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Child medication in America has increased tremendously since the 1990s especially that of psychotropic drugs which are primarily for behavioral and mental disorders. In the past years, hindering one’s child from taking medication is seen as unethical and irresponsible. Recently however, several issues aroused from the questionable increase in the diagnosis of children with behavioral and mental disorders accompanied with the boom of medicinal drugs that these children have to take. The increases in number of these children are not the only concern; for the greater issue lies in the number of drugs a child is taking to Continue reading...

Introduction

In the article “Voting with your trolley” published in The Economist, the author argues that even as the voter turnout has seen a fall throughout the world, the number of buyers buying organic, fair-trade or local food has seen a rise. It is almost as if people want to make a change, not by casting their vote, but by changing their food buying patterns and preferences. The basic psyche behind more people opting for organic, fair-trade or local food is to bring economic justice to the poor producers who are otherwise being exploited by big firms and politicians. The Continue reading...

How Work and Gender Intersect

And Affect Families and Marriages
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In many countries around the world, work and gender are two very influential factors to the success of family life and marriages. In many societal settings, income is a very important issue that people are most concerned about such that it affects the quality of living among individuals, particularly so if basic needs are compromised in the first place. However, in some other countries like the United States, workers do not enjoy paid parental leave like most other nations. In the United States, people do not receive pay from their Continue reading...

Introduction

Many factors contribute to global warming. One of the major factors include human activities all over the world that exacerbate the emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that contribute to the phenomena of the warming of the earth. Human activities, however, differ depending primarily on the quality of life in a given region or community. Developing and developed countries, for instance, differ in terms of human activities that contribute to global warming. Considering this distinction, the primary objective in conducting research is to determine the role of the developing world in global warming in terms of human activities Continue reading...

Summarize

In the article, “Capitalism’s unlikely heroes” published in the magazine The Economist, writer has told that activist investors are good for the public company. These investors help entrepreneurs, promote innovation, and work as saviors in spite of their flaws. On the other hand, passive and lazy investors move out of the business upon any sign of trouble. Sadly speaking, number of lazy investors or institutional investors in the stockmarket is increasing. According to the article, governance can be weakened due to increasing number of passive index funds. Activists, on the other hand, are in the market for more Continue reading...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

This report outlines an ideal role for a graduate in an organization along with the in depth analysis of the selected company. It also highlights the skills, interests, qualifications and experience the candidate should possess to achieve that ideal position. The candidate has selected MBA as the desired degree and “Finance-IT Analyst” as the ideal role.
The company selected is “Apple Inc.” with its operations reaching over 16 countries in form of retail stores and online stores working in more than 39 countries. It is one of the world’s largest companies, when it comes to consumer electronics.

FINANCE-IT ANALYST:

QUALIFICATION:
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“Promoting health, preventing disease: is there an economic case?”

About the Authors
This article is a human capital and development article that is written by three authors. These authors include Sherry Merkur, Franco Sassi, and David McDaid. Sherry works in the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and LSE Health in London. The author is also in School of Economics and Political Science based in the United Kingdom. Franco works in Paris, France at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Finally, McDaid works in the Europe Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) and LSE Health and Social Care. He Continue reading...

Despite having a great deal in common with each other in terms of economic disparities and health outcome improvements, there are some noted disparities in several health outcomes between India and China in the past 50 years. One of these outcomes is overall life expectancy; for the most part, the Chinese find themselves living much longer and healthier than Indian people (Chatterji et al., 2008). Women in China live up to 74 years on average, while Indian women are typically only expected to live around 63 years (Ma & Sood, 2008). This is an incredibly large disparity (though it is Continue reading...

Impact of Communication Technology on Society

The evolution of communication technology has happened at staggering pace over the last century, starting with telegraph and radio in the early 20th century to cellphones, internet and social media at present. And it is not over; the 21st century is witnessing more innovations and developments in the communication technology and may grow at even faster rate compared to the last century. There is little doubt over the fact that the advances made have had a positive impact on our everyday lives. The benefits are immense, the big data is at your fingertips, you are constantly connected with your Continue reading...

People of Germany believed that strong export ties and healthy trade surplus are indicators of prosperity and economic health of their nation. However, the decade between the period 2001 and 2010 proved to be extremely disastrous for Germany as it was popularly called the sick man of Europe during this period.
Though this scenario and ill-reputation had surprising changed currently due to the astonishing growth the German economy, during the decade under discussion, the German economy grew at half a pace at which the American economy prospered. The 21st century for Germany did not have a great or healthy Continue reading...

