Political / Environmental Economics The Gloucester Crisis: Environmentalists VS Fishermen? Or: Depletion of Fisheries VS Fishermen Postponing Reality? When the spectacularly dramatic movie, "The Perfect Storm," became a box office smash a few year Continue Reading...
Political and Economic Differences Consider Effects of the financial crisis on the developing world vs. The developed world The 2008 financial crisis began in the American banking sector but its impact was soon felt around the world. Both the deve Continue Reading...
Environmental Economics Economics and Nature Conservation From early childhood, one is taught of the importance of the surrounding environment in all human activities. Forests for instance are crucial sources of fresh air and clean water, as well a Continue Reading...
Economic development is a key element of growth and sustainability of a country, as well as of equity, prosperity and well-being of its population. Recently the world has witnessed rapid economic growth of two Southeast Asian countries: China and Vie Continue Reading...
Investment in the "global economy" remains a domestic matter: The fact is, the total amount of the world's capital formation that is generated from foreign direct investment (FDI) has been less than 10% for the last three years for which data are a Continue Reading...
Thus, a region or nation experiencing economic depression will be unable to use the interest rate lever to boost the economy. Similarly a country with high inflation will be unable to independently raise interest rates to contain inflation. Moreover Continue Reading...
Energy costs increased substantially and the yen's exchange rate was shifted to a floating rate. The eventual recession reduced expectations of future growth and reduced private investment. Economic growth went down from 10% to 3.6% during the perio Continue Reading...
Political Economy of Global Environmental Problems: With the increasing globalization measures, there are various environmental problems that have continued to affect the entire world. These global environmental problems have affected almost every s Continue Reading...
When looking at the importance of trade and foreign direct investment in the economy, Canada's stated policy is to sustain open markets and grant foreign companies national treatment, while securing access to foreign markets for Canadian firms (Trad Continue Reading...
Political Ecology in Pandora Avatar tells us that one person cannot save nature but, each individual's effort in encouraging nature should never be underestimated. Avatar is a metaphor for a relationship existing between human beings and the earth. Continue Reading...
The author therefore appears to suggest that the holistic approach poses a risk of costly time delays for approval that might prove too little too late for any true difference to be possible. Brown (2005) asserts that the political involvement of s Continue Reading...
Environmental Laws vs. Economic Freedom The objective of this work is to provide an in depth analysis on environmental restrictions and economic freedom. This work will explain the rational and support the writer's view with research. Addressed will Continue Reading...
Environmental Issues Faced in 21st Century Aviation Reducing Communication and Coordination Tools and Metrics Technology, Operations and Policy Demand Aviation and the Environment Effects on the health Local Air Quality Climate Change Total Continue Reading...
Meantime the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was the first law establishing "the broad national framework for protecting the environment"; any proposal for an airport, or military complex, highway, parkland and other federal activities are Continue Reading...
Political Stability & National Security in Nigeria: Challenges & Prospects Method of data analysis Limitations encountered Strategies for political stability to enhance national security Political stability and national security in Nigeri Continue Reading...
Economics Issues in Non-Public Schools This paper is a literature review of economic issues in non-public schools and it will mainly use information obtained from nine sources of economic literatures so highlighted in the work cited section. To begi Continue Reading...
He also said that it was high time that every person in the world stopped being economically defensive and started to become politically courageous. At the same summit, the Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning and Head of the Economic an Continue Reading...
The most prominent downsides of globalization are succinctly revealed below: the populations in the highly developed economies loose their jobs as the corporations outsource positions to more cost-effective regions the populations in the less devel Continue Reading...
Sustainable Development Compatible With Human Welfare? Julie L. Davidson, from "Sustainable Development: Business as Usual or a New Way of Living?" Environment Ethics (Spring 2000) Researcher Julie argues that a radical conversion to sustainable d Continue Reading...
Kuwait Sample Summary of Kuwait's macroeconomic performance Kuwait much like most of the developed world has undergone significant change. This change has occurred in both social and economic matters. Aspects that once plagued the nation are now be Continue Reading...
