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    A thorough study of the economic transition in the Czech Republic post-communist era offers insight into the developmental process of a transition state and its struggles at reform and innovation. For nations that have had little-to-no experience with a free market economy, let alone experience with the democratic institutions that protect it, the formation of such an avant-garde system required collaboration between elites, new and old, as well as by the citizens that would eventually form the backbone

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    I N T R O D U C T I O N Discussing the Great Recession in Europe in 2007 during a business economics' lesson is when I started fully appreciating my interest in Economics and decided I wanted to pursue a future in the economics' world. Being able to analyse the issues and consequences of the crisis had me realizing how much Economics is important in the world and how relevant it is in our lives. Economics is important in our lives as costumers, when we try to make the best of our limited incomes

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    me in achieving my dreams. At the same time, this would be a good opportunity for me to explore more about United States of America, which I believed the land of opportunity. In university, I will be focus for my intended major- Economics. Studying economics require a lot of analytical skills and quantitative reasoning in solving economic issues that occur around us such as poverty, economic growth, economic recession and inequality. I learned that economics is a way to understand how people, businesses

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    paper I focus on the theory of a poor economy fueling acts of terror and the different schools of thoughts that focus on this subject. An economy is influenced by many categories. Many of these categories, such as the gap between wealthy and poor, economic and resource distribution, socioeconomic status, employment, and social welfare and policy all account for a country’s economy. When there is poor performance in these areas the country

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    Critically discuss conditionality of IMF loans from the perspective of different IPE theories. There are three IPE (international political economy) that includes, economic national perspective, liberal national perspective and critical perspective. These theories are used to analyze global political economy. Economic national perspective. Economic national perspective strains the importance of the states national interest and understanding actions in global perspective. This perspective is a state- centered

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    After the Roaring 20s an Economic Disaster struck which is well known as the Great Depression. This made struggles for thousands of people and put them out of work , money, and at the very least food. All though the Great Depression was rarely mentioned in Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, there are multiple instances stating economic trouble throughout the novel. A tumultuous event such as the Great Depression exacerbated tensions in the novel much like socio economic divides influences conflicts

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    Many writers have tried to figure out if there is a direct link between Foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth of an economy in terms of Gross domestic product (GDP) but a reliable procedure hasn’t been found yet. Sharma (2008) tends to assume that if more investments take place in developing Countries then there will be an augmenting effect on the economy and likewise if there is little or no FDI then there will be a growth retarding effect. The first part of the paper tries to

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    Future Economic Outlook for America according to Federal Reserve Assessments Introduction Although business leaders may not have a crystal ball to help them plan for the future, they do have access to a wide range of Federal Reserve publications that can help identify recent and current trends and what these economists believe will take place in the coming months. Given the lingering effects of the Great Recession of 2008 on the American economy today, identifying the future economic outlook

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    The Gilded Age is a time period in American history between 1870-1900. During this time period there was a boom in the United States economy and population. Unfortunately, during this time period there was a lot of financial corruption and inequality which caused the rich to become very wealthy. Interestingly enough there were a variety of distinguished authors, from William Graham Sumner, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Andrew Carnegie, and Henry George knew economic inequality was a major problem and something

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    Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole, rather than individual markets. This includes national, regional, and global economies. With microeconomics, macroeconomics is one of the two most general fields in economics. There are two major macroeconomic theories that economists use to describe the economy. Those theories are Keynesian and Classical. Each theory has a different approach to the economic study of monetary

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