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    have been constructed around one idea: that if taxes on the rich go up, job creation will go down. This idea has been the backbone of Republican trickle-down Reagan-economics and has been scarcely challenged by Democrats. America’s economy as well as the global economy as a whole are facing extreme income inequality and this idea has only widened the gap. Our political system has been flooded with the money of the rich through lobbyists or super PACs, who then are the ones receiving the tax cuts and

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    institutions. In addition, with increasing role of global economy on national economies, and the increasing inequality in the global market, which is reflecting on increasing inequality in it turn increases inequality within nations. Thus, the interest among political economists has increased in an effort to understand stratification and to create policies which aim to elevate economic inequality globally and nationally. I will argue that the capitalist economic system is inherently unequal. Farther more

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    may have to enforce policies to make their nations more enticing to FDI, this decision remains solely theirs. Sovereignty remains in the hands of leaders of the state, not leaders of corporations. The inclusion of Foreign Investment into a nation’s economy does not preclude it from continuing its tradition of government, but rather allows them to collaborate with outside organizations to help aid the creation and institution of a more stable state politically, socially, and economically. Context and

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    economics of each of the following: • Adam Smith • Thomas Malthus • David Ricardo • Karl Marx • Alfred Marshall • John Maynard Keynes • Milton Friedman “Many Economists have tried to establish why the economy performs as it does and want to have a basis for predicting how the economy will perform when circumstances change”. (Nagel, S pg 1 1999) Economists are just people after all, who have lived through different times and experiences in their lives, thus leading to different values and views

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    notion of liberalism as the best policy for capitalists. In essence, Keynes claimed that full employment is necessary for capitalism to grow, and this can only be achieved if governments and central banks intervene to increase employment. In fact, these ideas contributed greatly to an improvement in the quality of life for many. Consequently, the belief that the government should advance for the “common good” became widely accepted. However, the capitalist crisis we have experienced over the past decades

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    American government always complies with Keynesian for a long time, and believes that the reason that total social supply is not the same to total social demand is the lack of effective demand (the analysis of American economy).” So most of the successive governments implement the expansionary deficit policies, in order to deal with cyclical fluctuations, and stimulate effective demand artificially. Deficit policies are easy to make economic bubble to stimulate the excessive

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    the modern movement of markets. The modern movement of markets began from the promotion of a more systematic formation of socio-economic relations and class. It later leads to the unrealistic notion that without consumption, there was no healthy economy. These changes can be reflected in the modern development of what Barry believes to be constituted as ideal economic structure compared to what history made us believe. “To those who still uphold the traditions of religious and political thought

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    In Robert Neuwrith’s TED Talk, The Power of the Informal Economy, he explores the concept of the informal market and how important and relevant it really is. It is so relevant that if it were a country the vale of the informal economy or System D as it is mentioned would be worth 10 trillion dollars a year (Neuwrith, 2012). This would mean that it would be the second largest economy in the world behind the U.S. and at the rate it is growing if it were a country it would probably beat out the U.S

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    The objectives for this newly developed capitalist society are to establish sustainable high rates of growth and a robust middle class. In order to achieve this there must be an effective government institutions, economic policies, laws, and to establish the role of the worker. If these objectives are not achieved then the newly developed nation is in danger. Due to this it is essential to analyze the great nations of our time such as the United States, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. One must

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    little; it has thrived under free trade. But actually, if you look at the history, this is actually the country that has succeeded most with protectionist policies” Ha-Joon. Consequently, some countries achieved good results and could improve their economies. However, others became in the terrible situation. This casts some doubts about the economic freedom as the perfect way to improve economic activities. Hypothesis The paper tries to show whether the economic freedom policy to improve economic

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