... school, on the motion "In the world economy. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer". Write your speech, either agreeing pr disagreeing with this motion. Good morning, principals, teachers and fellow schoolmates. Today, our debate motion is "in the world economy, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer". Our group strongly agrees with this. In today's world, the gap between the richest ten percent and the poorest ten ... percent of the world population has been widening. This widening increases in a rapid rate. The rich can waste tones of food a day; on the other hand, the poor ...

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... way Third-World citizens are going to achieve a better quality of life is through globalization. The process of moving into the Industrial and Information age was difficult for Western civilization. It is going to be more difficult for Third-World countries, for they are trying to do it in a shorter time span. When I say that globalization can be painful, I mean that many industries ... and trades must be left behind in order for the national economy to progress. It is absolutely necessary that these countries do develop, as they are being further cut ... off from free-market trading f...

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... deviance I found to be very interesting was the Martha Stewart case. Stewart is an established millionaire. She has more money then you or I could ever dream of. However, she is accused of insider trading. A fellow friend in the market tipped her off when a stock, which she had a large amount of money in, was going to plummet. She quickly sold her stock and saved herself ... a large amount of money the day before the stock dropped. Stewart is now undergoing trial and could be sentenced to time ... in jail. This type of corporate deviance may often go undetected. I feel "white collar cr...

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... economy has made competition in the workforce very fierce. The job market is becoming so competitive that anyone entering the workforce needs every advantage available to them. The most important thing need to compete for good jobs is a well-rounded college education. College provides you with the knowledge necessary to succeed and the validation of your knowledge that businesses require. The increasingly competitive nature ... of today's job market makes a college education essential to compete for the good jobs. College's most important element is to provide me with the skills and know...

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... way, but all have to solve three fundamental problems: 1. What should be produced in the economy? What quantities of food, mobile phones or banking services should be produced by the economy? How many trees need to be felled to meet the demand for pulp for newspapers and magazines? Should we spend extra money on national defense or should more resources be devoted to health care ... and education? 2. How should production be organized? Should a firm use labour or machinery to produce their goods? How many workers should be employed? Should production take place in ... Port of Spain or ...

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... will deny that the current food system is totally inadequate. The American people have become so accustomed to eating pre-packaged, precooked food that to take a little extra time to prepare home-cooked, quality meals seems a waste of time and money. While this may save the consumer money in short run, in the end they pay the price with their health. At the same time the local growers ... are struggling to get by on the barest subsistence, not being able to compete with the huge multinational corporations. My food system provides the answer to the fundamental flaws that are slowly killin...

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... 1865 and 1917, various elements of the U.S economy have experienced tremendous change. Such elements as industrial production have caused great change. As industry increases so will population in America. Because of such a rapid increase in industry in such a short time, America was in need of workers. This is why America had an open-door policy to immigration. America soon became what is today ... may make industrial success not look as good as some may perceive it to be. Along with industrial increase in America was a need for transportation, a connection between the east and west. T...

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... fundamental (basic) like: book values, dividends, and earnings (profit). Young investors should know of the high transactions costs and the high taxes when trading stock all the time. Fundamentalists look at how much the value of a company grows over a long period of time. They look for what might be best in the future. Certain things they look for are earnings, dividends, and book values. They expect ... that the stock prices will go up as those companies" earnings grow in the long run. Fundamentalist, also known as value investors, ignore the daily ups and downs of the stock market. I...

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... any right to it." -"Cut Taxes!" -"It will stimulate the economy and create jobs." -"I don't want o abolish government, I simply want to starve it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bath tub!" Also during the seminar we learned of the Catholic Social Teachings, the Principle of subsidiary and the principle of common good. The principle of subsidiary says that, "A community of a higher ... order should not interfere with the life of a community of a lower order taking its functions ... ...

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... can decide where businesses are located, or how many similar businesses should be built in a particular area. The power of the government can have direct or indirect influences on the business environment, encouraging or forcing businesses to comply. The federal government has the greatest effect over the macroeconomic business environment through the making of policies. The government has a number of economic objectives. They aim to have consistent economic growth ... real wages and cause unemployment levels to fall. Trade policies influence the exchange rate and determines the levels ...

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... to us teens in many ways but these were the three topics that stood out to me. In conclusion, after giving this topic much thought, one way to increase the financial literacy levels of our teens is to provide it to all students not just the Academy of Finance. At my school students that are in the Academy of Finance are the only ones with the opportunity to learn ... about financial literacy while the others are learning other things. I believe that all academies have a purpose and they all are appropriate but I also believe that financial education is ... more necessary that the medic...

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... promote self- interest, comparing humans and animals leads to Smith contradicting himself. Smith assumes that all humans at all times strive to do what is their best self- interest. In his opinion, the only way to be satisfied is to barter, trade, or purchase goods and nothing else (Smith, pg.23). He does not acknowledge that there are other desires that cannot ... of family- interest. Also, Smith discusses how every man has a talent that distinguishes them and how that allows for the division of labor. However, Smith fails to acknowledge the members of society that have no talent. What...

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... our own infrastructure because most of us don't pay takes because the average GDP per capita is so low. This is due mainly to the general communistic mindset of the citizens here, including myself. We are just too lazy to get a real job. We have a very week government in power at the present time. Our leaders are often voted out of power before ... their term is up because of the extreme corruption within high-ranking government officials. Over the years, our country has accumulated great dept throughout the international community. Unfortunately, in St. Lucia, there is a tremendously h...

