Essays Tagged: "The Economist"
Economists vs. Conservationalists
Economists Vs ConservationistsEconomists understanding and statement of the environmental problem are likely to contrast from those of economists not trained with economic ... ing. One difference is that a layperson is likely to favor a program of direct regulation, in which the scarce resource to be controlled is directly limited by the government. Economists are likely to ... imited by the government. Economists are likely to oppose that solution because it does not achieve the desired objective at the lowest cost possible in total resources regardless as to who pays those ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The economic contributions of Nobel Prize winner, Amartya K. Sen.
Sen and SensibilityA Look at the Welfare Economics of Amartya SenWhatever we understand and enjoy in human products instantly bec ... s of Amartya SenWhatever we understand and enjoy in human products instantly becomes ours. Wherever they might have their origin; Let me feel with unalloyed gladness that all the great glories of man ... ffers a brief history of Nobel prize winning economist Amartya K. Sen and his work; reviews some of the groundbreaking work in the area of welfare economics that inspired Sen; and provides a brief ana ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies
The study of econonmics. An opinionated essay
1 The study of economics is helpful in several ways . Some of these Iwill comment on . First of all , ... l , technology levels affect a societies economy ,so by learning what products are produced and how they are produced , youcan see how technologically advanced a society is . By examining where thepro ... examining where theproduced goods are sent/used you can get a better idea of what type ofgovernment the society is run by . By studying an economy and seeing howthe economy uses resources , you can le ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Economists vs. Conservationalists
Economists understanding and statement of the environmental problem are likely to contrast from those of economists not trained with economic ... ing. One difference is that a layperson is likely to favor a program of direct regulation, in which the scarce resource to be controlled is directly limited by the government. Economists are likely to ... imited by the government. Economists are likely to oppose that solution because it does not achieve the desired objective at the lowest cost possible in total resources regardless as to who pays those ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
How greed and ecnomics can be related. Everything in included here. Good luck!
The most bizarre thing that one may encounter is a person who is astoundingly rich willingly hand ou ... may encounter is a person who is astoundingly rich willingly hand out their money to charities and the needy. One would gaze in amazement at a person with the ability to buy the whole world over twic ... ould gaze in amazement at a person with the ability to buy the whole world over twice blindly throw their money at people who are desperately in need, with a mile wide grin covering their face. No law ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
HEALTH CARE ISSUE
This chapter is dealing with the issues of rising health care prices and how it effects Economics. The Gross Domestic Product has ... ising health care prices and how it effects Economics. The Gross Domestic Product has grown causing the spending per person on health care to rise. In real terms Health Care today is three times more ... e. In real terms Health Care today is three times more than in the 1960's. Real Terms means is when the effects of inflation are taken into account. So this means that just because Health Care spendin ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Adam Smith vs. John Maynard Keynes
m Smith vs. John Maynard KeynesEconomics was a subject of which few thought about consciously until the eighteenth century. It is true that since the beginning of time people have used economics, but ... but it was seldom given any thought. When a caveman traded a buffalo for a new club he did not have the knowledge that he affected the entire caveman economy and their way of life. Adam Smith is accre ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
What are the assumptions behind the model of a perfectly competitive industry in long-run equilibrium?
What are the assumptions behind the model of a perfectly competitive industry in long-run equilibrium?In this ... the model of a perfectly competitive industry in long-run equilibrium?In this essay I will discuss the assumptions behind the model of a perfectly competitive industry in long-run equilibrium. The ec ... ompetitive industry in long-run equilibrium. The economist's model of perfect competition is highly theoretical, but is does provide a useful tool of economic analysis. In perfect competition the indu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, and overview. Thats basially what this essay is about...enjoy.
an economist but also a great sociologist. When Marx moved to Paris in 1843 he met Friedrich Engel. There they worked on several books together. Marx and Engel's are best known for their pieces on com ... veral books together. Marx and Engel's are best known for their pieces on communism. G.W.F. Hegel's theory presents history as a process in which the world becomes conscious of itself as spirit. Marx ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
A case study on business ethics performed by Triodos Bank. -Ethical banking-
ell known for its innovative and transparent approach to banking. Savers at Triodos Bank know where their money is working. In 2001 the balance sheet totalled 461.841 GBP.History1968 an economist, pro ... led to affect positive social change.Just over a decade later, in 1980, Triodos Bank was founded in The Netherlands to finance a new generation of enterprises creating social added value and caring fo ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Maybe Capitalism Isn't the Way After All...
