Obesity is a serious problem in the United States and has increased rapidly over the last few years. Obesity has a lot of other potential health risks or problems that have a great economic impact on the health care system today. The diseases that are associated with obesity are high blood pressure‚ strokes‚ heart attacks‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis. Obese patients’ health care cost and out of pocket spending is expected to increase with the rise of obesity. According to a study of national costs
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Slavery is often thought of as a cruel‚ dark practice in history‚ and nothing more. While slavery certainly was cruel‚ its existence did end up playing a major role in the young nation’s history. Slavery was common throughout the American colonies since 1619‚ when the first slaves arrived‚ and continued to prevail for the next two centuries. Since the colonies were near the coast and relied heavily on agriculture‚ “the demand for labor far exceeded the supply‚ and slavery was an obvious solution
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The decline in economic need for slavery: Overview: Some Historians such as Eric Williams‚ have suggested that the abolition of the slave trade was rather‚ dependent upon the economical factors and or benefits that slavery provided society. The consequential decline in economic profitability due to advancements of The Industrial Revolution (Circa. 1760 - 1820-40) meant that the economic benefit of slavery declined‚ since profits were the main cause of starting the trade‚ it could be argued‚ a decline
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and religious group beginning in 1929‚ but the African Americans were clearly hit the hardest. Discrimination made it more challenging for African Americans to provide for their families and find jobs. During this bleak time‚ there were few making an effort to help improve the situation for African Americans. As we know‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt was president during the Depression‚ and his wife‚ Mrs Roosevelt began to recognize the unfairness that Africans Americans were faced with every day. “She became
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Economic Impact: Dubai Dubai is the largest of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates. It is quickly growing into a huge tourist spot and prides itself on having some of the world’s greatest attractions. However‚ sometimes having the best comes with consequences. Despite the Middle East’s relatively low tourist rate‚ Dubai had been able to attract many “big spenders‚” which has enhanced its economy‚ but can also take a toll on the people. In her article‚ “Tourism in Dubai‚” Joan Henderson
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I. Introduction Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest. According to the Economist many people find the term outdated‚ but no new term has yet to gain much traction. Emerging market hedge fund capital reached a record new level in the first quarter of 2011 of $121 billion. The seven largest emerging and developing economies by either nominal GDP or GDP (PPP)
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INTRODUCTION Free trade has long been considered important for countries for hundreds of years as it opens up billions of dollars for nations‚ as well as new resources and technology. (Economy Watch 2010‚ P.1) Countries trade when on their own; they do not have the resources or ability to satisfy their wants and needs. They produce a surplus of a certain resource and trade it for something they need. (Heakel 2003‚ P.1) Countries have different resources from which they can trade and this is why
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Economics of Competition Policy in India: Emerging issues Rajeev C.Bharathan‚ Background Generally in economics‚ competition is seen as rivalry among firms for a larger share of the market‚ which leads to efficiency in production and lower prices for the consumers. Competition can be defined as a process by which cost efficient production is achieved in a structure where entry and exit are easy‚ a reasonable number of players (producers and consumers are present) and close substitution between
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Hypotesis : Economic impact of Railways in India Railroads‚ therefore‚ became an inevitable option for the newly-developing giant in asia. As one of the pioneers in South Asia‚ india gave the needed performance for building a successful network of railroads and consequently this action has been one major factor in the process of fast economic development. Although former ruler‚ the great britian had already establish one for the colonial aims‚ india took reall good advantage of this already-perfected
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capital‚ and many eventually migrated north. African-American culture was able to emerge‚ and in many cases‚ to flourish. Meanwhile‚ the white power structures in the South resigned themselves to ignorance‚ causing the South to remain the most backwards‚ uneducated‚ and poor region of the United
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