Political Economy

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    Fundamentals of Macroeconomics

    Fundamentals of Macroeconomics The following terms represent some of the fundamental indicators used by economists to express economic conditions and fluctuations in economic conditions. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross domestic product is the value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period. In the United States, as in most countries, GDP is calculated on an annual basis. GDP measures a nation's productivity. GDP does not necessarily

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    Relation Between Technology and Productivity

    technological change on productivity, growth, employment, human capital, inequality, poverty, sustainability and socio-economic development. These questions are studied in an international comparative perspective including advanced economies, developing economies and economies in transition. The analysis of growth and development will be enlarged to include processes of catch up, forging ahead and falling behind. In the sense that the study of micro-dynamics of households, firms and sectors contributes

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    Economic Policy

    governor to ensure that the economy takes priority in his agenda. Furthermore, it will help to look into which administrative agency deals with the states of Florida’s economy policy; as well as understanding the effectiveness of the policy implementation, the resources that are being applied to the implementation, and what could be done for the improvement of the policy. Considering the state of the economy, it is without question that the State of Florida’s economy is an issue of great importance

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    Overview of real estate industry The real estate industry is one of the fastest growing industries in our economy, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate of approximately 30%..A US$ 16 billion industry at present, it is expected to touch US$ 60 billion in the next five years. The sustainability of growth in the real estate industry has its roots in strong demand fundamentals: a. Rapid expansion of the IT/ ITES and business outsourcing industry b. Rising demand in the residential sector, encouraged

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    Eco 372 Week 2

    may be spent with lesser taxes. The flow of resources for purchasing of groceries go hand in hand with taxes being decreased because a family would have a more purchasing power of groceries with lower taxes for food and products. In today’s economy, everyone has been suffering

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    Measuring Economic Activity

    discussing economic indicators. Economic indicators are those tools used as predictors of the health of the economy. There are three types of economic indicators: lagging, leading, and coincidental. Lagging indicators focuses on how the economy functioned in the past, leading indictors is used to predict how the economy may act in the future, and coincidental indicators looks at how the economy is performing in the present (Peavler, 2010). GDP is the measuring of all goods and services that are produced

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    India and the United States

    percent of the world’s population, which was estimated to be nearly 6.5 billion at the end of 2005. United States is the world’s third most populous country, trailing China (1.31 billion) and India (1.08 billion). The transformation of the global economy in the last decade, fostered by the spread of the Internet and other information technologies, has significantly changed this equation for the United States, instead of leading the world in information technology

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    Where's Work Headed

    Over the last few decades’ significant changes to Canada’s economy and labor force have transpired. Gone are the days where the rich owned servants and the metal smiths flourished with business. Employment became centralized around assembly lines and factory work initializing the biggest change the economy had seen and capitalists were at large with their ability to mass-produce. Post industrialism and globalism silenced the roar, leading us where we are today, with a heavily populated and unskilled

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    Why Economists Disagree?

    Why economists disagree? To understand why often economists do not agree with each other, first we have to know what is the economics, or who are the economists? According to the ancient Greek it means “one who manages and administers all matters relating to a household”. It is natural that human have needs and wants that they want to satisfy, and they do it by physical and non-physical objects. The physical ones are defined by people as goods (food, clothes, houses, etc.), the non-physical by

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    Inventec Corporation

    minimizing cost and maximizing production output can lead to higher profits. The drivers of average profit margin of the ODM industry are: * The process of designing and manufacturing goods should be low in cost and production should achieve economies of scale. Owing to high capital investment

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