Tunisia is a beautiful country with easy lifestyles, where one can find a lot of foreigners with a lot of natural resources. The people of Tunisia might be poor, but they welcome the people from foreign country with the full heart. The country has some...
Bernie Sanders: The Power and Value of Americans On May 26, 2015, Bernie Sanders, one of the runner ups for presidential candidacy, holds his “kickoff” event in his hometown Burlington,Vermont. On that day, Sanders discusses the overall being of the American people and the economic...
Introduction The economy, in its broadest sense, constitutes a critical component of a nation’s social fabric, encompassing the production, distribution, exchange, and utilization of goods and services by various economic agents. These economic agents can range from individuals and businesses to organizations and governments. Economic...
Introduction The African country that will form the basis of this paper is Kenya. Kenya is a major regional player in east Africa commanding a significantly higher gross domestic product than any other country in east Africa. Despite a steady growth in the country’s economy,...
The issue of foreign aid on underdeveloped countries and the effect that it has on their economy, as well as the economy of the giving countries has been of great controversy. The reason for this controversy is the fact that while some might argue that...
Growing Gulf Between Rich and the Rest of Us Although race and gender have always been hot topics in this country, causing various protests and debates, lately a new issue has been rising in the ranks: Social Class. Many people think social class is a...
Introduction The use of IRS income tax data for measuring income inequality or poverty is fundamentally flawed as IRS income tax data is designed to assist in collecting revenue and not for compiling demographic data. Tax data mostly disregards the role of age and cost...
Introduction The EU regional policy is a critical instrument of financial solidarity and an extremely powerful force for economic cohesion and integrity. Through establishment of solidarity, tangible benefits are brought to citizens in regions that are not well-off. Cohesion underlies the crucial principle that everyone...
When looking into my hometown of Blacksburg, Virginia (24060), there were not any demographics that really surprised me. There were a lot of different demographics but for the most part they revolve around the university that is in that town. The population shows the university...
The income wealth gap has been at a steady increase since the founding of our nation. Another foundation that has prevailed form the fledgling years of our country has been the anti-wealth, “communist” idea of equality. In fact many of the founding fathers agreed with...
Oil is the major source of energy worldwide and it is expected to remain so over the next few decades. As the technology is changing our environment nowadays, oil has done it in the 20s and 30s. Ever since, then crude oil has become the...
In order to address the persistence of inequities in health and access to health services in India, we identify four key areas that require urgent attention and actions. Most of the equity enhancing programmes are centrally sponsored, time bound and vertical interventions. They are sponsored...
This comparative politics literature review aims to further understand the relationship between social policy programs and income inequality, in particular, looking at whether or not income inequality is a choice or not. According to our textbook, Ch. 35 focuses heavily on the discussion of welfare...
An essential asset of an underdevelopment country includes of small and tiny production organization run based on informal, self-employment. Informal employment is a widespread feature of today’s global economy. On average, informal employers have lower earnings and face higher risks than formal workers. Policies should...
The article titled, “Raising minimum wage, destroying jobs,” talked about the effects raising the minimum wage would have on the economy. It hypothesized it may decrease the number of jobs rather than increase them. The main point in the article stated, raising the minimum wage...
This article is quite different from the others. It discovers a whole new downfall to these wages. Prior to this reading, I never would have imagined these two topics could correlate in the slightest. However, my eyes were opened after concluding this article. Bullinger’s research...
Understanding Conservative and Liberal Views on Minimum Wage Laws There are many contradicting reports on whether or not minimum wage hikes can have harmful effects on the economy such as an increase in unemployment. By selectively citing data is very easy to convince someone that...
With the minimum wage inevitably rising, we should not be afraid of the externalities of this change. There are many great things that come with the increase of the minimum wage. According the CEO and Co-Founder of ClearCompany, Andre Lavoie, there are three reasons why...
The Minimum wage has been a topic that has shaped our Ideas in political, social, and economic issues in our society. The constant debate that has everyone wondering, is should the minimum wage be raised or kept the same. To decide whether the minimum wage...