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  • Economic Impacts of Legalized Gambling

    Economic Impacts of Legalized Gambling

    Economic Impacts of Legalized Gambling Class # & Title By Charles Conner Baltimore, Maryland December 6, 2005 Professor: Dr. Ira Sohn The Economic Impacts of Legalized Gambling Introduction The effect of gambling on the standard of living will be pronounced if the gambling activity is regressive, meaning that the rate of participation (as a percentage of income) declines as people earn higher incomes. In other words, if most gamblers are poor, then gambling is more

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Yan
  • Product Life Cycle and International Product Life Cycle Economic and Marketing Perspectives

    Product Life Cycle and International Product Life Cycle Economic and Marketing Perspectives

    I. INTRODUCTION A review of literature in economics and marketing suggests that since Raymond Vernon published his article "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle" in 1966,1 there has been a simultaneous development of literature pertaining to the 'product cycle' in marketing. There are differences between Vernon's concept of the product cycle and marketers' perception of the product life cycle. However, when one reviews publications in areas where these disciplines tend to overlap,

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Economic Impact of September 11th

    Economic Impact of September 11th

    September 11, 2001 was a day that Americans and the world for that matter will not soon forget. When two planes went into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and two others went into the Pentagon and a small town in Pennsylvania, the world was rocked. Everyone in the United States felt very vulnerable and unsafe from attacks that might follow. As a result, confidence in the CIA, FBI, and the airlines were

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Revolutions - a Justified Means of Change?

    Revolutions - a Justified Means of Change?

    Since the beginning of time, revolutions have directed the progression of most societies. Not only have they improved the lives of many, but they have also been the cornerstones to building some of today's most powerful and democratic countries. Most people have heard of the French and American Revolutions, however history tells us there have been hundreds more, from small town Revolution to major countries. Revolutions are justified means of change because they help to

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Nickel and Dimed Reflection

    Nickel and Dimed Reflection

    Ehrenreich’s personal experience into the world of the living poor introduces a rarely seen world. Her insight into the living poor provides invaluable information that a large majority of the United States has rarely seen or experienced. Her methods, which can be considered courageous in comparison to what most people would attempt, could easily be improved. Her experience into the world of the living poor introduces an entirely unseen world in the American economy. As

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Max
  • The Effects of Cyberspace: Reflections and Transformations

    The Effects of Cyberspace: Reflections and Transformations

    Everyone knows how it feels to wish they could be some else. At some point almost everyone thinks about what it would be like to see things from a different perspective. The internet provides a safe and easy way for people to “try out new identities.” It gives people the opportunity to have lives that are completely unconnected to their real identity. Sherry Turkle theorizes in “Cyberspace and Identity” that those who make the most

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Anna
  • Population Growth & Economic Development

    Population Growth & Economic Development

    POPULATION GROWTH & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Population growth has its own effects on economic growth of a country which can be negative or positive first we will look in to the negatively effecting factors of population growth: 1) Due to increase in Population Consumption Increases which will decrease GNP/GDP and Imports will increase and Exports Fall down Budget Defect is the result and the prices mount high. 2) Miss Use OR Over use of Natural Resources.

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Yan
  • French Revolution (causes and Changes)

    French Revolution (causes and Changes)

    What were the causes and the effects of the French Revolution? The major cause of the French Revolution was the disputes between the different types of social classes in French society. The French Revolution of 1789-1799 was one of the most important events in the history of the world. The Revolution led to many changes in France, which at the time of the Revolution, was the most powerful state in Europe. The Revolution led to

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Steve
  • Cuban Revolution

    Cuban Revolution

    Almost every nation in the world has experienced a revolution. A revolution can be simply defined as "a change." When a country undergoes a revolution, its ideals that it once believed in are being modified. Sometimes revolutionaries act intellectually, yet others may respond physically through destruction. Some may be peaceful, some short lasting, and some pointless. Historians do argue on identifying whether a revolution has occurred. Revolutions usually follow a rupture in the nation's events,

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Economic Impact of Rising Oil Prices in Automotive Industry

    The Economic Impact of Rising Oil Prices in Automotive Industry

    The Economic Impact of Rising Oil Prices in Automotive Industry The rise in the oil prices plays a major role in the automotive industry. “The world consumes over 82 million barrels of oil per day (BPD), with the united states taking roughly 20 million BPD” (McFarlane). Oil provides 97 percent of the transportation fuels that helps to run the cars, trucks and other vehicles in the nation’s highway (Heinberg). Thus, when the price of the

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Edward
  • Chinese Economic Reform

    Chinese Economic Reform

    In 1978, China formally recognized the deficiencies of Soviet-style planning and adopted a policy to reform its economy (Chow). Through its financial reform, China has embraced a market-based financial system by establishing financial institutions and markets (Ito). The financial reform has aimed to develop the economy by acquiring funds necessary for investment, while simultaneously improving the efficiency of investments by allocating capital effectively (Gen-you). By establishing a central bank, developing a financial market system, and

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Bred
  • 1920’s Economics

    1920’s Economics

    Economic growth in the 1920’s was impressive, many Americans would purchase new cars, houses and appliances, many of these were new products that had recently been invented. The other aspect of the economy was mass production on assembly lines; automobile manufacturing skyrocketed in part because of the assembly line, these new techniques and inventions to manufacturing led to more production and lower labor cost. One of the items which would find its way into American

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Why Did the Communist Revolution Originally Seek to Quell Confucianism?

    Why Did the Communist Revolution Originally Seek to Quell Confucianism?

