Cuba After Castro - RAND Corporation
... trate, control, and mobilize the population until the collapse of the Soviet pillar undermined its power and reach. It then mutated into a less penetrative, less controlling post-totalitarian state, which had to cede some economic and social—but not political—space to society in the early 1990s. A s ...
... trate, control, and mobilize the population until the collapse of the Soviet pillar undermined its power and reach. It then mutated into a less penetrative, less controlling post-totalitarian state, which had to cede some economic and social—but not political—space to society in the early 1990s. A s ...
Globalisation, growth and justice
... distribution of income. Then there are measures based on a comparison of the per capita income of say the richest 10 per cent or top decile of the population with the per capita income of the poorest 10 per cent. Some argue that the latter is more appropriate in the context of globalisation for suc ...
... distribution of income. Then there are measures based on a comparison of the per capita income of say the richest 10 per cent or top decile of the population with the per capita income of the poorest 10 per cent. Some argue that the latter is more appropriate in the context of globalisation for suc ...
Official PDF , 24 pages
... and essential goods and serviceswere heavily subsidized so that cash wages (subject to centralized norms) could be kept low and investment levels high. Official trade margins were tightly controlled. Repressed inflation was widespread, reflecting an absence of b .oad commodity markets and a "shortag ...
... and essential goods and serviceswere heavily subsidized so that cash wages (subject to centralized norms) could be kept low and investment levels high. Official trade margins were tightly controlled. Repressed inflation was widespread, reflecting an absence of b .oad commodity markets and a "shortag ...
Dr. Alexander R. Vamosi
... Office hours: 1:30 – 3:30 pm (W, F) or by appointment Faculty in the College of Business are available a minimum of nine hours each week for consultation with students outside of classroom time. At least four of these are regularly scheduled office hours. ...
... Office hours: 1:30 – 3:30 pm (W, F) or by appointment Faculty in the College of Business are available a minimum of nine hours each week for consultation with students outside of classroom time. At least four of these are regularly scheduled office hours. ...
Palestinian economy regresses, policy space needed to end decline
... GDP growing at an annual average rate of 8.5% and a substantial increase in public and private investment. This was sufficient to reduce unemployment by 5% and increase GDP per capita by an annual average of 4.3%. This growth came to an abrupt halt in 2000, and the gains made have now vanished. The ...
... GDP growing at an annual average rate of 8.5% and a substantial increase in public and private investment. This was sufficient to reduce unemployment by 5% and increase GDP per capita by an annual average of 4.3%. This growth came to an abrupt halt in 2000, and the gains made have now vanished. The ...
Kein Folientitel
... a) No cost push from wage increases and hence no price increase b) increase of productivity will be equally distributed on labor and capital (5%) c) income distribution (profit/sum of wages ) remains unchanged ...
... a) No cost push from wage increases and hence no price increase b) increase of productivity will be equally distributed on labor and capital (5%) c) income distribution (profit/sum of wages ) remains unchanged ...
Econ 302 _______Name
... The cake industry used up 3 units of eggs and 4 units of flour while producing cake. During 2008, the cake industry decreased its inventory of eggs by 2 units, and increased its inventory of flour by 2 units. The country’s citizens received $10 interest during 2008 on foreign government debt, and th ...
... The cake industry used up 3 units of eggs and 4 units of flour while producing cake. During 2008, the cake industry decreased its inventory of eggs by 2 units, and increased its inventory of flour by 2 units. The country’s citizens received $10 interest during 2008 on foreign government debt, and th ...
Op-Ed: Misconceptions regarding deflation and stimulus
... monetary and fiscal levers, there is a strong disconnect between what is being proposed and what can reasonably be achieved. Economists involved in big picture economic debates invariably fail to recognize or communicate the limitations inherent in their analysis. This is more than an academic issue ...
... monetary and fiscal levers, there is a strong disconnect between what is being proposed and what can reasonably be achieved. Economists involved in big picture economic debates invariably fail to recognize or communicate the limitations inherent in their analysis. This is more than an academic issue ...
New Theories of Optimal Currency Areas and their application to
... divergence in real economic performance (productivity, efficiency) is not due to preventable or corrigible market failure or government failure, and (b) is made congruent with the Union’s distributional/fairness objectives through effective and efficient redistribution. If either (a) or (b) fail to ...
... divergence in real economic performance (productivity, efficiency) is not due to preventable or corrigible market failure or government failure, and (b) is made congruent with the Union’s distributional/fairness objectives through effective and efficient redistribution. If either (a) or (b) fail to ...
Equatorial Guinea - African Economic Outlook
... (BEAC), and gives priority to controlling inflation and maintaining the peg between the CFA franc BEAC (XAF) and the euro (EUR). To do this it will continue to rely on indirect instruments such as refinancing and obligatory reserve requirements to control money supply. Monetary policy was conducted du ...
... (BEAC), and gives priority to controlling inflation and maintaining the peg between the CFA franc BEAC (XAF) and the euro (EUR). To do this it will continue to rely on indirect instruments such as refinancing and obligatory reserve requirements to control money supply. Monetary policy was conducted du ...
Economic Outlook for FY2008 and FY2009(revised to reflect the
... This English-language translation is based upon the outlook in Japanese released on September 16, 2008. This publication is compiled solely for the purpose of providing readers with information and is in no way meant to encourage readers to buy or sell financial instruments. Although this publicatio ...
... This English-language translation is based upon the outlook in Japanese released on September 16, 2008. This publication is compiled solely for the purpose of providing readers with information and is in no way meant to encourage readers to buy or sell financial instruments. Although this publicatio ...
