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ECONOMICS 12 RECENT YEARS Vien Samson Aileen Yang Wendy Zeng TABLE OF CONTENTS EVENTS ECONOMIC THEORIES THE DIFFERENCE IN WEALTH THEORISTS PRIME MINISTERS HISTORY OF THE ISSUE BIBLIOGRAPHY EVENTS • • • • • • • The Great Recession – 2008/2009 Canada was one of the last industrialized nations to enter into a downturn. The United States economy collapsed from within, while the Canadian economy was being hurt by its trade relationship with the United States. Commodity prices continued to rise through to June 2008, supporting a key component of the Canadian economy and delaying the start of recession The Bank of Canada has since announced that it has two consecutive months of GDP decline (Oct -0.1% & Nov -0.7%) Fort McMurray – 2015 On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta It is wept through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings and forcing the largest wildfire evacuation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYNfUtZOdX0 ECONOMIC THEORIES Keynesian Economic Theory (19391948) • • • Based on the ideas of British economist John Maynard Keynes He argued that government should focus on maintaining a strong economy and high employment by stimulating demand through tax cuts, deficit spending and investment in public works This theory became very popular in the Western world because it made social programs a form of counter-cyclical spending rather than a socialist intrusion into a free market Marxist Economic Theory (Recent Years) • Based on the ideas of German economist Karl Marx • Production belongs to labor- workers produced all value within society • Struggle between social classes, specifically between the bourgeoisie (capitalists) and proletariat (workers) DIFFERENCE IN WEALTH 1939-1948 RECENT YEARS • Lobster, shrimp and other shellfish stocks sustained the industry and proved to be a grown Canada’s manufacturing sector, lucrative overseas export product. • Still, output from Alberta’s oil sands was still allowing Canadians to become a world expected to almost triple from 2012 to leader in new industries like car-building and 2035. As a result, Alberta was expected to continue to dominate the Canadian economy chemical processing • Another part of the shift in economic power • While the 1947 discovery of oil in the to the West was the growth of Saskatchewan, because of its own shale oil province of Alberta put Canada on the map reserves and its vast potash reserves used in as a petroleum superpower. making fertilizer • Wartime industrialization had dramatically THEORISTS John Maynard Keynes • An English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. • He built on and greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and the founder of modern macroeconomics • His ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics and its various offshoots • Initially developed this analytic structure during the 1930s, as a method of understanding the Great Depression Karl Marx • Born in 1818 in Trier, Prussia • He focused on economic theory and in 1867, he published the first volume of “Capital (Das Kapital)” • He spent the rest of his life working on manuscripts for additional volumes but they were unfinished • Died in London on March 14,1883 of pleurisy PRIME MINISTERS William Lyon Mackenzie King • • • • • • Born November 17, 1874 in Berlin, Ontario Prime Minister for almost 22 years combined (1921-1926, 19261930, 1935-1948) He wanted to reduce trade barriers Published the unemployment insurance Introduced family allowances and proposals for health insurance Died July 22, 1950 in Kingsmere, Quebec Justin Trudeau • • • • Born December 25, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario Eldest son of former Prime Minster Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau His achievements ranges from the child tax benefit and Canada Pension Plan changes to the reopening of the Kitsilano Coast Guard station Trudeau led his party to a remarkable victory in October 2015, which won a majority in Parliament. He unseated Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper, who had served as prime minister since 2006. HISTORY OF THE ISSUE 1939-1948 Health Insurance • Defining the Problem: further declines in the limited number of medical, dental and nursing personnel available in rural areas • By 1942–1943, the Medical Procurement and Assignment Board was producing statistics that provided a firm foundation for the development of post-war plans to address personnel shortages and to enhance the health of all Canadians. BIBLIOGRAPHY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gdp-q2-statistics-canada-1.3742437 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/07/06/canada-international-trade_n_10836454.html http://www.marxist.com/canadian-perspectives-2016-preparing-next-stage-struggle.htm http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/07/22/canadian-economy-outlook_n_11146348.html http://globalnews.ca/news/2685437/canadas-economy-to-take-a-hit-from-fort-mcmurray-wildfires-economists/ http://www.marxist.com/canadian-perspectives-2016-preparing-next-stage-struggle.htm http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/medicare/medic-3c01e.shtml http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-lyon-mackenzie-king/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession_in_the_Americas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYNfUtZOdX0 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1947.jpg/220 px-William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1947.jpg http://www.straight.com/files/v3/images/16/02/justintrudeautorontopride.jpg http://www.news1130.com/2016/10/19/pm-trudeau-talks-liberals-planned-2017/ http://www.biography.com/people/justin-trudeau http://no-i-in-team.weebly.com/uploads/9/1/5/2/91521810/agenda-_october_18_2016.pdf http://www.historyguide.org/images/marx-bio.jpg DONE! 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