Economics - December 2007

The explanation from two places that exchanged currency is that the rates you see on websites like xe.com are the rates when banks trade millions of dollars, and actual consumer-level rates are different. Is this true?

2007-12-07 12:48:13 · 5 answers · asked by iamthejake2000 1

With the way the economy is going...increased food and gas prices, no increase in income, loss of jobs, seriously declining housing market....will we be facing another Great Depression soon? If so, what can we do to prevent it? Or how can we keep our families safe?

2007-12-07 12:28:31 · 15 answers · asked by FreakyGeeky 3

2007-12-07 12:25:03 · 11 answers · asked by thea 2

i want to know how much 40.00 dollars would be in pounds?

2007-12-07 10:08:50 · 4 answers · asked by sharon p 2

2007-12-07 09:16:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was listening to a british NPR correspondant talk about how America still controls world markets through ferocious consumer spending.

I sell homes and I read something that said woman control housing prices. I have read this somewhere else too. Then I started to notice that women control much of the spending in a household. even choosing a movie is said to be controlled by the woman. Now, I know this is not the case in much of the world, so men...how did we lose control?

2007-12-07 07:56:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Eg. If a basket of goods costs $100 today, does it mean next year it will cost $103, and the year after $106, then $109 etc.?

2007-12-07 06:17:17 · 2 answers · asked by KhrisB 3

2007-12-07 05:33:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-07 05:19:32 · 9 answers · asked by marcus 1

2007-12-07 04:53:35 · 3 answers · asked by LOST_fanatic:)! 4

2007-12-07 04:34:40 · 6 answers · asked by IS 1

2007-12-07 04:20:27 · 14 answers · asked by mahanvirjain 1

I've been hearing for 30 years that our crummy public schools will put us at a disadvantage in the world economy. Has this happened? Why or why not?

2007-12-07 03:52:31 · 9 answers · asked by alfie 2

2007-12-07 03:40:50 · 10 answers · asked by marycotter5678 1

1) Currency Value within a Country
2) Job Opportunities within a Country
3) Income-living cost ratio

In a utopian world, the best thing to do would be to travel to a country with a strong currency, few expenses, and good job opportunities so that when retirement comes around you can travel somewhere with a weak currency and cheap living standards, being able to live in luxury.

For example, working in a country with US Dollars and then moving to Europe would be counter productive because you would suddenly have less money. If you were to earn a lot of the following:
1. Kuwaiti dinar
2. The Maltese lira
3. The Bahraini dinar
and then move to Europe, you could live very well.The problem is: how are the expenses in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Malta? Is the living cost high? How are job opportunities?

In essence, the plan would be to move somewhere where you can work very little and go into retirement soon. Any advice?

2007-12-07 03:12:37 · 4 answers · asked by Carrot, the Peanut 1

just wondering what the scenario would be.

2007-12-06 23:17:01 · 8 answers · asked by Kuikui 2

2007-12-06 21:53:01 · 7 answers · asked by bubbles 1

2007-12-06 20:31:51 · 6 answers · asked by M.Usman K 1

2007-12-06 20:14:25 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1

2007-12-06 15:54:04 · 7 answers · asked by will g 1

I am doing a project for school and I need to argue that capitalism IS GOOD for the poor... but I also need 2 articles that help me prove this... does anyone know where I can find article like this?

2007-12-06 15:46:25 · 8 answers · asked by Joe 2

I'm trying to right a story about a newspaper boy, and need to know the value of a shilling and what amount of money he might take for selling a paper. So what is the value of a shilling compared to a Us dollar today, and how much might he have sold a paper for in that time period?

2007-12-06 12:23:59 · 4 answers · asked by trisotter 2

how would a system like that work? like the old times when they traded food or clothes. would that be better than dealing with all the credit and debt of using money? or what other thing could we do to fix the money issue? it causes so much greed...

2007-12-06 12:12:07 · 9 answers · asked by Vanessa :) 2

2007-12-06 09:25:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Macroeconomics question. So why, people?

2007-12-06 08:47:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

please specify the source as i have to submit the article.

2007-12-06 08:28:25 · 2 answers · asked by rob 2

2007-12-06 08:18:22 · 2 answers · asked by (A) 7

Due to the high cost of things like gas, food, heath care,housing and education.

2007-12-06 06:20:00 · 11 answers · asked by RELAX 4

2007-12-06 06:05:46 · 1 answers · asked by lvbl123456 1

I will be definitely majoring in Japanese...but I am not sure if I should also major in economics...or international relations...

I was leaning towards doing a double major in economics and japanese, with a minor in global and international studies...but I'm not sure. Since an economics degree can get me further along...(with jobs/careers)...I thought that this would be the best path. Just in case an international relations degree won't help me.

I was also thinking about doing an international relations and japanese double major, minoring in economics. But if I did that, I don't know if I'd be able to get a good job/career.

What do you think? Should I just do what I'm doing? (Econ/Jap double major and minor in international studies)

If I do, do this, then I was thinking about being an International Trade Specialist...but if majoring in international relations...then maybe something similar...or the foreign service.

2007-12-06 06:01:55 · 4 answers · asked by richief_611 4