Uncertainty, Policy Ineffectiveness, and Long Stagnation of the Macroeconomy
... History shows us that the economy can be trapped into long stagnation. In the nineteenth century, the British economy suffered from the Great Depression for almost a quarter of century (1873-96). The Great Depression in the 1930’s attacked the whole world. And since the beginning of the 1990’s, the ...
... History shows us that the economy can be trapped into long stagnation. In the nineteenth century, the British economy suffered from the Great Depression for almost a quarter of century (1873-96). The Great Depression in the 1930’s attacked the whole world. And since the beginning of the 1990’s, the ...
Overproduction not Financial Collapse is the Heart of
... governments in the U.S. and Europe, led by the Clinton administration, famously tried to break their addictions to debt by moving together toward balanced budgets. The idea was to let the free market govern the economy. But, because profitability had still not recovered, the reduction in deficits deli ...
... governments in the U.S. and Europe, led by the Clinton administration, famously tried to break their addictions to debt by moving together toward balanced budgets. The idea was to let the free market govern the economy. But, because profitability had still not recovered, the reduction in deficits deli ...
German, French GDP Cast Shadow Over Euro Zone
... Portugal's economy grew for the second straight quarter, although at a considerably slower pace than in the three months through June. The statistics agency said GDP was up 0.2% from the second quarter, but was still 1.0% lower than in the third quarter of 2012. The euro zone's economic woes have lo ...
... Portugal's economy grew for the second straight quarter, although at a considerably slower pace than in the three months through June. The statistics agency said GDP was up 0.2% from the second quarter, but was still 1.0% lower than in the third quarter of 2012. The euro zone's economic woes have lo ...
How Natural Resources Affect Economic Development
... natural resources. Furthermore, competitive manufacturing cannot afford the higher cost of inputs from protected infant industry. Finally, a poor natural resource endowment reduces the scope for the cumulative policy error that abundant resource rents afford and thereby places a premium upon the eff ...
... natural resources. Furthermore, competitive manufacturing cannot afford the higher cost of inputs from protected infant industry. Finally, a poor natural resource endowment reduces the scope for the cumulative policy error that abundant resource rents afford and thereby places a premium upon the eff ...
economic insight SOUTH EaST aSIa Quarterly briefing December 2011 global uncertainty unsettles
... Welcome to the second issue of the ICAEW Economic Insight: South East Asia, a new quarterly forecast for the region prepared directly for the finance profession. Produced by Cebr, ICAEW’s partner and acknowledged experts in global economic forecasting, it provides a unique perspective on the prospec ...
... Welcome to the second issue of the ICAEW Economic Insight: South East Asia, a new quarterly forecast for the region prepared directly for the finance profession. Produced by Cebr, ICAEW’s partner and acknowledged experts in global economic forecasting, it provides a unique perspective on the prospec ...
ECON 1100 – Global Economics (Section 07) Exam #2 – Spring
... choosing to decrease investments in “capital accumulation” during the current period. C. being able to more easily access and use their available natural resources. D. More than one (perhaps all) of the above answers is correct. ...
... choosing to decrease investments in “capital accumulation” during the current period. C. being able to more easily access and use their available natural resources. D. More than one (perhaps all) of the above answers is correct. ...
Chapter 16
... 1. Rapid sustained real GDP growth can make a profound contribution to economic well being. 2. From 1990 to 2000, the growth rate of real GDP per person was 2 percent a year, at which rate output per person doubles every 35 years. If it grew at 2.5 percent a year, doubling would take only 28 years; ...
... 1. Rapid sustained real GDP growth can make a profound contribution to economic well being. 2. From 1990 to 2000, the growth rate of real GDP per person was 2 percent a year, at which rate output per person doubles every 35 years. If it grew at 2.5 percent a year, doubling would take only 28 years; ...
Europe 2020 and the European Economic Governance
... real estate bubbles, and the impact of corporate and personal insolvency regimes, where necessary. This also includes schemes creating a tax bias towards debt financing. III - Promoting growth and competitiveness for today and tomorrow IV - Tackling unemployment and the social consequences of the cr ...
... real estate bubbles, and the impact of corporate and personal insolvency regimes, where necessary. This also includes schemes creating a tax bias towards debt financing. III - Promoting growth and competitiveness for today and tomorrow IV - Tackling unemployment and the social consequences of the cr ...
Aggregate Demand
... Due to sticky wages/prices, the economy would rarely operate at full employment. To achieve and maintain full employment, active help from fiscal policy and monetary policy is required ...
... Due to sticky wages/prices, the economy would rarely operate at full employment. To achieve and maintain full employment, active help from fiscal policy and monetary policy is required ...
economic restructuring and supply-side policies
... still poorly defined and the term is not always clearly articulated and understood. Specification requires that it be positioned along three dimensions: one functional, a second temporal, and a third structural. The first one refers to transformations in the mix of goods and services being produced ...
... still poorly defined and the term is not always clearly articulated and understood. Specification requires that it be positioned along three dimensions: one functional, a second temporal, and a third structural. The first one refers to transformations in the mix of goods and services being produced ...
On The General Relativity of Fiscal Language
... variables are completely undetermined as individual magnitudes, but they are linked to each other by (17) and (18). In this sense these variables are mutually determined, but not individually determined. As we discuss below, however, many economic analyses in macroeconomics and public finance have u ...
... variables are completely undetermined as individual magnitudes, but they are linked to each other by (17) and (18). In this sense these variables are mutually determined, but not individually determined. As we discuss below, however, many economic analyses in macroeconomics and public finance have u ...