    Communism has long been thought of in western culture as the source of all evil. Communism in China had it’s beginnings during the 1920’s and its belief system was in sharp contrast to that of Confucianism. From the beginning of the 1200's to about 1949 and the beginning of the communist era Confucianism dominated Chinese sociopolitical life, obviously for the largest part of the Chinese history. Through the “Mandate of Heaven” it was determined that

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Andrew
  • The Causes of the French Revolution

    The Causes of the French Revolution

    For six of the eight causes of revolution, describe two events, actions or beliefs (evidence) during the years before the French Revolution that led to a developing revolutionary situation. Explain how each contributed to the revolutionary situation. Frances failed attempts at economic reform contributed heavily to the developing revolutionary situation. In August 1787, when the parlements refused to implement the Kings proposed changes to the financial system, it became clear that the Kings authority was

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Economical Impacts of Tourism

    Economical Impacts of Tourism

    Tourism in the small context involves people who come from other countries for the pleasure of visiting the island environment. Since tourists spend money on travel, hotels, food, entertainment and recreation, they can be important sources of income. It generates benefits to both host countries and tourists' home countries. Especially in developing countries, one of the primary motivations for a region to promote itself as a tourism destination is the expected economic improvement. There are

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    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: July
  • Economic Indicators: Variables of Change

    Economic Indicators: Variables of Change

    Economic Indicators: Variables of Change This essay will show the brief history and status on six economic indicators that have been chosen to be represented. The project will be augmented with a PowerPoint presentation illustrating graphical statistics reflecting the current trends and give the audience an idea of what is going on in each indicator. Important to note is that our country has a system upon which the economy operates that encompasses many different variables

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    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: Monika
  • Reflective

    Reflective

    Steve looked at the two girls getting out of the car, and somehow knew the last week of the summer would make the rest of the summer he'd had seem boring by comparison. He'd been hired by his Aunt and Uncle to do a variety of construction projects around their lake side summer cottage. Aunt Tess and Uncle Jack only came up weekends. And other than the one week Steve's parents spent there on their

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    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Revolution, Literature and Motherhood

    Revolution, Literature and Motherhood

    The Country under My Skin, by Gioconda Belli is an autobiographical narrative that describes her life as a Sandinista, poet, mother, and wife. Her role as a woman in the country of Nicaragua gives us a great glimpse of the historical position of this nation at the time. Her experience shows us the country's development from dictatorship to liberation. Her writings dictate to us her personal development from writer to revolutionary. All this time, we

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    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Bias in the Coming of the French Revolution

    Bias in the Coming of the French Revolution

    Written for a broad, general audience—without footnotes, a bibliography, or other formalities—The Coming of the French Revolution still holds a persuasive power over the reader. Georges Lefebvre wrote The Coming of the French Revolution in 1939, carefully dividing the story into six parts. The first four are organized around four acts, each associated with the four major groups in France—the “Aristocratic Revolution,” the “Bourgeois Revolution,” the “Popular Revolution,” and the “Peasant Revolution.” Part V examines

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Pearl Reflection

    The Pearl Reflection

    The Pearl In John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize-winning novel, The Pearl, the author portrays a realistic storyline as well as many life-lessons. In Steinbeck’s opinion, the job of the writer is to expose “our many grievous faults and failures” in an attempt to improve ourselves, and meanwhile also to celebrate our strengths. He thinks that the writer, while knowing that man can never be perfect, must believe in the perfectibility of man. In The Pearl, Steinbeck

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Kevin
  • French Revolution Debate

    French Revolution Debate

    DBQ Assignment Agree or disagree with the following statement: Despite the violence and terror, the French Revolution was based on the ideas of the Enlightenment. I agree with the statement that the violent and terror filled French revolution was in fact based on the ideas of the Enlightenment. John Locke is one of the most well known philosophers during the Enlightenment. John Locke states that “…if a long train of abuses, prevarications, and artifices,

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Artur
  • Political Instability Curbs Thailand's Economic Growth

    Political Instability Curbs Thailand's Economic Growth

    The economic growth of Thailand is mostly sustained by exports. However, recently a political crisis over several months continues to make its local consumption and investment slump and even curbs economic growth. That is to say, political situation plays an important role in economic growth which is mostly estimated with GDP. The National Economic and Social Development Board said the second quarter gross domestic product is 4.9%, year to year percentage change, slowing from 6.1%

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Edward
  • Industrial, French, and American Revolutions: Common Social Revolutions?

    Industrial, French, and American Revolutions: Common Social Revolutions?

    Throughout history there have been many important revolutions that have help to shape society as it is today. There are different causes, from political to religious, economic to social. Any revolution affects those in society, and creates changes for the people in the society. There are three important revolutions that took place in the late 18th century that changed the world for the better. The French Revolution, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution all

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Yan
  • The New Industrial Revolution

    The New Industrial Revolution

    "Computers let us make more mistakes faster than anything in history except maybe handguns and tequila." Mitch Radliffe, 1992. Few people remember Mitch Radliffe, nor really should they. And while there are no numbers to verify his hypothesis, that statement may be becoming a truism. There is no telling what's ahead as computers and their user-friendly technology become as commonplace in the home as an oven or a phone or a TV or stereo. In

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Was Napoleon the Child of the Revolution?

    Was Napoleon the Child of the Revolution?

    On August 15th, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte, the son of a poor Corsican noble was born and so began the legend of Napoleon Bonaparte. Many ask to this day, "Was Napoleon a child of the revolution?" What Napoleon achieved and gave to the world after the French Revolution had been won truly gave the world a new sight of mind. To first determine that Napoleon was in fact a child of the revolution you must first

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Fonta