The most crucial actors ruling this change are IMF (International Money Found) and WB (World Bank) After 1970's these international institutions embarked on giving long-term credits to create the required integration. ... In order to create this surplus, IMF offers a reduction in the value of local money, which enables the export to climb. ... Namely, this strategies are a) Increase of household income b) Exploitation of existing resources c) Decrease of consumption. INCREASE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME Due to the continuous decrease in the state support and increase in the necessary...

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In his article titled, "Temples, Credit, and the Circulation of Money," John K. ... Davies asserts that the instillation of coined money around 500 BC has what facilitated the progression toward monetizing the temple economy in the first place. ... As populations soared, the need for military protection to keep people safe and state to state relations in check increased ten-fold. Not only did the military require more people, but also more resources; which meant, more money. ... Statistically speaking, the number would increase as the herd population grew, and conversely decreased when male l...

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However, if both government and private sector act actively (both sectors spend excessive money in the market), the price of goods and services will increase. ... Increasing tax rate would discourage business investment, therefore, less job opportunities in the market and less money flows in the circulation. ... According to Keyness theory, the government should increase founds for infrastructure so that there wont be excessive money in the circulation. ... Also the Federal Reserve could take an easy money policy to stimulate the economy and increase the demand. First the Fed could lower the ...

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Solomon Northup's experiences on Bayou Boeuf are a good representation of how the increasing production of cotton in the United States resulted in the mass movement of slaves, and the emergence of a new kind of slave labor, one in which was even more labor intensive than previous slave labor in North America. ... If the slaves met their quotas they could use any remaining time to do things such as grow their own crops, making it possible to obtain money for themselves, or just extra food for themselves or their families (Oestreicher "Industrialization of Slavery"). ... Solomon Northup...

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Species (true money) means gold. ... It will accumulate gold, which increases money supply and raises the price level. ... Using a theory called the quantity theory of money, Hume argued that in countries where the quantity of money increases, inflation would set in and the prices of goods and services would tend to rise while in countries where the money supply decreases, deflation would occur as the prices of goods and services fell. ... Thus, an increased flow of the gold into European Country would not necessarily increase that country's wealth substantially. ... David Hume erroneo...

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For example, if one was earning a certain amount of money, but would be taxed more on additional wages due to increases in productivity or time at work, then that person would not work in order to avoid paying the higher tax rate that the new earnings put him in. ... This plan will increase the amount of money that children receive from their relatives and friends. ... Do people need an increase every time the government is in debt? ... The Laffer curve states that lower taxes will increase people's desire to work and the economy as a whole will become more productive and people will e...

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The speculator's primary concern is to increase his profits in the most efficient manner. ... Similarly, the American stock market often rises when the unemployment rate increases. ... Second issue: Increasing market fluctuation Opponents of globalization Contend that stock market fluctuations have increased significantly in recent years Norberg Agrees that stock market fluctuations are increasing and that the roller-coaster movement of the market, especially of dot-com share prices, shows exaggerated hopes and mistaken pricing. ... The speculator's primary concern...

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In 1988 they legally wagered $210 billion and in 1992 it increased to $330 billion resulting in a 19 fold increase within the 20 years (Lee). ... During the winning phase, gamblers experience a big win that leaves them with the impression that winning will continue and the amount of money will increase. ... During this phase, there is an increase in the time spent on gambling. ... According to Lee, excessive gambling is associated with increased stress, a pattern of lies, and deception on the part of the gambling spouse, increased divorce, and other forms of family dysfunction. ... Then th...

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Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana may lead to increase the use of substance and further increase problems in society, legalization could in fact be more beneficial than harmful. ... The more money the government receives is money that they can put towards the education of how marijuana effects the human mind and body. ... The money spent focuses on drugs in general; however, ma! rijuana is one of the leading drugs causing this money usage. ... The number of federal arrests is increasing and may reach as high as 10,000 annually. ...

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In addition, as an economy grows, governments are able to collect more tax revenue without increasing tax rates, which allows hem to allocate money to health services and education in the public sector, which improves the standard of living. ... This occurs as if people's incomes are extremely higher than what they were before, they would have more money to spend on their wants and needs. This causes the demand to increase on certain products, which leads to the RPI to increase drastically. ... This is as it can cause pollution, as per capita income increases, pollution increases. ... Als...

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The national debt of the United States is the total of all the obligations of the Treasury to pay money to the federal government's creditors. ... First of all, the percentage rate of retirement pensions should be increased, with that being done the strain on social security may not be so devastating, people will have more money from their pensions. ... America has been borrowing money from other countries leaving the United States in great debt. ... Bush's plan for health care costs has been recycled health care ideas after premiums increased by $2,600 and supports associated health...

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It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this." ... These gangs would run speakeasy's (secret bars), brothels, casinos and other ventures that made them more than enough money to do anything they wanted. ... Also the increase of crime due to prohibition cost the government lots of money. ... The prohibition made it easier for gangsters and criminals to make more money than people who were actually following the law, the government was losing money, people were losing jobs and their livelihood due to the Prohibition. ... It also...

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This article talks about our ever increasing gap between the super wealthy and the lower classes, and what our political leaders are trying to do to reduce it. ... In this article she claims that the economic gap between the wealthy and the poor is increasing at an unprecedented rate. She also claims that this major increase in the economic gap is due to conservative tax breaks on the wealthy citizens. ... Many people think that it works the other way around, but the mortgage interest deduction actually saves far more money to wealthy people than middle class citizens. If the mortgage inte...

