NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES John A. List Haiwen Zhou
... The model highlights the important role played by capital accumulation in the growth process. An important feature of modern production technologies is the largescale usage of capital goods. Maddison (1982, p54) demonstrates the close relationship between economic performance and capital over the l ...
... The model highlights the important role played by capital accumulation in the growth process. An important feature of modern production technologies is the largescale usage of capital goods. Maddison (1982, p54) demonstrates the close relationship between economic performance and capital over the l ...
... heavily on the ideas of his fellow German, George W. F. Hegel. The mass media in a communist society, said Marx, were to function basically to perpetuate and expand the socialist system. Transmission of social policy, not searching for the truth, was to be the main rationale for existence of a commu ...
Priciples of Sociology SOC-201
... He believed that societies evolved from lower, or “barbarian,” forms to higher, “civilized” forms Believed that no one should intervene in the evolution of society The most capable and intelligent members of society survive while the less capable die out (“social Darwinism”) ...
... He believed that societies evolved from lower, or “barbarian,” forms to higher, “civilized” forms Believed that no one should intervene in the evolution of society The most capable and intelligent members of society survive while the less capable die out (“social Darwinism”) ...
henslin6
... Howard Becker: Becker observed that an act is not deviant in and of itself, but only when there is a reaction to it. William Chambliss: Chambliss demonstrated the power of the label in his study of two youth gangs— the Saints and the Roughnecks. Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin: These sociologists id ...
... Howard Becker: Becker observed that an act is not deviant in and of itself, but only when there is a reaction to it. William Chambliss: Chambliss demonstrated the power of the label in his study of two youth gangs— the Saints and the Roughnecks. Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin: These sociologists id ...
Economic Liberalization and the Lineages of the Rentier State
... markets must be accompanied by explicit political choices, which are, in turn, heavily contested. It is not enough to legislate these "choices" from above. These decisions must, at a minimum, have the support of entrepreneursand investors, on whose confidence the marketsystem relies. To call an econ ...
... markets must be accompanied by explicit political choices, which are, in turn, heavily contested. It is not enough to legislate these "choices" from above. These decisions must, at a minimum, have the support of entrepreneursand investors, on whose confidence the marketsystem relies. To call an econ ...
Fnls-SS105
... But if all the efficient firms are in one country and production shifts away from the country with inefficient firms after integration the producers of this country would obviously lose. 5- A question on Income Distribution [20 points, 2 points each] U.S. is considering levying a 15 percent tariff o ...
... But if all the efficient firms are in one country and production shifts away from the country with inefficient firms after integration the producers of this country would obviously lose. 5- A question on Income Distribution [20 points, 2 points each] U.S. is considering levying a 15 percent tariff o ...
Functionalism - Department of Sociology
... • An act is always a process in time. • “End” implies a future reference or state that does not exist yet. • Actions consist of structures and processes by which humans form meaningful intentions and implement them. • Social action is preformed by an actor either as an individual or a group ...
... • An act is always a process in time. • “End” implies a future reference or state that does not exist yet. • Actions consist of structures and processes by which humans form meaningful intentions and implement them. • Social action is preformed by an actor either as an individual or a group ...
The Fallacy of Homo Economicus and the reconstitution of the
... 'manufactured' usefulness which is addressed to the psychological part of us. Proof of the magnitude of cultural distortion and of cultural play-acting - both of the self and of the economy is the fact that marketing has incorporated psychological knowledge to a much more advanced degree than the ed ...
... 'manufactured' usefulness which is addressed to the psychological part of us. Proof of the magnitude of cultural distortion and of cultural play-acting - both of the self and of the economy is the fact that marketing has incorporated psychological knowledge to a much more advanced degree than the ed ...
Brazil aced the crisis test
... long-term funds for investment (banks and capital market) Develop capacity for innovation and competitiveness in the manufacturing industry, and promote global presence of Brazilian companies (vs. significant challenge due to exchange rate appreciation) Increase opportunities for social mobility ...
... long-term funds for investment (banks and capital market) Develop capacity for innovation and competitiveness in the manufacturing industry, and promote global presence of Brazilian companies (vs. significant challenge due to exchange rate appreciation) Increase opportunities for social mobility ...
Rethinking Development Assistance
... confused about the basic point of the efforts: helping the poor—or the social-economic transformations (e.g., in East Asia) of development. A Case in Point: Bill Easterly's White Man's Burden Consider the recent book on aid by William Easterly [2006] who spent sixteen years in the World Bank before ...
... confused about the basic point of the efforts: helping the poor—or the social-economic transformations (e.g., in East Asia) of development. A Case in Point: Bill Easterly's White Man's Burden Consider the recent book on aid by William Easterly [2006] who spent sixteen years in the World Bank before ...
Is Economics a Value Free Science?
... 111), to be “one of that numerous class of half-truths whose validity and vitality are dependent upon the effective presence of their complementary half-truths”, i.e., here, “art for life’s sake”. Thus we find a tension in most specialized fields between, e.g., architectural design for design’s sak ...
... 111), to be “one of that numerous class of half-truths whose validity and vitality are dependent upon the effective presence of their complementary half-truths”, i.e., here, “art for life’s sake”. Thus we find a tension in most specialized fields between, e.g., architectural design for design’s sak ...
Industrialization in Egypt - The German University in Cairo
... because it was convicted that the poor performance of the industrial sector is mainly attributable to an overvalued exchange rate, excessive administrative control on prices as well as subsidies to public sector enterprises that led to the misallocation of resources. Thus, the government is currentl ...
... because it was convicted that the poor performance of the industrial sector is mainly attributable to an overvalued exchange rate, excessive administrative control on prices as well as subsidies to public sector enterprises that led to the misallocation of resources. Thus, the government is currentl ...
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF ECONOMIC STRUCTURALISM IN
... CEPAL developed its analysis through the 1960s, it defined three phases of ISI: The first involved the relatively easy substitution of simple domestically produced consumer goods for previously imported items. The second, more difficult, type involved the production of intermediate goods and consume ...
... CEPAL developed its analysis through the 1960s, it defined three phases of ISI: The first involved the relatively easy substitution of simple domestically produced consumer goods for previously imported items. The second, more difficult, type involved the production of intermediate goods and consume ...
ECO352_SampleFinal.pdf
... Diminishing Returns implies that the marginal product of capital is higher in the less productive (i.e., in the poorer) economy. If so, then if trade in capital good is free and competitive, new investment will occur only in the poorer economy, and this will continue to be true until capital-labor r ...
... Diminishing Returns implies that the marginal product of capital is higher in the less productive (i.e., in the poorer) economy. If so, then if trade in capital good is free and competitive, new investment will occur only in the poorer economy, and this will continue to be true until capital-labor r ...