Industrialization Development in China and the United States
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A 9 page paper discussing the greatly different routes that industrialization has taken in China and in the United States, to the point that only now is it reaching into the more remote regions of China. There are a litany of cultural and philosophical reasons for this difference between these two nations. The purpose here is to examine some of those reasons, which include facts of history and several cultural issues such as identity of place, perspective of time, availability of labor and the role of tradition in the two cultures as it existed a century ago. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSchinaIndust.rtf

INTEREST RATE AND THE U.S. ECONOMY: 1990-2000
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This 3-page paper focuses on the impact of interest rates on the U.S. economy during 1990-2000. Included are discusssions of whether Greenspan's efforts helped or hurt the economy.
Filename: MTintrat.rtf

Interest Rates' Effect on the National Economy
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A 7 page paper discussing how interest rates and national economic growth are interrelated. Though called "the dismal science," economics provides a fascinating field of study, particularly in macroeconomics, that larger portion of the economy involving interest rates and GDP. Understanding the effect of interest rate manipulation also serves to make more sense of it. The paper also provides a general US economic history from the 1960s through 1990s. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSintRtsGDP.wps

Interest Rates’ Effect on the Larger Economy
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A 10 page paper discussing the role that interest rates play in progress of the economy. Interest rates fill a primary role in determining the path of the economy and the decisions of businesses and investors. The purpose here is to assess some of the ways that interest rates affect the national economy. In a shrinking or slowly-growing economy, businesses' abilities to grow are greatly reduced, and so investors are more cautious in the prices they are willing to pay for a share of stock. Also, higher interest rates make other types of investments more attractive and many investors will increase their holdings in bond markets while reducing those in the stock market. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSeconIntRtEffect.rtf

International Stock Markets -- Japan, Germany, France, US, and UK
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This 12 page report discusses five of the most significant stock markets of the world in terms of history, size, institutional features, and other unique characteristics. Five of the world’s most powerful and “international” markets are those in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and, of course, the United States. In general, the financial markets of the modern world serve as the exchange place for transactions between borrowers and lenders. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWismark.wps

Inventions and Economic Growth
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This 5 page paper looks at the arguments put forward by Kenneth L. Sokoloff who argues that the registration of patents provides evidence that inventiveness underpins economic growth. The writer consider the contradiction and support for this assumption and compares the approach taken by Robert Fogel in his book that looked at the role of railroads on economic growth in America. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEinventg.rtf

Is the Pen Mightier than the Sword?;
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This 5 page paper considers the age old saying that the pen is mightier than the sword. The paper looks at the historical evidence and the effect of violence verses peace as a method to bring about change. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEpenswo.rtf

John Maynard Keynes
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This 3 page paper explores the life and theories of John Maynard Keynes as portrayed in Heilbroner's book, The Worldly Philosophers. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTkeynes.wps

John Maynard Keynes and Employment
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This 5 page report discusses the economic theories of British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946). The ways in which employment and unemployment are perceived in the economic context was of particular importance to him and played a key role in his advocacy of government spending. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWjmkeyn.rtf

John Maynard Keynes: Economics -- Uncertainty, Doubt and the “Problem” of Demand
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This 5 page report discusses British economist, John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946) and his long-term impact on the ways in which modern capitalism was viewed during his lifetime and the ways in which economics, in general, have continued to be evaluated. His ideas regarding economic uncertainty, government intervention and capitalist economies are briefly discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Keynesian and Marxist Economics
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6 pages in length. The origin, nature and evolution of the two mainstream economic thoughts are included within this paper, those of John Maynard Keynes and Karl Marx, and the influence each had upon economic development. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JGAevkey.wps

Labor and Capitalism
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This 5 page paper considers how labor and capitalism is seen through Adam Smith's' Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'. Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and 'Time, work-discipline and industrial capitalism by E P Thompson. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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