spending. Beginning in the United States in December 2007 the industrialized world has been undergoing a recession‚ a pronounced deceleration of economic activity. The financial crisis has been linked to reckless and unsustainable lending practices resulting from the deregulation and securitization of real estate mortgages in the United States. Whatever the cause‚ there is one question that has been getting the least amount of attention; what effects does the economy have on our health as a society
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Unemployment in United States Unemployment has been a problem throughout the United States since the beginning of 2009. In the most obvious sense‚ unemployment means “being without a job.” The term unemployment is one description of the economic condition of a society at any given time. Low unemployment means the majority of the labor force is involved in‚ or looking for steady work. On the other hand‚ high unemployment is an indication of an economy in recession or even worse. This implies that
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Was there an event in your life that changed the way you act as an American. There have been many events that have shaped my American identity. The event that has really shaped my identity the most was the Sandy Hook school shooting. This event has made me be more mindful of my choices. It has changed the way I live my life and how people see me today in many ways. You never would have guessed the terrible catastrophe that occurred on December 14‚ 2012. One resident of Newtown‚ Connecticut suddenly
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All people are different and unique in some ways. However‚ some people have jobs and others do not. Some people have more money than others because they have been well educated‚ pushed themselves and set a goal. Indeed‚ it is hard and difficult to live in poverty. As a matter of fact‚ over the last 40 years‚ poverty among older Americans has declined substantially. Nowadays‚ poverty has been a worldwide issue among all ages. Today I will discuss the most common causes of people who live in poverty
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While slavery might have been stagnant from 1775 to the 1790s‚ slaves were not being freed. Slavery was just not expanding. Now‚ we may be having a semantic argument‚ as you use the word "many"‚ and my opinion is that only a few slaves‚ in relation to the hundreds of thousands‚ about 500‚000 by 1800‚ of slaves in the U.S. were freed after the Revolutionary War. And it also may be that you are looking at mostly Northern states where slavery never really took root. Northern states‚ which are in colder
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systems allow multiple remote users to run jobs on the computer at once‚ such as querying a big database. These functions are closely related; mainframe operating systems often perform all of them. An example mainframe operating system is OS/390‚ a descendant of OS/360. However‚ mainframe operating systems are gradually being replaced by UNIX variants such as Linux. Server Operating Systems One level down are the server operating systems. They run on servers‚ which are either very large personal
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you think one should have in order to be seriously considered for the presidency. Explain your choices. (You may use some of the suggested qualifications mentioned in the video.) 3) At about $400‚000 a year‚ the President’s salary is far more than that of the average citizen‚ yet less than the yearly income of many wealthy Americans. Do you think the President is fairly compensated? Why or why not? 4) Would you consider becoming the President of the United States someday‚ now that you
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The future of our country is in a serious predicament; we have let a political system of capitalism continue to operate in the United States‚ moreover; they waste away the world’s natural resources which they put towards creating profitable devices and sell to the public. Capitalism is a serious subject in our particular era; the kind of products which manufactures produce‚ are being sold throughout America‚ which specifically aim towards the wealthy. Also‚ capitalism uses advertising as
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importantly the firm’s shareholders? A) managers B) employees C) attorneys D) suppliers 2) The cash manager at AmFlex Company needs to buy 1‚000‚000 British pounds to pay a British supplier. A currency broker quotes him a bid-ask rate of ₤.4865-.5116/US$. What will be the dollar cost of the 1‚000‚000 pounds? A) $486‚618 B) $1‚954‚652 C) $511‚587 D) $2‚055‚499 3) In determining why a firm becomes multinational there are many reasons. One reason is that the firm is a market seeker. Which of the following is
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Revolutionary leaders knew that encouraging the growth of the multilingual population in the United States was vital to maintaining distance from Great Britain. The Founding Fathers sought to respect the minority groups that helped free the nation from the British crown‚ therefore avoiding instituting an official national language from the Constitution. In fact‚ around this time many documents were printed in German and French to stimulate political participation among multilingual citizens. But
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