Economics - July 2006

2006-07-07 08:01:46 · 4 answers · asked by Checo 1

2006-07-07 07:58:26 · 2 answers · asked by Imi 3

The rich can't force them to buy their products.
They can't force them to work for their companies.
They can't force them to accept a pay cut.
They can't force them to work for them with no health benefits.
If they try to charge too much, someone will come in and offer the same service for less money.

So how is it that the "greedy rich" are always taking advantage of the poor???

2006-07-07 07:41:55 · 16 answers · asked by Ender 6

I am just looking for correlations between the amount of money a person has and other aspects of his/her life. For example, a rich person is believed to have less children (on average) than a poor person. I am looking for scientific evidence mostly, but opinions are also welcome. Thanks!

2006-07-07 06:16:20 · 4 answers · asked by ttizzle999 3

What makes him think he can end poverty?

What is the definition of poverty?

Poverty is a never ending condition. There will always be poverty unless we are in another world

2006-07-07 05:58:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 05:42:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 05:01:49 · 14 answers · asked by edgeone 1

Our economy is slowing, but energy prices are rising.

I think the Federal Reserve forgot to look at the big picture.

China and India are buying light crude at any price to feed their growing economies. In a slumping economy the U.S. may consume less oil, but the developing countries production outweigh the U.S. consumer demand. It may take years for the developing countries to slow down in producing its goods. The global demand for cheap goods is strong. The U.S. may purchase less of these goods in a bogged down economy but some one is always there to take its place. Times have changed and the strength of the United States economy is weakening.

2006-07-07 04:52:11 · 2 answers · asked by Olivia 4

Hello! Malawi and Mozambique two of the poorest African nations have identified and agreed to try to obtain assistance and funding to develop the Shire-Zambezi Waterway and the Milange District agricultural development project. This fertile land could not only provide food security for both countries, but could provide training centers to train the local farmers in organic, sustainable farming and using the Waterway to transport the surplus to the delta for export. (awjokela@yahoo.com)

2006-07-07 04:39:21 · 5 answers · asked by E H 1

What I don't understand is this: the oil companies claim the price of gasoline fluctuates along with the price of crude; they say that the proportions of what goes into the cost of a gallon of gasoline - refining costs, profit margin, delivery costs, and so forth - are fixed percentages of the price, just like the cost of the crude. So if the cost of crude doubles, all those other things double too.

This seems suspicious. How can, say, refining costs be that volatile? Do ownership and maintenance costs of a refining plant double when the price of crude goes up? Does labor suddenly cost twice as much? It doesn't make sense to claim that everything stays in proportion. Some of these things should be fixed costs that don't vary with the price of the materials.

2006-07-07 03:35:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 03:14:51 · 2 answers · asked by cosmreti 1

2006-07-07 03:10:10 · 11 answers · asked by Skartocc 1

2006-07-07 01:30:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 01:05:07 · 6 answers · asked by cheeseney 2

2006-07-06 23:22:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

to make project on consumer awareness

2006-07-06 22:49:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-06 21:01:05 · 2 answers · asked by chenthil s 1

I just watched a documentary on Showtime where a homeless man was given $100,000 and they followed him to see what he did with it? I'm curious to know, how do you define yourself now (low income, middle class, rich) and if given $100,000 tax-free, what would you do with it?

2006-07-06 17:44:06 · 34 answers · asked by Swampkitty 2

2006-07-06 17:38:52 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. Anonymous 3

Do the illegals really help our economy? I mean, we did fine without them before they came here. So why do we need them so much now?

2006-07-06 13:47:25 · 14 answers · asked by Br 3

2006-07-06 13:10:45 · 6 answers · asked by Abbey V 1

2006-07-06 12:32:37 · 11 answers · asked by dnce like theres nobody whatchin 1

2006-07-06 12:06:09 · 8 answers · asked by VP 2

2006-07-06 11:03:05 · 11 answers · asked by shbhanda 2

2006-07-06 10:05:05 · 3 answers · asked by no_one_that_you_need_to_know 2

2006-07-06 09:47:46 · 9 answers · asked by penny l 1

2006-07-06 09:37:34 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-06 08:20:46 · 15 answers · asked by ASKMENOW 2

This country (USA) is already spiraling down hill. The cost of education is out of reach for some of the brightest kids. Some borrow themselves into debt for a long time after graduation (some may never get out of it).

I see two things happening, 1) some of the brightest will not have the opportunities to go to school. 2) some will get a lucrative jobs with foreign companies to get out of debt and usually that is not for the benefit of this nation.

This country has a need to support these kids in hopes that they can turn this country around. How’s about free education?

In junior colleges, the foreign student paid a lot more tuition then its own citizens. With this in mind, do you think the junior colleges want (profit) more foreign or their own citizens?

I just feel that this government is all talk, too busy selling out the country to foreign companies to benefit only themselves, trying to keep up with the have and have not.

2006-07-06 06:18:11 · 13 answers · asked by timer 3

This can be a powerful reminder to people that we, in the developed world, live in a small castle surrounded by vast shanty towns. I'm sure this chart exists somewhere. Most (who take to the time to think of this thing in the first palce) imagine this chart would look like a bell curve, when in fact it looks like a power-law curve.

Two problems with this chart, as I see it:

1) Resolution. Cambodia lists as 13MM people living on $1200 per year, for example. In fact, most Cambodians live on less than $400 per year, with a small group that are very wealthy. So a good graph should be based on data that includes some intra-country break-out.

2) GDP per capita versus PPP-adjusted GDP per capita. Ideally, the graph will show the latter.

2006-07-06 05:40:12 · 4 answers · asked by samma 1