Are regionalism and globalisation compatible or contradictory trends? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Nowadays, it is paradoxical to see the development, in a global world, of several types of regions. This process began after the Second World War, with the development of the international trade flows between economies. The creation in 1957 of the European Economic Community, by the Treaty of...
The foreign direct investments in Canada (2007) - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) interact in the global market, creating lots of jobs all around the world. Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) is the way by which they interact, investing abroad until representing the largest source of external finance for developing countries for instance (United...
The increase of power in China and India - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
Globalization is the increased mobility of goods, services, labour, technology and capital throughout the world. This process has speeded up over the years, especially with the growth of new information and communication technologies. Through these changes, we can see the growth of emerging...
Is today's globalization different from globalization a hundred years ago? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
Michael D. Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers University, says, in Globalization in Historical Perspective (2002), says “globalization has become a buzzword of the new millennium”. Indeed the term globalization is now...
The objectives of the macroeconomics policy critical and assessment in the South African economy - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Although South Africa is regarded as an “economic powerhouse” in Africa and has a strong modern industrial and financial base, it faces severe developmental challenges: poverty, high level of inequality, unemployment…” (Fourie and Burger 2003: 4). The Human Development Index...
France's balance of payments analysis - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
We are going to focus here on the latest France's balance of payments. The document used is mainly the balance of 2006 which was published on June 19th 2007, but will the previous years will also be useful to define the trend, and especially the 2005 balance because some information are not...
Evaluate the evolution of the world trade system - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Before the creation of a world trade system in 1947, the countries had protectionist economic policies or preferential trade agreements for the Empires as the one of Britain and France. In the 1930s, these policies clearly showed their limits with the economic depression and the World War II. As...
From Washington to Post-Washington Consensus: A Global Analysis - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
During the 90s the Washington Consensus was the most popular economic framework used not only by Latin America but by countries all around the world. As Naim (2000) expresses, the term Washington Consensus soon acquired a life of its own, becoming a brand name known worldwide and used...
Despite its oil wealth, account for the instability of the Persian Gulf region - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
The Persian Gulf region is known for being a very important area in terms of geopolitics. It holds up to 57% of the world's crude oil reserves and produces 27% of the global oil.Useless to say how vital to the world energy supply this region is and how extreme the tensions generated by this...
The Quality Concept - published: 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
The quality concept in an industrial sense was first seen in Japan after WW2. In a ruined country, American economists settled an action plan to rebuild the entire economy system. Their first task was to define this notion. For Juran, "quality is the aptitude to employ" and For Crosby, "the...
The Monterrey Consensus The Conference on Financing for Development - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
The International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) took place between the 18 and 22 of March 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico. More than 170 countries adopted a commitment designed to “eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth and promote sustainable development” in the...
"How should we define globalization?" - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Defining the concept of globalization is very controversial and much disputed among economists, sociologists and political observers. There is no single concept of globalization, and commentators are unable to agree on the empirical evidence for its extent. These divisions are, however,...
What do you consider to be the major differences between Adam Smith's and David Ricardo's theories of international trade? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
The basic concept underlying all international transactions is that foreign markets are extensions of domestic markets, in the sense that goods and services produced domestically, and whose quality is reflected in the strengths of the supply and demand curves, can also be sold internationally....
Is Capitalism here to stay or is another vision of economics possible and viable?
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
For many centuries, Capitalism has been the only economic system in the industrialized world. In the present world, this system is in crisis. Billions of people live below the poverty line without any access to food, health care or housing. By capitalism, we mean a system of production that...
How and why has the adoption of free market economic policies affected the consolidation of democracy? - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
“Economic factors have significant impact on democratization but they are not determinative.” (Huntington 1991: 59). To Huntington, there is a clear link between economy and democracy as a form of regime, bond that few people could deny nowadays. Actually, this bond can be shown by the...
The Evolution of Consolidated Financial Statements published by Publicly Quoted French Companies: The Shift Away from local GAAP to the Adoption of International Standards - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 11 pages - Economy general
Contrary to the Anglo-American approach, France offers, in terms of accounting, an environment representative of those of many countries in continental Europe. Nonetheless, France offers a typical system, where, because politicians and executives are part of a close and tight elite network, the...
