High-tech and service | Manufacturing | Policies | Deregulation‚ anti-trust‚ tax-break | Encourages information sharing and collaboration of firms | Example | USA‚ UK | Scandinavian countries‚ Germany | Varieties of Capitalism - Peter A. Hall and David Soskice (cfr. slides) Capitalism differs. Firms operate in different environments. This difference translates in different strategies. (“Companies tend to gravitate towards strategies that best fit …”.) There is a link between managers mindset and
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century‚ the world witnessed the confrontation of two political‚ social‚ and economic ideologies: capitalism and communism. Capitalism appeared when Scottish economist Adam Smith published "The Wealth of Nations" during the late 1700’s. Almost a century later‚ as a reaction to capitalism‚ Karl Marx published "The Communist Manifesto"; a book that harshly criticized capitalism and predicted its fall. Capitalism and communism are two extremely different systems. They mainly differ by their economic and
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Capitalism and its Struggle in the Developing Countries Since the development of civilization‚ more than 5000 years ago‚ some type of economic system has always been applied. Resources have been scarce and people always have had to decide how to allocate their resources in the best manner. To this day‚ people have tried many different systems. However‚ systems as feudalism and mercantilism belong to the past. During more recent times there have been two competing systems‚ the capitalist system of
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2012. The effects of this population increase are evident in the increasing poverty‚ unemployment‚ air and water pollution‚ shortage of food‚ health resources and educational resources. With India as an example we will discuss Malthus‚ the population growth theory and see if Malthus theory was maybe mistaken in the past but has some valid aspects today. Thomas Malthus was an English priest and economist who lived during the late 18th Century. He is famous for his theories about population and its increase
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Is GDP a good measure of economic progress?* Olivier Vaury (École Normale Supérieure‚ Paris) Every year‚ or even every quarter‚ economic growth figures are anticipated and scrutinised to assess the economic health of a country. In spite of abundant commentary in the media by politicians and economists‚ the very notion of economic growth remains elusive: who really knows what it really measures ? Yet the level of GDP (or GDP growth) is probably the most widely used indicator for piloting economic
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money and socioeconomics affect our diets worldwide. Food industries might contribute to worldwide obesity‚ but some may argue that it helps working class by saving time and money‚ but does not change the fact that food industries are in it for capitalism. Food corporations like Mcdonald’s‚ Tyson foods‚ and Kellogg’s; are inescapable with their palatable food worldwide. Food portions have skyrocketed and lack of
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CURRENT AFFAIRS The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill‚ 2013 Passed By Rajya Sabha Sunila Abeysekera‚ the Sri Lankan Activist‚ Died in Columbo at 61 Russia Lifted Ban on Import of Non-Basmati Rice and Oilseeds from India Harish Lakshman Elected New President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association New Delhi Declaration on High Blood Pressure Adopted by Health Ministers of 11 SEARO Countries First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 presented
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Convections Currents The main idea that I would like you to get from this set of notes is that convection currents are a swirling motion of a fluid that needs a heat source and a cold source to work. The rest of the notes will deal with supporting this idea and giving some examples of convections currents here on earth. Once the earth collects enough material it will start to get so heavy that it compresses inward toward the center of gravity a lot. This smashing of
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Qatar Rapid Growth 1 Running head: QATAR RAPID GROWTH: GOOD OR BAD? Qatar Rapid Growth: Good or Bad? Jawaher Alsayed Essay Writing II Qatar University Qatar Rapid Growth 2 Qatar Rapid Growth: Good or Bad? Who would have believed a tiny country like Qatar would develop and grow captivatingly in such quick and short period of time? During the past 10 years‚ Qatar has been working hard on making its’ way to the world. It planned on being international and going global in a very short
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251-272 MAKING A MIRACLE1 BY ROBERT E. LUCAS‚ JR. This lecture surveys recent models of growth and trade in search of descriptions of technologies that are consistent with episodes of very rapid income growth. Emphasis is placed on the on-the-job accumulation of human capital: learning by doing. Possible connections between learning rates and international trade are discussed. KEYWORDS: Growth‚ productivity‚ on-the-job training‚ learning.
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