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

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

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

Economic Activity on Each Side of the Great Depression
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A 4 page paper examining the US economy of the 1920s and that of the 1930s. There was a wealth of difference between the two. The federal government undertook all sorts of inflationary and risky ventures in an effort to create jobs and get money from wages back into circulation. None of its efforts seemed to have any lasting effect, and it took the economic benefits of another World War to extricate the US economy from the Great Depression that gripped the entire world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSdepression.wps