Outsourcing

This article is mainly concerned with everything about outsourcing. A rather unique method in global business economy, many aspects are under discussion here. These include the compromises made while outsourcing, its merits and demerits and even a successful example that owes its auspicious achievement to the very method of outsourcing. Conclusively a recommendation of the best outsourcing country at the moment will also be looked upon. Research is obviously focused towards the business and marketing strategies of various brands and services which operate on a large scale throughout the globe.

Tradeoffs between inputs for sake of productivity

We know that Outsourcing is a method best used Continue reading...

True or False

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4 f
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Multiple-choice Questions

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Activity

1 right - more people are ready to buy cigarettes now.
2 right - part of the cigar consumers will change their preference to cigarettes.
3 right - part of the people can buy more expensive cigarettes now.
4 left - price increase of complementary product will cause decreasing of elasticity of demand. Some people will buy cheaper cigarettes Continue reading...

1. Prior to the Civil War, American society was a bifurcated society along racial lines built primarily along the lines of an agrarian entity. Indeed, the United States during the 1850s was a polarized nation according to specific regional idiosyncrasies and identities. In the South, a pro-slavery identity was carved out, as those living in south supported the expansion of slavery to states in the West, which abolition sentiments dominated in the North. Up until the 1850s, the slavery issue had been predicated on balance, per the stipulations of the Missouri Compromise of 1920. Newly acquired territories posed the Continue reading...

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The problem of different issues that arise during the process of negotiations with foreign customers and partners is extremely important nowadays, especially due to the globalization process, when many organizations are entering global markets. Although business persons from around the world have many things in common, still cultural differences become the barrier for efficient international communication. In this essay I am going to write about the importance of effective cross-cultural communication, identify barriers that may arise, present the examples from my own experience and from the researchers’ works and suggest ways of improving business relationships with foreign cultures.
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Classical economics is broadly regarded as the origin of the modern economic school of thought. Virtually, traditional economics describes the work of a group of economists in the 18th century and 19th century. The core developers of the classical school of thought include David Ricardo, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill and Thomas Malthus. Classical economic theory is a principal contribution to the philosophical shift; classical liberalism. Technically, classical liberalism came as a philosophical movement in the mid-1700s. The concept emerged as the anti-feudalist ideology and advocated that freedom and rights are embedded in the individualistic state. Centering on individual Continue reading...

Executive Summary

The objective of this report is to pursue an exploration of the pricing principle of consumers’ physical handling of goods and products, as an inducement to buy more or pay more at the counter. At the outset, it is imperative to note and understand that there needs to be additional literature and research on the matter. What has complicated the scenario is the factor of digitalization of consumer behavior, despite clues that people actually prefer to shop in-person. Bushong et al. (2010) in their food product experimental study found that their subjects were willing to pay more, when confronted Continue reading...

Introduction

In recent years, the world has witnessed the detrimental impact of global warming, which is climate change. Consequently, climate change causes severe natural calamities and extreme weather phenomena that affect people’s way of life. People in the developing world are significantly affected by climate change that causes floods or drought because countries in the Third World lack the capacity – in terms of funding and infrastructure – to accurately predict and prevent extreme weather phenomena. Due to the detrimental outcomes of global warming, it is therefore, important to address this issue through policies and practices that mitigate its effects.
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Introduction:

Following the release of the ‘Women in America’ report published by the white house council of women and girls, President Barak Obama gave the following statement regarding the subject: In his own words, “Women still earn an average of 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns.” The statement picked up hype soon after and vigorous debate followed and still goes on to-date. In the spirit of the debate and with the problem in view, April 8th is celebrated as the ‘Equal pay day’ worldwide. This paper intends to analyze and justify the reasons for the gap between Continue reading...

Essay

Stalin’s Industrialization
The main task of the entered planned economy was increasing economic and military power of the state the highest possible rate. At the initial stage, it came down to a redistribution of the maximum possible volume of resources for industrialization. In December 1927 at the XV Congress of the CPSU (b) adopted "Guidelines for the compilation of the first five-year economic development plan of the USSR", in which the Congress opposed the super-industrialization: the growth rate should not be maximized, and should be planned so that there is no failures. Designed based on the directives of Continue reading...

Is the Euro dividing Europe?

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Introduction

How the Euro causes Divergence
Inequalities in the Eurozone
Conclusion
Is the Euro dividing Europe?
The European Monetary Union (EMU) was created in the year 1999 with an aim of convergence and economic integration within the Europe countries. Although the first decade of the implementation of Euro, the common currency, proved to be successful the sovereign debt crisis precipitated by Greece and later Ireland, Spain and Portugal from 2008-2011 exposed the structural crisis of the common currency system (Brown& Chambers, 2005). The Euro instead of converging the economies of the European Union countries played a divergent role Continue reading...