Literature Review, Analysis and Discussion 7,500 words This section presents a review of the recent relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature concerning environmental sustainability in general and how environmental sustainability initiatives Continue Reading...
" (Rosenbaum, p. 12-13) This demonstrates the uphill climb facing President Obama, not just in terms of gaining political momentum to return the United States to a place of respect in the global environmental movement but also to develop regulatory Continue Reading...
Americans today think about the problems of getting the oil that is needed to run our economy through the rest of this century, they will no doubt find themselves thinking either about drilling for oil in Alaska - since this topic has been so much i Continue Reading...
pros outweigh the cons of airport navigational systems upgrades. Specifically, the study conducts analysis of the perceived costs and benefits of maintaining legacy versus next generation (Nextgen) aviation terminal navigation systems (NAVAIDS). The Continue Reading...
Globalization can be loosely defined as trade networks between disparate geographic regions, leading to the exchange of goods, people, and ideas. Improved technology and transportation tools, industrialization, and advancements in market economies ha Continue Reading...
Oceans on Human Life: Recent economic, political, and environmental developments One of the oldest forms of transport is sailing: long before airplanes or cars were invented, people turned to the sea as method of moving goods and people from one p Continue Reading...
Raj Patel's Staffed and Starved. It begins with a summary of the content then followed by an evaluation and critique of the content.The chapter highlights historical background, development of soya production in the United States and Brazil. Polit Continue Reading...
Water" by David James Duncan which commends the author in his elaboration of the importance of the ecological system in lieu of our human needs. The words of one reviewer as she commended this book said, "I thank David James Duncan for putting into Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Economic Transformation of Angola and Mozambique: The Lasting Impact of Colonial Mercantilism: This essay would explore how the mercantilist policies imposed during colonial times by Portugal shaped the initial econom Continue Reading...
Economic Impacts of Regulation Regulation is a written instrument that contains rules with the force of law (Ogus, 2004). Regulation as a process involves monitoring and enforcing rules, established through primary or delegated legislation. Regulati Continue Reading...
Political Economy of Climate Change International Conflict for Post-Kyoto: Which countries will benefit and lose national interests from the regulation of CO2? Over the last several years, the issue of CO2 emissions has been increasingly brought to Continue Reading...
Meanwhile, Dwight R. Lee (writing in The Independent Review, 2001) points to a situation where a powerful environmental group (Audubon Society) has cooperated with an energy company and both have profited. Free market environmentalism has shown the Continue Reading...
Capital (% of GNI per capita) Source: The World Bank (2009) The following table shows the procedures time and costs involved in construction of a warehouse, obtaining the licenses and permits necessary and completion of the required notifications Continue Reading...
If good jobs are outsourced as a result of those same agreements and consumers are forced to take lower-paying jobs, there is no net benefit. Furthermore, when producers benefit, the trade deficit improves. The current trade deficit is a good examp Continue Reading...
(CED, 2006) The work entitled: "Rights based approach the Millennium Development Goals: The UNDP and Hurist Experience" states that the commitment of the UNDP is characterized by "the promotion and application of the human rights based approach to Continue Reading...
This negative motivation technique was mostly used in the 1930's, while nowadays it is rarely used. Another advantage of unemployment is that it helps limiting an accelerated growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that cannot be supported for e Continue Reading...
Ergo, the role of the EU seems to be that of implementing protectionist policies. These would be developed onto three simultaneous directions. A first set of policies would revolve around the creation of a new market architecture at the EU level. T Continue Reading...
Indeed, no room was allowed for alternative viewpoints regarding the situation. The crisis then occurred during July of 1997, when the Thai baht was floated. It is rather interesting that the very same players predicting continual prosperity, have m Continue Reading...
Environmental Case Study (Alberta's Oil Sands) Alberta's Oil Sands represents one of the international environmental problems facing Canada and close to seventy countries across the globe. Albert's Oil Sands proves to be a new course of political co Continue Reading...