Maybe Capitalism Isn't the Way After All...Hernando De Soto is a Peruvian Economist who lived in the United States most of ... lls being interested in why certain countries like Peru has such an evident class difference unlike the United States. This man's interest as a child didn't die out as he grew older, De Soto Studied e ... idn't die out as he grew older, De Soto Studied economics and formulating a number of controversial theories concerning the reason why nations are poor and how wealth can be increased in those nations ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Classical Model vs. Keynes theroy.
The great depression marks a great divide in America's way of dealing with economics. The economical ... ics. The economical war between professional economists today is a never-ending battle. On one side there are those who believe in a classical idea that was born before the 1930's. Then the great depr ... elieve in a classical idea that was born before the 1930's. Then the great depression influenced another army of economists that followed the ideas of a man named John Meynard Keynes. The reason this ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
How Coase's theory of the firm helps explain the organisation of firms within the industry.
Coase believed that it was important to enquire "why co-ordination is the work of the price mechanism in one case and the entrepreneur in the other." How did Coase ultima ... in one case and the entrepreneur in the other." How did Coase ultimately explain the choice between the alternatives? Using an industry of your choice illustrate how Coase's theory of the firm helps e ... our choice illustrate how Coase's theory of the firm helps explain the organisation of firms within the industry.In the purely theoretical study of economics the market mechanism is the core of the ec ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
UN--What is the role of the UN in world affairs and what is its future prospects?
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization of 191 countries, with the central role of ... , with the central role of promoting peace and security, development as well as human rights around the world. Unfortunately, the UN seems drifting towards irrelevance because millions have died in hu ... he UN seems drifting towards irrelevance because millions have died in hundreds of conflicts around the world in more than 50 years since the UN's establishment, such as the conflicts in Somalia, Bosn ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > United Nations
The capital-intensive nature of the economy, high levels of market concentration and the high level of unemployment - are Marx's predictions coming true for South Africa?
In this essay I will attempt to illustrate how the capital-intensive nature of the economy, the high levels of market concentration and the high le ... of market concentration and the high level of unemployment in South Africa are both related yet at the same time have many other independent variables accounting for them. I will compare this with th ... the Marxian concept of economics, and will start by examining exactly what Marx's beliefs were and, therefore, how they lead to his predictions for the state.Marx was essentially a classical economist ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
This essay is about e-commerce. It asks the question like where it is going, and if it is going to survive.
"Is their life in e-commerce?" The Economist February 3rd 2001:19-31Many .com's have bit the dust this y ... markets uncanny ups and downs. This is bad to have such ups and down's because when we do not avoid them inflation and deflation can occur like the great depression in the 1930's. Many .com's this yea ... his years-annual Superbowl. Some companies are still doing well like Yahoo! who has grown 100 times the billion dollars it was worth last spring. Amazon.com is another company that shot up quickly als ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Biography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin, also widely known as one of the Founding Fathers of America, will never be forgotten in American history. This is so simply beca ... ill never be forgotten in American history. This is so simply because he has contributed so much to the United States. Franklin was a very knowledgeable and talented man. He was everything from being ... a musician, and an economist. Living with his grandson Temple, Franklin reached Philadelphia where the delegates of the Second Continental Congress were gathering. At this point in time, the Boston T ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Emerging Markets - "The french-fry market"
As many of the food and drink markets in regions such as Western Europe and North America reach saturation leve ... and North America reach saturation levels, multinational suppliers are now looking elsewhere around the globe to achieve profitability. Markets in less well-established regions are generally showing h ... of growth, offering numerous opportunities for companies bold and powerful enough to expand beyond their own geographical boundaries.The United States currently imports more frozen potatoes than it e ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
An Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry using Porter's Five Force model, PEST, BCG Matrix and predicting future prospects.
luster of two extra carbon and five extra hydrogen atoms to a substance extracted from willow bark. The result is known to chemists as acetylsalicylic acid. To everyone else it is known as aspirin. It ... nown to chemists as acetylsalicylic acid. To everyone else it is known as aspirin. It turned Bayer, the dye-maker Hoffmann worked for, into the world's first modern drug company." Geoffrey Carr, The A ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Economic biography of Jean Alois Schumpeter
Joseph Alois Schumpeter was an economist and a sociologist. He lived during the early 1900's, and had many books published in his lifetime. He was particularly well known for t ... , and had many books published in his lifetime. He was particularly well known for three works: The Theory of Economic Development (1912), Business cycles (1939) and Capitalism, Socialism, and Democra ... mocracy (1942). He generally wrote from a socialist perspective but did not hesitate to acknowledge the positive aspects of all economic systems.The Theory of Economic Development stated that entrepre ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Economic History