that everyone in the society to play a part. Where one should at least
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] recognised the importance of oracy in the primary classroom. It was not until The National Oracy Project; [1987-1993‚] that the National Curriculum finally advocated the need for speaking and listening to be an essential part of the National Curriculum for English.’ Corden [2000‚ p1.] It represented a third of English in the National curriculum alongside reading and writing. However‚ in 1998 the National Literacy Strategy Framework [NLSF‚] was implemented as a statutory requirement in England
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Abstract Water is a finite resource which means that the total amount of water in the planet is only limited. Its supply remains the same and yet human population recently grows resulting to a decrease of available amount of freshwater per person. The relatively small amount of available freshwater elaborates on how critical it is for everyone to help preserve and maintain clean‚ healthy lakes and streams‚ our sources of water. Water is mostly now being wasted because it is under-priced. We do not
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Environmental Science – 6M Week 2 Individual Work Unlike China‚ Germany has a declining population growth. The citizens there now worry about not having enough people to fulfill the jobs needed to be done so that they can remain a sustainable country. They have more people leaving the country than new people coming in. Even their own residents are starting to leave. Sure‚ everybody loves to visit Germany because it’s a hot vacation spot‚ but very few are staying. In 2009‚ 734 thousand
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On the neighborhood level‚ population loss is still an area of concern. According to data collected by the Greater Ohio Policy Center‚ the number of neighborhoods losing population faster than the city as a whole dropped slightly from thirteen out of twenty-one between 1990 and 2000 to eleven between 2000 and 2010. However‚ the total number of neighborhoods losing population at all rose from thirteen in 2000 to nineteen in 2010. Additionally‚ the number of neighborhoods with a higher rate of poverty
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Special Populations paper University of Phoenix Case Management BSHS 402 Andrea Winston May 02‚ 2007 Special Populations paper The job of a case manager is as unique as the population that they serve. Case management is "a collaborative process of assessment‚ planning‚ facilitation and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual ’s health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost-effective outcomes." (Case Management Society of America [CMSA]
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National Integration National integration is the awareness of a common identity amongst the citizens of a country. It means that though we belong to different castes‚ religions and regions and speak different languages we recognize the fact that we are all one. This kind of integration is very important in the building of a strong and prosperous nation.____(www.preservearticles.com) National integration is a positive aspect. It reduces socio-cultural and economic differences or inequalities and
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