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Papers On Economic History
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Causes of the Great Depression
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An 11 page paper answering 8 questions about the origins of the Great Depression and whether the same events could happen today. Some questions ask for the writer's opinion, and that is reflected consistently in the message that we need less government, not more. The paper recommends that the salvation of Social Security could be that Congress is prevented from skimming off surpluses that should remain in the fund, while simultaneously implementing a different system based on the example of Singapore's Provident Fund in which individuals are required to contribute to accounts that they have responsibility for managing. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSgrDepress.rtf
Causes of The Great Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” Solution
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A 3 page paper which examines what caused the Depression and how FDR’s “New Deal” package of domestic programs attempted to achieve economic recovery for the United States. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: TGdepdeal.rtf
China / Business Opportunity Or Not
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A 5 page paper discussing the potential business opportunities in China. Specifically, a tobacco company is reviewing evidence to determine if they should set up operations in China. The advantages and problems of doing business in China are discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGchina1.rtf
China's Trade Tributes
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This 5 page paper explores the fifteenth
through eighteenth Chinese economic system known as trade tribute.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KTtritra.wps
Commercial Banking
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A 11 page paper providing an overview of the commercial
banking industry. The paper contains a history section, as well as a description of the evolution of
banking and legislative regulation beginning in 1850. The face of banking is changing more than
at any other time as banks seek to use the Internet to their best advantage. At the same time, they
are seeking other originators of revenue and to date have begun to sell life insurance in significant
amounts. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: KSbankCommer.wps
Comparison of Economic Development of Great Britain and Other European Nations
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An 8 page paper discussing both the common and distinguishing characteristics of Europe's early and later industrializing nations, using the world's first, Great Britain, as the primary point of comparison. Between the early and late industrializers, the only discernible "gray" area is that of the distinction between the end of the early industrializers period and the beginning of the latecomers. Germany is included with the early industrializers but the latecomers category begins with Switzerland. While there are some characteristics the two nations shared, there are others that did indeed separate them, not the least of which was sustainability. Distinctions among other early and later industrializers is much clearer. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSeconHist.wps
Comparison of Industrialization in Germany and Switzerland
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A 5 page paper evaluating governments' approach to taxing business activity. One observer of the growth of industrialization in the world has stated, "The state's goal is to maximize its own wealth by collecting taxes." Using the examples of just-industrializing Germany and Switzerland,
the paper argues that government will collect greater revenues when tax rates are lower and
therefore not oppressive to business. Such has been the case in both early-industrialized
Germany and Switzerland. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSindustr.wps
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; OVERVIEW, PROS AND CONS
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This 3-page paper is a discussion about the Consumer Price Index, its purpose, and the pros and cons of using this to measure inflation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTcipove.rtf
Currency Exchange Questions
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An 8 page paper in two parts. The largest discusses the Asian currency crisis as it related to Malaysia and examines the actions that contributed to events of the crisis. It also describes Malaysia's current fiscal policy, which includes recent elimination of pegging to the US dollar in favor of management by assessing the ringgit against a combination of other currencies. The second, much smaller part of the paper discusses what covered interest arbitrage is and how it works. The Harvard-style bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSfinXchgMalay.rtf
Current Statistical Data in the United States.
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Employment, unemployment, job training,
consumption goods, retail sales and the gross
domestic product are discussed. Bibliography lists
5 sources.
Filename: BBstdata.doc
David Ricardo: Contribution To The Development Of Economic Theory And Contemporary Thought
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6 pages in length. David Ricardo, born in 1772 and third of seventeen children, espoused two economic theories that helped to form the fundamental basis of contemporary economic thought. Indeed, his Distribution Theory and International Trade Theory provided a substructure upon which future economists could base their subsequent theories, giving rise to the troubling potential of capitalism and class status. His close friend and fellow economist Thomas Malthus helped Ricardo to hone in on a particular sector of economic considerations that has held its value throughout the past three centuries. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCricar.wps
Dell Computer Corporation
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5 pages. Dell Computer Corporation is
one of the top organizations in its industry, with a large range
of products ranging from desktop computer systems to notebooks,
servers, workstations, peripherals, as well as a wide range of
software and support systems. This paper compares the
performance of this company since last year, with a thorough
analysis of the financial statistics. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
Filename: JGAanyco.wps
DEPRESSION ECONOMICS
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Using Krugman's book "The Return of Depression Economics," this paper examines why today's economic climate could trigger a depression as severe as the one experienced during the 1930s. Krugman's theories are compared with those from Karl Polyani and Barry Eichengreen. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTdepeco.rtf
Deregulation and the Glass-Steagall Act
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A 14 page paper which discusses the current
conditions and controversies concerning the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 as it relates to
issues of financial institutes and issues of deregulation. The history of the act is presented
in helping to establish the reasoning behind the action. This is followed by a brief
illustration of what has taken place in relationship to the act, in the past few decades. The
majority of the paper addresses conditions and concerns since the repeal of the
Glass-Steagall Act which took place last year. Overall, while the act of 1933 was never
truly considered sufficient, it did maintain some control over banking regulations. With the
growth in technology and such it became necessary to finally get rid of the act, but by
doing so we have a great deal of issues to address if the future of financial institutions is to
be secure and profitable. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAdeglass.wps
Dilemmas of the High-Tech Labor Market
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An 11 page paper discussing the problems organizations face in filling their high tech labor needs. Unemployment in the late 1990s has reached its lowest point in 28 years. It is difficult for any employer to find the right people to fill openings, but some observers claim that the shortage most greatly felt in the high tech industries even threaten continued local economic growth. Most organizations have Year 2000 concerns, but hiring for that reason represents only a small portion of current openings. Instead, more than half of all high tech openings have resulted from company growth, and more than half of those are in applications programming. The face of corporate operation is in flux and moving toward greater electronic dependency; corporate America has all it can do to keep up. Two charts. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: HTechLab.wps