Economic History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (109) essays
Economic History essays:
Adam Smith
... Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) to a work he hoped to write on "the general principles of law and government, and of the different revolutions they have undergone in the different ages and periods of society", then The Wealth of Nations may be seen not merely as a treatise on economics ...
The causes of current account deficit.
... of current account deficit Australia's CAD will be one of the entering years biggest economic stories in the media at the end of the financial year 1998-1999. There is a likelihood the deficit will increase to an amount to per 6 percent of gross domestic products. In Australia ...
Effects of US Monetary Policy- Provides overview of American monetary policy at home and abroad by siteing specifice examples and providing some personal opinion.
... of the 12-member Federal Open Market Committee , the group that makes the key decisions affecting the cost and availability of money and credit in the economy. The other five members of the FOMC are Reserve Bank presidents, one of who is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ...
The Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. by Charles A. Beard
... of the Constitution because their economic interests were taken into consideration in the writing and in the results. The small, non-slave farm owners, the debtors, and colonists of New York were in favor and in support of the Articles of Confederation because their economic ...
China: Economic growth and Regional Development.
... banks of China are not driven by market pressures and often end up being safeguards to the sick public-sector firms. This has made the macro-economic policies of China very rigid, where extreme steps like qualitative controls are put which bring with them a new set of ...
The Great Depression
... production costs fell quickly, wages rose slowly, and prices remained constant, the bulk benefit of the increased productivity went into corporate profits. In fact, from 1923-1929 corporate profits rose 62% and dividends rose 65%. The federal government also contributed to the growing gap ...
Compare and contrast Marx's and Weber's critiques of markets
... of markets 1. INTRODUCTION The modern market models that dominated economic theory have focused on the market as a more formal model of economic order examining major perspectives within economic theory (Slater & Tonkiss, 2001). One of the major assumptions of ...
John Maynard Keynes
... of radical uncertainty and expectations, the marginal efficiency of investment schedule breaking Say's Law (and thus reversing the savings-investment causation), the use of fiscal and monetary policy by government to help eliminate recessions and control economic ...
Supply, Demand, and Price Change
... New York State having the highest tax at 33.4 cents per gallon. Other state laws, such as bans on self-service stations and laws prohibiting below-cost sales or requiring minimum mark-ups, also affect gasoline prices (FTC, 2005). Reference Federal ...
The Modern Industrial Economy
... laws allowing enclosure of small land to parliament chartering businesses, the freedom of entry into economic activity was astonishing. Now let's take a look at what the Industrial Revolution made for changes in technology. When most people think of the Industrial Revolution, they think of ...