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- 2881: The Advancement of Technology
- ... L. Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. "The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough purchasing power to grow the economy," M. B. Zuckerman. My ... of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of ...
- 2882: U.S. Wage Trends
- ... L. Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. "The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough purchasing power to grow the economy," M. B. Zuckerman. My ... of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in the U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of ...
- 2883: What Psychiatrists Do
- ... to got to conferences and conventions. A psychiatrist may prefer to interview his patients’ family and friends, too. Annually, a psychiatrist can take about three weeks of vacation, plus national holidays. Psychiatrists are in very short supply, and there is a great demand for them. The national employment potential of psychiatrists is established and growing. Most of this demand comes from metropolitan areas, but people from less populated areas are in ... Some psychiatrists have the option of having an assistant, who plans the psychiatrist’s schedule, deals with their bills and their phone calls. There is a downside to being a psychiatrist, too. Because of the short supply of psychiatrists in America, they can be overworked. As a result of this, a psychiatrist has a limited amount of time he can spend with each of his patients. Even though psychiatrists are able ...
- 2884: Gant, The Fashionable Alternative!
- ... 25%. X. New Direction Research indicates that consumers are less inclined to request the Gant name than they are other brands. Clearly, something has to be done to move away from an ongoing dependency on short-term retail promotion, to a long-term, aggregated advantage. National media expenditure must increase over time. However, at this time, due to the nature of the shirt industry and a strong positive correlation between co ... are read by younger audiences (Appendix 3). XI. Strategy The foregoing analysis highlights the importance of growing the business long-term. Building brand equity will have a greater impact on attaining this objective, rather than short-term strategies that focus on immediate returns. Specifically, co-op programs, the ‘bread and butter’ of Gant’s current ad program, has proven to be a crutch for both the retailer and the wholesaler. While ...
- 2885: Britain and Joining The Economic and Monetary Union
- ... if wrongly estimated. A single currency will make hedging a thing of the past and will allow accurate forecasting. The removal of exchange rate variability amongst the EMU member states will shift, not only the short-period, high-frequency fluctuations that characterise many foreign exchange markets, but also the unpredictable longer period swings in European exchange rates. These longer-period swings are difficult to hedge against, and are likely to destroy ... released in March 1998 Thirdly, the British economy and its economic cycle are not in line with the rest of Europe. To add to the problem, the British economy is more sensitive to changes in short term interest rates than the rest of Europe. This is because 85% of mortgages are variable in the UK compared to 50% in Germany and 10% in France. Thus, any change in exchange rates by ...
- 2886: U.S. Wage Trends
- ... L. Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. “The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough purchasing power to grow the economy,” M. B. Zuckerman. My ... of our country’s political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country’s short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of ...
- 2887: Asian Financial Crisis
- ... in goods, services, and assets, a monetary system most importantly requires an efficient balance of payments adjustment mechanism so that deficits and surpluses are not prolonged but are eliminated with relative ease in a reasonably short time period. The Asian crisis of recent falls into this category of inefficient balance of payments facilitated by depreciation of its currency. By competitively depreciating its currencies, Asia is exporting its deflation, its overcapacity and ... of a financial crisis always suffer from the problem of distinguishing insight from hindsight. Many financial journalists today have said the the crisis was the inevitable counsquence of: "overvalued exchange rates, large current account deficits, short-term capital inflows, opaque financial systems, or one of several other supposedly fatal flaws in East Asian capitalism." It seems fair to say that a year ago nobody suspected that a calamity like what we ...
- 2888: Deregulation of the Airline Industry
- ... factor. Instead, airlines would compete on service and image. The airline industry was dominated by giants (American, United, TWA) which offered nationwide and some international service, and by regional carriers, such as Southwest, which offered short trips between airports not served by the nationals. Deregulation of the airline industry brought about in 1978 introduced a situation in which the national and regional carriers were suddenly able to compete in an environment ... its services, voluntarily, at the same time that it posted this impressive revenue mark (Cole & Pasztor, 1996, p. A6). Perhaps due to overexpansion or to poor luck, Valujet experienced a series of mishaps in its short history. In January 1994, a DC-9 skidded off a runway in Washington which resulted in the entire airport being shut down. In June 1995, a ValuJet flight went through an emergency evacuation after an ...
- 2889: Privateers
- ... and hired experienced seamen to command them. The entire crew was paid a salary, plus a small percentage of he spoils. These ships would sail out of port laden with ammunition, sidearms, and men, and short on provisions. Space was limited, and it was wiser to carry more men and weapons than food and water. The logic behind this outfitting was that the privateer would hopefully capture ships. Upon capture, the ... English ship's provisions, with the logic that the captured vessel was headed for the nearest port and would not need them. By this method the privateers found sustenance. Many a privateer voyage was cut short because provisions were running low and either no capture had been made, or a capture had insufficient food and water. It was not uncommon for a privateer to capture multiple British ships on one voyage ...
- 2890: A Study Of The Market Reforms In Post-Communist Eastern Europe With A Specific Case Study of Poland
- ... without certification. However, larger scale sales to foreign investors are possible subject to government approval (the process is expected to be mere formality). The obvious gain of this is to increase government revenue (in the short term) and to create, through foreign investment, a vibrant economy providing jobs and revenue n the future. 3) A new monetary system based on a two-tier banking system. The monopoly bank was split in ... have been established (net increase in firms in 1990 of 362,000). Enterprises have been cushioned, so far, by decreasing investment expenditure, sale of capital assets and stocks, and have used their resources to secure short-term survival and avoid lay-offs. Unemployment is also low compared to the drop in production levels (May 1991 - 8% of labor force jobless).Real wages have fallen sharply (25% immediately after reforms in 1990 ...
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