George Magnus is a leading Economic Advisor at the UBS Investment Bank and has been a rebel around different systems in the world. George was employed in the UBS investment bank from 2004 till 2012. Along with being the senior economic advisor, he al Continue Reading...
Government Subsidized Student Loans Have Economic Costs but Political Benefits Higher education has become increasingly important in the contemporary world scenario today where globalization has led to a higher need for a skilled labor force that is Continue Reading...
Japan was once on a stellar track to economic prosperity. The end of the twentieth century saw promising chances for the island nation's economy. In 1991, the government spending was one of the lowest the Organization for Economic Co-operation and D Continue Reading...
Business Cycles: Phases, Indicators, Measures, Economic Evolution, Outlooks is currently recovering from its worst recession in over 25 years. Most economists consider the rapid rise in housing prices (the bubble) and the subsequent collapse in that Continue Reading...
Japan's Economic Crisis Following the United States terrorist attacks on September 11 and the outbreak of mad cow disease, economic analysts are predicting the onset of a deepening recession in Japan. Some are even referring to the possibility of a Continue Reading...
Introduction Public policy is government decisions and actions designed to deal with problems and issues affecting the public (Madimutsa, 2008). The U.S. government policy areas include monetary policy, immigration, intellectual property, national de Continue Reading...
Business US has faced acute economic crisis since 2008. Present economic crisis started from the downfall of housing sector which lead to the financial crisis such as bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers (at that time fourth largest investment bank in the Continue Reading...
Keynesian economics is an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes (Jackson 29). First published in 1936, Keynes's theory suggests that general trends may overwhelm the micro-level behavior of individuals. He stated," This book is ch Continue Reading...
Corporate Mergers and the Public Good The United States of America, during the last years of the Nineteenth Century, witnessed a rash of corporate mergers. The Industrial Revolution had taken firm hold, and the nation was changing rapidly. Millions Continue Reading...
Unemployment and Crime Rates There has long been a correlation between unemployment rates and crime. This correlation is most evident in large metropolitan locales such as New York City. The purpose of this discussion is to explore the effect of Une Continue Reading...
Teen Abortion Abortion among teenage girls has been an issue of much debate for many years. Many people believe that all abortions should be illegal while others believe that there are circumstances that warrant the right to choose. Currently there Continue Reading...
Monopolies and Trusts: Appropriate Areas for Government Intervention? Capitalism is the economic system that has dominated the United States virtually since the day of its independence. A social and economic system based on the recognition of indiv Continue Reading...
Fiscal Federalism To the Cato Institute: The Cato Institute policy statement on "Fiscal Federalism" is an excellent example of 'throwing the baby out with the bath water.' Yes, there may be unnecessary government bureaucracy involved in the awardin Continue Reading...
countries impose barriers to stop or hinder the import of cultural products (film, movies, etc.) or offer subsidies to promote their production and distribution "This memo is in response to your request for input regarding the debate of whether cou Continue Reading...
What's more, 'poverty is most common among female-headed families' (Dye, 96). Conversely, families with two parents have a greater chance of avoiding poverty altogether. Blacks and Hispanics find themselves in poverty more so than Whites. Poverty ma Continue Reading...
Economics of Forestry Timber is the major product currently harvested from forests. Timber is used in a variety of products ranging from houses to paper and paperboard products. Long ago it seemed as if the supply of wood from forests was abundant Continue Reading...
public budgeting comparisons of the federal, state and local budget distributions. This thesis will be focused on whether or not the increased budget allocations for transportation in the federal, state and local government will enhance travel secur Continue Reading...
Tourism in Thailand Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Thailand Urban and rural tourism in Thailand accounts for around 7% of the total GDP. There are various factors, social, economic, environmental and cultural fac Continue Reading...
Research Questions: Unfortunately, as promising as the potential benefits of incorporating brain-based, active learning, inquiry-based, hands-on participation, and multiple intelligence-based methods of academic instruction is, comprehensive progr Continue Reading...
Public Administrators in Work First Family Assistance Program The Role of Public Administrators in Work First Family Assistance Program Competency 1: Summarize the Findings of the Analytical Framework Designing an analytical framework is possible Continue Reading...
