Hoof-And-Mouth Disease: Impact Upon International Economy
[ send me this paper ]
6 pages in length. To say that the potential impact of hoof-and-mouth disease upon international economy is staggering is to understate the severity of the current situation. Inasmuch as the only way to abate the fast-spreading livestock disease is to destroy the animal, the implied financial loss associated with the demise of thousands upon thousands of farm animals is unfathomable. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLChoof.wps

How Adam Smith Changed My Way of Thinking
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper focuses on Wealth of Nations and explains, in first person, how the economist could change one's way of thinking about the world. Ideas about free trade are explored. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA209AS.rtf

How Does Wall Street Affect the US Economy?
[ send me this paper ]
A 5 page paper discussing the need for restructuring of financial market regulation and the effects that stock market activity can have on the nation's economic well-being. Banks also invest heavily in Wall Street, and market downturns adversely affect banks' profitability; ability to make commercial loans to businesses for expansion; and can even result in depositors losing principal. Banks must be able to operate in the "new age of investing" while still being accountable to depositors and their own investors. Banks currently are forced to operate in a new economic age under regulations designed for the past. Those regulations need to be restructured. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSWallSt.wps

How Fiscal and Monetary Policy Affect the U.S. Economy
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper provides an overview of the Federal Reserve Bank as well as the role of fiscal policy on the U.S. economy. Examples are provided and terms are defined. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA115fed.wps

How Government Spending Can Increase A National Income
[ send me this paper ]
This 6 page paper uses the ideas of John Maynard Keynes to demonstrate how government spending may increase national income. Included in the discussion are the trickle down effect, the multiplier and the accelerator effect. The paper included two examples of Keynesian Cross Diagram (AD diagrams), that illustrate this effect. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEgovspn.rtf

How Keynes Arrived at His Theories
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper looks at the life and times of John Maynard Keynes and how he derived his theories. Not only is his life and how he came up with his theories discussed, but it is discussed in the context of the day. How his theories are applicable to today is also included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA313Key.rtf

How The Role Of The State In East Asian Economies Differs From The Teachings Of Liberal Economics
[ send me this paper ]
5 pages in length. Korea, when used as an example of how the state's role in East Asian economies differs from the teachings of liberal economics, lends a great deal to understanding this separation. Clearly, there exist both strengths and weaknesses of the developmental state, which can be readily acknowledged merely by way of close examination. South Korea, for instance, has experienced significant changes since the end of World War II with regard to modernity. The successes associated with its progress and production as a country as they relate to the global economy, as well as the problems inherently related to the typical growing pains of a nation fraught with strife, have posed considerable obstacles for South Korea. Indeed, the twentieth century has provided South Korea with a number of improvements to its society and economy as a means by which to afford this so-called newly industrializing country's GNP the opportunity to prosper. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCLibEc.wps

How Unemployment Affects the Economy
[ send me this paper ]
A 10 page paper which presents the economic condition of the world based on unemployment. The paper presents the poor unemployment conditions of England, France, and Spain, with Spain's unemployment as high as 22 percent and states the effects this has on those countries ability to compete in the global marketplace and internal ills. By comparison, the paper presents the productivity of the United States, its low unemployment figures, despite downsizing and cost reductions, and how this affects its economic status on the world front. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Unemecon.wps

Human Capital Theory
[ send me this paper ]
This 18 page paper considers the concept of human capital theory and then discusses how the theory can be applied, its' strengths and weaknesses as well as the opinions of the economic community and the way we may apply the theory to the current economic and social conditions. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
Filename: TEhumcap.wps

IMPACT OF FISCAL POLICY ON THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper discusses the impact of policies made by the federal government on the gross domestic product. Issue examined is how the increase of minimum wage worked using the Keynesian model. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBfiscal.rtf

IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT COSTS
[ send me this paper ]
This 3-page paper explains the concepts of implicit and explicit costs and provides examples. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MTimexco.rtf

Income Inequality in the United States: A View of the Last Half Century
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper provides an overview of the issue of income inequality, especially in regards to gender parity, and outlines a historical view of the possible reasons for this disparity. This paper considers gender and race as factors influencing pay rates in the United States. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHwage.wps