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- 601: Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- ... by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, currently headed by Alan Greenspan. One of the main responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System is to regulate the money supply so as to keep production, prices, and employment stable. The “Fed” has three tools to manipulate the money supply. They are the reserve requirement, open market operations, and the discount rate. The most powerful tool available is the reserve requirement. The reserve requirement ...
- 602: Landscape Architecture as a Career
- ... Discover 5). Like any other job, landscape architecture has it^Ò s advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of being a landscape architect are working indoors and outdoors, traveling, working on a variety of projects, and good employment opportunities. Some disadvantages include having to keep redoing plans, working with a limited budget, working overtime to meet projected deadlines, and dealing with difficult or demanding clients (5). Landscape architects usually work for firms that ...
- 603: Keynesian Theory and the New Deal
- ... he was an active voice in economics. In 1929 he wrote We Can Conquer Unemployment and in 1930 he wrote his Treatise on Money. Ten years before he died he wrote his General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Above all he believed in supply and demand. This was an indirect way to let the economy balance itself. In order for this system to work people needed money. This could only ...
- 604: Farm Subsidies - A Necessary Evil?
- ... 1920s. Farm subsidies seem to have benefits for the small farmer. "Each year since 1947, there has been a net out-migration of farm people (Reische 53)." American farm production has tripled since 1910 while employment has fallen eighty percent (Long 82). Small family farms have the lowest total family incomes (Long 83). Farming is following a trend from many small farms to a few large farms. Competition among farmers has ...
- 605: The Modified Market Economy
- ... decisions that could be made. The Australian government does place some limitations on freedom of enterprise, but generally encourages private business activity as it is an advantage to our whole economic growth in terms of employment etc. The Australian government also encourages the idea of fair competition. To keep the consumer choice less restrictive the government might not allow certain take overs that may limit the number of choices available to ...
- 606: The Great Depression
- ... destruct businesses and led the government to regulate the businesses and economic affairs. All this increased regulation led to the widespread belief that the government should promise or guarantee citizens a good life, and high employment. After the depression, many people no longer trusted employers to protect workers. As a result labor unions gained more members and grater public acceptance then ever before. Depression makes some people lose there faith in ...
- 607: The Economics of Federal Defense Policy
- ... the United States ranks at the top of teen pregnancies and divorce, only a tiny portion of the government spending is dedicated towards family support. Again, the defense budget's staggering statistics demonstrate its absurdity. Employment training, housing needs, and nutrition assistance are much more mandatory than fighting the nonexistent Cold War enemy. The United States must confront several issues in order to convert to a civilian-based economy. First, painless ...
- 608: Social Security
- ... financial supplement. Its intent is to be combined with other savings, IRA's, retirement funds and the like. Many senior citizens retire not fully realizing this and consequently, they are forced to seek part-time employment to supplement their income. This defeats the purpose of retirement all together. Since people often expect social security to pay for all or most of their living expenses, the disappointment that comes with retirement leads ...
- 609: Should Top Executives Make The Money They Do?
- ... of an unwanted employee, than it would to keep them on as a worker. "When Paul Stern stepped down as CEO of Northern Telecom last year, he left with $164,112 for two months of employment, a cash compensation package totaling $6 million and another $1.5 million in stock options."4 The reason for this is that many times, when a position such as CEO come into play, a contract ...
- 610: NAFTA: Canada's & Mexico's Viewpoints
- ... North American countries will be working together. With all the new expansion to Mexico this will help to stabilize the Mexican economy. A lot of Canadian and American businesses will relocate across the Mexican border. Employment and environmental regulations are lacking in Mexico, but with a rapid expansion over the Mexican border will help stabilize and develop regulations. A result of this Mexico's future labor and environmental problems will decrease ...
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