Economic implications

for analysis is the manner in which its development as a border management program has taken shape as a technological fix mediating two extremely significant and contradictory sets of contemporary social forces in North America. On one side are the economic forces that continue to generate pressures for liberalized cross-border business movement in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) while on the other side are the political and cultural forces that lead to heightened border

(New York: Norton, 1993. 175pp., $17.95) The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism. By Robert Reich. (New York: Vintage, 1992. 339pp., $14.00) Undoubtedly, the 20th century has witnessed some of the most significant economic events in modern history. For example, the Great Depression saw capitalism come close to its end, and the principles of laissez-faire repudiated as the New Deal was enacted to rehabilitate the economy. More recently, the downfall of the Soviet Union

contribute towards the nation’s collective growth. Karl Marx, on the other hand criticized capitalism and believed that socialism and communism are society’s best chance of maximizing individual happiness. In this paper, I will compare and contrast the economics theories of Adam Smith and Karl Marx on the lines of labor theory of value, division of labor, alienation of workers from labor and human happiness and surplus profit and its social

Juxtaposing the trends in Nigeria’s Capital and Recurrent Expenditures on Human Capital Development (1981-2010) By Alutu, Uzochukwu Uchechukwu (B.Sc) Email: uzlutus@yahoo.com & Izilein, Elizabeth I. (Mrs) Ph.D Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Benin, Benin City Email: eiokojie@gmail.com, elizabeth.izilein@uniben.edu, eiokojie@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This paper seeks to compare and contrast various trends in the capital and recurrent expenditure on human capital development

China’s economic reform has attracted worldwide attention. From the early stage of mainly export-oriented industries with cheaper labour costs to more recent foreign investments aiming to tap the huge domestic market, China, especially eastern region has gradually opened up to the rest of the world. While this research study is not only of vital importance to China, but also meaningful to the FDI development efforts to the individual regions in other countries. This research provides the empirical

Many different effects of the economic sector manifest themselves negatively in the world, and especially in nature. One of which is because of human tendency to want control or to believe that humans are superior to nature, the relationship between humans and nature becomes a dominant

The implication of free markets on global business Introduction Capitalism, socialism, and communism are the main three economic systems. “Capitalism is an economic system also known as the private enterprise or free market system based on private ownership, economic freedom, and fair competition” (Kelly and Williams pp. 26) Capitalism can be referred to as free markets where there is no government intervention or strict regulations. The principle of capitalism is that “people and business must

Contribution to Knowledge The internationalisation process of Nigerian firms took different path. The manufacturing had invested in a close distance country where market opportunities are identified and other had initial expansion abroad was to follow their Nigerian customers that were present in the neighbouring country. 1. Theoretical Contributions The findings indicate the internationalisation process of Nigerian firms deviate from the main stream theoretical claim such as Uppsala model. It can

reference to the economy. This was a particularly relevant project title at the time of brain storming (November 2014) as the election of May 2015 was looming. This ensured it was a relevant project to be conducting. The subjects of politics and economics were not studied as part of a curriculum at sixth form so it allowed a full and opened

follows: A) Were the uses of monetary and fiscal policies effective during recession in Japan? B) Will the structural reforms be effective solution for Japanese economy? I will examine the effectiveness of Abenomics by looking at the historical economic data in Japan from 1980 to 2015. In addition, I will introduce some of literatures and relevant books to support my view on Abenomics. Literature review Japan’s lost decade Hayashi and Prescott (2002) conducted a study on Japan’s lost decade