The economic power of the Chinese Diaspora - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
China's economic growth is a much debated issue and is said to change the face of the world and presently world economic patterns are being reshaped. A couple of figures can easily help to understand how deep these changes are. Over the past 10 years, the Chinese economy grew by 10% a year on...
Globalization and commerce - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Economy general
Globalization is the production and distribution of products and services of a homogeneous type and quality on a worldwide basis. “Globalization is the activity whereby “distinct” national economies are subsumed and re-articulated into the system by essentially international...
Mahathir's legacy and the stability of Malaysia - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Nowadays, Malaysia is known as a model of rapid development. Indeed, in the middle of the twentieth century, the economy of this country is agriculture-oriented and nothing hints any economic boom to come such as the one which occurs a few years later. The economic growth starts to soar as soon...
The revival of the small business sector in the UK
Thesis - 11 pages - Economy general
According to data from Labour Market Trends in 1999, enterprises with fewer than 50 employees provide 45% of UK non-government employment and account for 38% of turnover, the employment figure includes the self-employed who employ no one and comprise 2.3 Million out of a total of 3.7 million of...
Globalisation - publié le 12/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
« Globalisation » is a word that comes up much more often than others in debate topics. For some, nothing better than globalization (and the liberalizing process that comes with it) could happen to us. On the other side, globalisation's detractors hold it responsible for a great number of the...
The reasons for Britain's slow economic growth in the 1970s - publié le 12/01/2009
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Economy general
Britain already had experienced economic difficulties in the 1960s, but the concerns did not grow since the overall standard of living was keeping on rising. On the contrary, the 1970s proved to be much more worrying economically, as they presented a sluggish and lasting economic performance -the...
Russian and French Economies - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 9 pages - Economy general
Russia is the biggest country in the world and is ranked 7th for its population with 143 million of inhabitants. The country is today one of the 10th most important economy in the world. In fact, Russia is situated at the 14th world rank concerning its total GDP for 2005 with approximately 763...
Poverty in Russia - publié le 12/01/2009
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
Russia is the biggest country in the world and is also today one of the 10th most important economy in the world. In fact, Russia is situated at the 14th world rank concerning its total GDP for 2005 with approximately 763 000 million $, and at the 10th world rank concerning its PPP GDP for 2005...
Positive-Normative distinction - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
The methodology in economics is important because it gives us a better understanding of the economic analysis. The purpose of economic theory is to provide a comprehensive framework for the study of human behaviour declares Gary Becker (1976). As the aim of the economy for governments is to...
Why has the development experience of sub-Saharan Africa diverged markedly from that of other developing regions? - publié le 12/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
The recent images of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa dying on the border of the Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla reminded the Northern opinion of the reality of life in the poorest region in the world . Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa flee such horrible conditions of life, and such a...
Economy of Mexico - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Economy general
From the 1940's until the 1960's there was a strong economic growth in Mexico. This strong economic performance proceeded into the 60's. Manufacturing was the country's dominant growth sector and attracted many foreign investors. Although there was a growth in Mexico, there was fiscal...
Short-run and long-run aggregate supply - published: 12/01/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
One of the goals of economists is to try to predict the changes in the state of the UK economy. Thus they are interested in the economic growth -given by the growth of potential GDP-, the inflation and business cycle fluctuations. The Aggregate Supply - Aggregate Demand model permits to...
Health care in the United States
Thesis - 9 pages - Economy general
There is not sufficient health insurance for every citizen to have access to adequate and quality health care. This is a pressing concern for 47 million Americans (Bacon). This is also a concern for employers providing health insurance to their employees and to employees that do not have access...
The change in wages
Essay - 1 pages - Economy general
The change in wages in 14 economies between 1979 to 2007 does not seem to be linked to the change in productivity. An additional increase of productivity of 1% in an economy would result in an increase of the expected change in wages for its people by 0.03%. This effect is rather weak. However,...