Business Economics The Limitations of the National Income Accounts in How They Represent Our Standard of Living The national income accounts have been the center piece in all matters concerning economics across the globe. These rules are a primary Continue Reading...
Business Economics Vincent There is a process by which there is both a decrease in the number of jobs that is increasing, and this is coupled with a global transfer of jobs to less developed countries. Both of these have an impact in the decrease i Continue Reading...
Taxation: Should the UK Government Restore the 50% Additional Rate of Income Tax? Debate surrounding the controversial 50 pence additional rate of income tax for high income earners hit the limelight again at the beginning of this year following Sha Continue Reading...
3) The most major problems currently facing the World Trade Organization come from within. Its image among many poorer nations and certain groups of first world citizens is not the creation of misconceptions, but a reaction to real world consequen Continue Reading...
Thus, crises of capitalism have so far avoided provoking the alternative solution of a transition out of capitalism" (Wolffe 2009). Welfare state capitalism is merely one incarnation of capitalism, and neo-liberalism is not such a striking reformati Continue Reading...
Though the longevity and stability of the program is in jeopardy due to reductions in revenues for the nation and an increasingly cash-strapped and debt-ridden government, if the development program continues to be carried out as planned the childre Continue Reading...
Mothers -- Transitioning from Welfare to Corporate America Welfare in the United States is both a complex and controversial subject. The issue focuses on several aspects of public policy: economics, cultural diversity, actualization, incentives, ed Continue Reading...
The Canadian Centre for Policy Initiatives, on the other hand, is an Interventionalist think thank that advocates government intervention in some cases, but chides it in others. On the other end of the spectrum, the Montreal Economic Institute can Continue Reading...
The excessive use of margin had encouraged speculation. Poor governance on the part of banks and brokerages allowed for a market failure where investors were not making rational decisions, resulting in a bubble. A variety of new taxes were created Continue Reading...
CBA in Public Sector According to Riley, what are the main steps of a CBA? The CBA process entails: Computation of social costs and benefits Sensitivity assessment of the occurring events Discounting the long-term value of benefits: social costs Continue Reading...
Economic Analysis Application of Cost Benefit Analysis EU Proposed Project Overview Traffic Forecast Investment Costs Positive Impact of the Project Economic Net Present Value (ENPV) Cost benefit analysis (CBA) is a systematic process of comp Continue Reading...
UK Welfare The following review of current literature is categorized by a number of variables. Statistics and Data initiate the report and is quickly followed up with Policy Literature. From there, an Academic Literature Review focusing on five arti Continue Reading...
In this case there are differences due to the income level of the person who is replying. The Americans who are making more than $34,000 a year generally say that the persons getting aid from welfare could manage their own lives without help from t Continue Reading...
The current state of the British welfare state is in flux, and according to Field (1999), only time will tell whether the reformation schemes and ideals are actually effective. Whether they are or not, they are nonetheless somewhat more realistic t Continue Reading...
Managing Out -- the Public Sector in the Community Two major economic positions have dominated the public sector for more than a decade. One side believes that the government should take primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, while Continue Reading...
Instead, the welfare system encouraged perpetual social dependency and provided a reason for poor people not to work at all when the most reliable method of achieving financial independence (besides continuing education) is precisely, to begin worki Continue Reading...
Thus the dependence of so many people on government handouts is very soon to reach a point of crisis and possible social unrest. Welfare Statism is not only a manifestly politically unjust system. It is also a wholly unsustainable one from the pers Continue Reading...
However, the act only applied to larger towns and the rural districts were still left under the administrative control of the Justices of the Peace until the establishment of elected county councils in 1888. Even though it was quite inadequate for t Continue Reading...
Social Economic Inequality When people think of social inequity, they generally frame this in terms of socio-economic class. People who have accumulated much wealth occupy the top echelons of society and enjoy the most privileges as brought on by th Continue Reading...
United States is a country of settlers, anti-immigrant sentiment has permeated public discourse and is damaging the social fabric of the nation. Early anti-immigrant sentiment is symbolized most powerfully by the Nativist movement, which closely rese Continue Reading...
