Economics - December 2007

2007-12-26 06:48:22 · 4 answers · asked by Q&A 3

if so what's it worth ? or how much is it worth? thanks !

2007-12-26 06:18:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Surely if population growth is curtailed, then economies don't need to grow, but can also be maintained at 0% growth?

Would this not be the best long term solution to save the planet?

2007-12-26 05:28:10 · 12 answers · asked by Matt D 3

Why is it important to raise if it will probably just cause inflation?

2007-12-25 16:05:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Poverty could be solved in no time. If everyone gave the money that they spend on chewing gum to charity there would be no poverty. Why hasn't this happened. It is not a hard thing to do.

2007-12-25 15:01:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-25 12:16:08 · 4 answers · asked by magibond2000 1

my lecturer once said something like the maths part are not always proved true, but just assumed to be so. is MR the same? i could never plot out a graph with my own hypothetical data that says MR is twice as steep as DD, unless i manipulate my data to suit it. that said, is the teaching of MR twice as steep as DD, a maths thing, or an assumed thing?

2007-12-25 02:22:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Chinese sell a lot of merchandise in the United States and, in the process, accumulate a lot of dollars. They then loan many of those dollars back to the United States in exchange for all manner of American i.o.u.'s, including Treasury bonds, federal agency bonds, and private-sector debt.America's indebtedness to China, as a result, is staggeringly high, although the Bush administration - which needs foreign loans to help finance the budget deficit - seems unfazed. But there is reason for pause. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that China's holdings of foreign currency and securities would soon top $1 trillion, a fivefold increase since 2000. Roughly 70 percent of that is believed to be in dollars or dollar-based assets.For several years, China's loans have helped to keep prices and interest rates low in the United States, and to finance big tax cuts. so why dont they pay there debt so the world's largest army can finally modernize

2007-12-24 16:39:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Example: Someone who makes $30,000/yr (USD) in Ethiopia would be living the same as someone who makes $XYZ (USD) in the U.S.

Do you use average income, GDP per capita, buying power?

This is the problem I'm trying to solve:
Being paid a salary of X amount (in currency of country A) living in country B, that would be the same as being paid Y amount in country A.

with "the same" I guess meaning having the same relative standard of living between you and the rest of the citizens of that country.

(i.e. are you Bill Gates, an average middle-class, etc. You salary is 5x more in each country,maybe?)

Let me know if this doesn't make any sense. It's hard to explain what I'm trying to get at.

Thanks,

-MIke

2007-12-24 16:03:54 · 5 answers · asked by Mike S 2

2007-12-24 15:08:27 · 8 answers · asked by John H 2

This may seem somewhat burdensome, but I need a little help understanding something. Visit this website:

http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2007-winter/moral-vs-universal-health-care.asp

Find the lengthly paragraph that begins with:

"Given the existing tax burden on Americans and their justified efforts..." and ends with "This is precisely what has happened with health insurance."

I am a little bit unsure as to the point that the authors of the article are making in this paragraph. More specifically, I don't understand how they went from the demand for home repairs increasing to the home insurers having to limit their coverage in order to stay in business. If people are buying more and more insurance to cover routine home repairs since it's beneficial under the tax structure, what happened that the home insurers are now having to take measures to stay in business?

2007-12-24 10:59:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-24 08:31:31 · 9 answers · asked by ninjariderzx10 1

I was thinking the absence of the plague for social, but quite lost on factors of cultural and economic. I need reasons that led to and sustained the pop. growth.


Thanks

2007-12-24 07:06:51 · 2 answers · asked by freedom.peace_love 1

2007-12-24 02:15:01 · 2 answers · asked by Radman 3

2007-12-24 02:11:54 · 3 answers · asked by Radman 3

If inflation is lower in Germany than in Spain (as it is...) and the exchange rate between the two countries is fixed (as it is, because of the monetary union), what is likely to happen to the balance of trade between the two countries??????

2007-12-23 11:27:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-23 11:10:28 · 2 answers · asked by CAT 3

When do you think it will catch up to the western nations in terms of standard of living?

2007-12-23 10:00:01 · 7 answers · asked by Kevin 1

Children and Adults on this abundant planet are dying of starvation as I type this. The majority of the worlds population do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. We have the resources to rectify this. Can we develop the goodwill and systems of stewardship to end poverty or are we just to selfish to bother?

2007-12-22 14:00:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do they really work harder than us, or the is the system designed to favor just a few?

2007-12-22 05:39:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-22 05:28:09 · 2 answers · asked by smily 1

Do they stand there and put 20 billion dollars in an account and start the bidding at 5 bucks or something???

2007-12-22 05:12:10 · 4 answers · asked by JoannaB3 3

$1.00 here is ......in Germany

2007-12-21 18:51:52 · 3 answers · asked by ALESANA 7

Pls, I want economic and socio-economic consequences if you can argue them. Mere assertions don't help to understand fully what is happening to the US. Skip the Q if you have nothing substantial to contribute to understanding what it means!

2007-12-21 16:04:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some conspiracies suggest that a few countries have chemicals put into the peoples food to make them infertile.

What we know now is that China takes a steps by raising taxes for families with more than two children. Still their population is rapidly rising.

In third world countries people want to make a lot of children to ensure social security. They will have someone to take care of them when they get old.

I suggested to my teacher that we should only breed during the spring like other animals do.

So don't you think we should have laws to control the human population?

It would solve all the worlds issues. Hunger, we will have more food for more people. Energy and polution, we will use less energy and make less pollution. More money, the money won't be scattered since the amount of holders is reduced. (e.g.100 dollars split 1 dollar per person when theres 100 people vs 10 dollars per person when theres 10 people.) More space for humans, animals and plants. More air :)

2007-12-21 14:41:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it clear my question or do I need to re phrase it?

Me, Mexicano.

2007-12-21 11:09:14 · 4 answers · asked by Mexicano 2

Why?

2007-12-21 08:24:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

A life with less luxuries?

2007-12-21 04:34:46 · 6 answers · asked by K 2

Modern economist predict that with in the span of 30-50 years the economy of China would surpass the US economy, India would somehow same as US today, Russia and Brazil second to US today, and Mexico third to the US economy today.
I'm from the Philippines which is relatively developing and which the economy largely dependent to that of US, what would be the future of the countries same as the Philippines?

2007-12-20 20:30:32 · 2 answers · asked by Cornelio_Estillore 1

I heard on the radio that the US owes China and other countries trillions and millions of dollars. They said that the US is not a rich country anymore.

2007-12-20 09:30:04 · 7 answers · asked by Yes 2