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This paper will explore the increase in fast food consumption, reliance on technology and genetics as possible causes for the increase of obesity in the United States. ... Such a large amount of money spend on fast food proves that Americans are purchasing more fast food but and as the Center for Disease Control reports, larger portions of it. ... This same study found that overall household TV watching has increased overtime, as have the numbers of TVs in the home, the presence of VCRs and the percentage of children with TVs in their bedrooms. ...

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"From 1923 - 1929 the average output per worker increased 32% in manufacturing and during that same period of time average wages for manufacturing jobs increased only 8%" and "those with income in the top 1% enjoyed a 75% increase in income." 5 Like the old song from that era says, "the rich get rich and the poor get poorer". In addition as production increased, production costs decreased, and the benefit of the increased productivity went into corporate profits. ... During and after the War, the U.S. lent money to most European nations, including Germany, to rebuild after the war. ... Buy...

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By contrast, it seems that the government's actions only increase the risks of poverty. ... Over the past year the number of food bank dependents has increased by 5.5% and this number is expected to increase significantly with the government's refusal to aid the financially challenged (Lawton, 1). ... It is a commonly held belief that the state tends to "help the wealthy by giving them more money (tax cuts) but help the poor by taking their money away (welfare cuts)" ("Cutting Welfare Rolls Causes Problems", 1). ... Another reason why the government must support welfare programs is t...

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According to the IMF, world GDP from 1990 to 2002 increased by about 42%, and from 2002 to 2008 – by almost 34%. ... Disproportionate increase in the volume of world GDP and financial assets can be attributed to an increase in asset prices, liberalization and rapid development of the credit market and the like. ... In total for 2008 in the United States disappeared 15 banks, by the end of 2009 the number of bankruptcies increased to 115. ... Monopolization of the world market was caused by the high yield powerful investment banks due to increasing their portfolios of derivatives that wer...

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Consequently, immigrants will cause the crime rate to increase and overflow the prisons. ... Admittedly, money does seem to be wasted on prisoners that are not from this country, which in turn ruins America's economy. ... Many times when the money is spent, the government is always too confused on how to spend the money when most immigrants should be deported back to their home country. Although America continues to spend money to keep the prisons intact, most tax money is spent lavishly on less important issues. ... Currently, America is in an economic crisis and yet many of the tax p...

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Americans could drink this potent liquor and get drunk quicker, for less money. ... Instead, they were busy at work spending taxpayer's money on programs to enforce this law. ... Another factor that proves the increase of alcohol consumption is the increase in deaths and drunkenness. ... Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct increased 41 percent, while arrests for drunk driving increased 81 percent during prohibition. ... Organized crime grew into an empire, disrespect for the law grew, the per capita consumption of alcohol increased dramatically, city officials fell to gan...

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This meant that every family however well of they were, got the same amount of money for each child. ... This could be due to the fact that midwifes require educational training, which takes time and costs money, however once they are successfully trained, they only receive 26 196 euros per year, which is slightly lower than the average income of 27 216 euros. ... In order to increase the number of midwifes, Sweden might have to consider increasing their income. ... These incentives were put in place so that women can go back to work to follow their career and earn money for the family. ... A...

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Increasing wetland area will bring about the natural species it needs to allow our coastal wetlands to flourish. With creating a rich diversity of species, the restoration process would increase rapidly. ... Without that stabilization, erosion and susceptibility to washing away during storms and erosive waves and currents would increase exponentially. ... Practically unlimited money is in the hands of these developers because they know the return that they will make off of the highly sought after land. They in turn say that some of the profit will come back to benefit the state which will carr...

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President Obama has proposed to increase the Federal Minimum Wage to $10.10 as well as increase the Earned Income Tax Credit among other items associated with this. ... It is necessary that "businesses need to have money available to pay for labor, materials, power, and other inputs" (McConnell, Brue, Flynn, 315). ... Those who retain their jobs will make more money; however, those who will lose their jobs and those who will be unsuccessful in acquiring new jobs will suffer from this increase. ... Increasing minimum wage would in fact lead to increases in pay but no loss in jobs acco...

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Keynes, along with other economists of his time, saw an increasing number of flaws in the current economic thought. ... This theory focuses on the idea that as the levels of consumption increase, more money enters circulation and the individual has more money to invest back into the economy. ... Interest rates decline in Keynesian economics in order to increase investment volume, consumer confidence and circulation of money. ... Like Roosevelt, Johnson's administration set up many government programs and pumped money into the economy. ... Thus the reason why Keynesian economics is best su...

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Although many people feel that decriminalizing drugs would increase the amount of use, drugs should be decriminalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement, decrease crime rates and it will increase our country's revenue. We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. ... The estimated cost of housing the increasing number of non-violent drug offenders is some $315 million a year. ... Taxes should immediately be placed on drugs thus resulting in a significant increase in government income. The more money that governme...

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Focusing on debt sustainability, the IMF lends money to debtor countries so they could pay the interest on their outstanding debts (Meltzer, 205). ... In theory, IMF credit is meant to increase reserves. ... In addition, "IMF credit is meant to alleviate restructuring the economy, in practice the result might be the exact opposite: Money disbursed increases borrowing governments' leeway, thus reducing incentives to reform (Dreher, 773). Now with money at their disposal, governments can pursue inappropriate policies longer than they would otherwise do (Ibid, 773). ... Moreover, it could be...

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