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... ago women had very little participation in the workplace. The common occupation for women was taking care of the household, today that is no longer the case. They are taking care of their families physically and financially. Some women are also single handedly taking charge of caring for their families without any assistance. Women are joining the ranks of many professional occupations. Even ... the 1980's. The increasein these number has resulted from a changein the economy. Many households now require two incomes instead of one, which lead some women into the workplace. For years women ...

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... 1.8 percent to a devastating 20.3 percent (Historical Statistics of the United States). This ruined the lives of most citizens who didn't even get involved with the stock market. One major breakthrough in society is the use of credit. If you didn't have the money to purchase a product, you could simply use credit and pay it back in installment plans. The problem with credit is that if you don't have ... the money to pay it back in full, you can pay pieces of the total amount but the longer you wait, the more interest is put on that one item. Citizens began paying everything in credit, a...

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Why is the Average Unemployment Rate Falling? The government has reported that the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 of a percentage point. Businesses cut 89,000 jobs in January, which followed job losses that averaged 311,000 a month in the last three months of 2001. Economists had predicted the unemployment rate would continue to rise. So why is the nations unemployment rate decreasing? Employment gains in construction, air transportation and retailing helped offset job losses in other industries. Recently there has been also been evidence of an increase in the manufacturing sector. Analysts say...

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... making and economy based companies like the car industries, Wal-Mart, Microsoft, and the Fast Food Industry. But what about all the other businesses out there that are not so big like Paul's Shoe Store, Play It Again Sam's, Andy's, Twigs and Tea Cups, JBK, and a Sears chain. Those businesses are important to but to only the people in the community or ones visiting it. But ... who is really to say which is better and which is worse. It took a man by the name of Ed who is a business owner of the local Sears chain in Chestertown that owning and running a small town business is just as impo...

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... period, Starbucks, Apple and Google were all gains for my profit. From my start to finish I had some gains for myself. I know in the long-term you never know if you will gain or loss from the stocks you invest in. you have to research and read and look at over views and statistics before you entrust your money into a company. I was surprised with ... . Starbucks also is a good long-term stock to have chosen because they have and try to have different products for their customers to be intrigued by. For the company that I believed in for my long-term goals, I believe Apple is still a good...

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... . They never know from year to year how they will do when they have to go up against the bigger corporate farm entities. But now they seem to be gaining a slight edge. The bigger companies that are in the business have to ship product all over the country. Their customers are not confined to one area, so they incur large shipping fees that they then ... pass on to their customers, the grocery stores, in the form of higher prices. The grocery stores cannot afford to absorb the higher costs, so they in turn pass it on to the consumer. Local farmers do not have to deal with this issue, and ...

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... was looked at more in detail. In 1958, A.W. Phillip's published an article in which he suggested the formula for w=f(u) to annual data on percentage rates of change of money wages (w) and the unemployment rate(u) in the United Kingdom for the period 1861-1913 ( Humphrey p.13). The Curve came fourth with a self-explanatory version of the actual curve. The curve showed very clearly that the response of wages to the excess demand for labor ... as proxied by the inverse of the unemployment rate (Humphrey p.15). In other words, low unemployment meant high excess demand and ... ...

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... Women make up over a third of the full-time workforce, and almost three-quarters of the part-time workforce. Women's unemployment rate was 5.9% - the lowest rate in decades (since at least 1978). 65.5% of working age women (15-64 years) were in the labour force, following the record high of 66.2% in August 2000. - 59.7% of mothers with children under 15 were in the labour force. 57% of working women ... labour market assistance to assess their impact on women. Women's Wages In the August quarter 2000, female Full-Time Adult Ordinary Time Earnings were 84.0% of male earnings. - In the Augu...

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... make more money. At the time it may have looked like the right thing to do but I do not think they expected or even cared what was to happen in the future. On the other hand treaties did in some ways make peace with among the people. In this treaty it is constantly saying that the Native should not in any way become hostile with the British and vise versa. But ... it was mostly suggested that the Natives be kind to the British, and not the other way around. So that gave the British opportunity to do ... land, hunting and fishing 'rights', when everything has ecologically changed for th...

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... This allowed them more physical freedom, which led to women being much more active. Women reveled in the fact that they were definitely more independent and free. There was much more freedom for women. They had more rights. Men and women were living in proximity, and the division between public and private was disappearing. They were demanding greater freedom, equality and independence, and ... change. There was electricity, home-life appliances, and new means of transport. Connection of electricity was something that caused huge changes in people's life. Since they had electricity this ...

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... have major cutbacks. When offer a position at a job now people should take the offer. When I took the time to go Job hunting I look into the company's benefits and also if the company is willing to work with my school schedule. As a student in college, I took a job with a low pay because they are willing to ... looking for a job it is important to find set hours, you have to work. In my future job work place, I want to have set hours I have to work. Set hours are important to anyone because in the future you have a family you have to take care of. Flexible hours are different from ... l...

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... , employment, real income, and wholesale-retail trade"(About.com). "Recession is also a condition in which a nation's economic activity in production, consumption of goods, and services decline." It's a time period in which the economy comes to a stop ("Recession"). A recession starts when the economy is at a high point in output, employment, and ends when it's at a low (About.com). If sales of ... didn't want into development. Some of recession causes are from shortages from vital products. "For example, interruptions in oil shipments have caused recessions in many Western countries"(Ma...

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