Economics Articles

1). Why Do You Need Any Education At All ? By : Currency Traders
Having the right education puts you right among the potential experts. With time You will be considering yourself as a such. It is a nice vision to become an expert. To be able to say, I know the subject so well, so 'just ask me questions'... A lot of people, don´t dare, they procrastinate to start a new ideas, professions or employ any news in their lives.
Article Related to: forex, money, trading, markets, dollars, euro, education, banking, win, strategies, strategy, dollar, talent, pips, sell, buy, trade, finances, economics, financial freedom, international valuta, value

2). Do the world’s poor children really need a $100 laptop? By : Alex Haakonsen
The chairman and founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab recently launched the $100 laptop to the world’s media. Is it necessary? MIT rolled out a non-profit association, called One Laptop Per Child, to design, manufacture and distribute laptops that will be provided to various governments at cost price and issued to children by participating schools on a basis of one laptop per child.
Article Related to: $100, laptop, worldwide, poor, technology, economics, poverty, mit

3). Why You Buy By : Steve Gillman
Behavioral economics is a new science that sheds light on some of our most important decisions. It is the study of how and why people make money-related choices. Here are some of the things the studies have shown thus far: Decision Paralysis One study showed that customers spent more when given four samples of jam to taste than when they had twenty to choose from.
Article Related to: behavioral economics, economics, marketing, sales, money

4). Unheard and Unseen: The Plight of America's Homeless Poor By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
With the rare exception of a special report produced by educational television channels and shown sandwiched between reruns late at night, we seldom see the faces of America's enormous homeless population. They live their street lives in decaying downtowns and slum districts, hidden from our daily commute between work and the suburbs. I live in the Los Angeles County section of Southern California.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought

5). The World Cup and…Economics?: What Italy has to Expect By : Sarah Deak
With Italy’s socking win to become the world’s best soccer team, it seems prudent to discuss something that is not usually connected with soccer: the economy.
Article Related to: world cup, italy, economics, france, soccer, head butt, economy, world champions, italia, italian soccer

6). A Look at the World of Economics By : Mike Freemen
The world of economics can be a fascinating one. This article takes a look.
Article Related to: economics

7). Diamonds in the Spam By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
There are those who turn apoplectic at the receipt of unsolicited commercial email, commonly dubbed spam. These are the same people who receive hundreds of bulk letters addressed to "Occupant" without batting an eye. Getting rid of unwanted mail means sorting through the stack to pull out the important pieces and then dumping the remainder in the trash bin.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought

8). Politics: The Corruption Curve By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." (Lord Acton) We all like to think of ourselves as kind, honest, and benevolent. In our hearts, we are convinced that should we ever attain personal power, whether through building our own business, rising to the corporate executive office, becoming extraordinarily influential in our area of expertise, or in winning public office, we will continue to be honest and ethical, incorruptible to the end.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought

9). Real Estate Economics at a Glance By : Jonathon Hardcastle
Real estate business is like a whole different world in itself where different forces collect and affect one another and thus functions that world.
Article Related to: real estate, economics, money

10). Market Failures And Business Cycles (Part 2) By : R Thotakura
Continued from Part 1 ... Something reverse can happen which would be even more damaging than the just discussed case. Instead of Consumption growing at a faster rate than Savings, it might so happen that Savings and Investment grow at a much faster rate than Consumption. For example, prior to Great Depression, the importance of aggregate demand as explained by Keynes was not understood.
Article Related to: business cycles, economics, threeway economics, economy, business, capitalism, economic theory

11). Market Failures And Business Cycles (Part 1) By : R Thotakura
The following is the most comprehensive ever explanation to the most mysterious phenomenon of Capitalism – the Business Cycles. In order to ensure that the article can be read by any well educated reader, I have minimized the economics jargon and have added a short and simple introduction to the structure of the economy. Each and every one of us would be interested to know as to why we cannot have a paradise on earth.
Article Related to: business cycles, economics, threeway economics, economy, business, capitalism, economic theory

12). Workplace Safety and Economics By : Jim Staller
It is estimated that over 40 million workers in the United States had to receive emergency medical treatment for workplace-related injuries in the year 2003. This is a staggering number when one considers the efforts most companies have put into maintaining a safe workplace. In modern times, a number of companies have been found liable for injuries sustained in their places of business.
Article Related to: workplace, safety, economics, business, health

13). What Al Qaeda Will Never Understand About The Katrina Disaster By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
There are rumors that Bin Laden and his minions are sitting around laughing at the spectacle of the mighty United States bungling the relief efforts for the Gulf Coast. It is certainly ironic, and would be laughable if not for the tragedy it caused, that for disasters anywhere in the world, cargo planes laden with relief supplies are in the air in a matter of hours and ships change course instantaneously to bring aid and comfort, yet it takes us more than a week to reach our own victims.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought

14). Is The End Near? By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
During the past year, hundreds of thousands have perished at the hands of a mother nature run amok. Tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and torrential rains have served us notice that for all our brilliant achievements, we are not masters of the earth. Those who adhere to the prophecies of the past suggest that the cataclysm of world destruction is coming, that the rapture is at hand, the end is near.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought

15). 42 Years Later: Remembering JFK By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
42 years ago, we sat in front of our television sets in complete shock. When the usually totally objective Walter Cronkite momentarily lost it on a live broadcast, he represented faces all over America, frozen in grief and disbelief. It was an innocent time. Young, vigorous, charismatic, and eloquent, Jack Kennedy represented the dreams of the young.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought

16). Ode to India By : Sramana Mitra
A status check on India's development.
Article Related to: india, development, economics, technology, poverty

17). Hillary Announces Her Intent To Turn America Into A Communist Nation By : Douglas Ragan
Not only did Hillary Clinton announce that she plans on turning our capitalist system into a communist system, she lied her backside off while doing so.
Article Related to: campaign, economics, hillary clinton, liberal, politics, tax reform

18). Why You Buy, Part Two By : Steve Gillman
Part 2 More of the findings of the recent studies in behavioral economics: Webers Law A change of stimulus is more emotional and motivational, according to the base: Most subjects tested would drive across town to save $10 on a $20 item, for example, but not to save $10 on a $500 item. The lesson for sales people? If you won't lose a sale on a thousand-dollar couch over $10, sell the other benefits of the couch in your sales pitch.
Article Related to: behavioral economics, economics, marketing, sales, money

19). Basics of Welfare Economics By : Mansi gupta
Human beings are the building blocks of society. The societies agglomerate to make states. And then the nations are formed. The economy of a nation is the indicator of its prosperity. What the economy affects primarily are the people of a country. The technique, which uses the concepts of macroeconomics to achieve social goals, has been christened as welfare economics.
Article Related to: welfare, social, economics, financial, pareto

20). Freakonomics, a Book Review By : John Woolf
If the thought of a book on economics is about as exciting as watching your toenails grow, or you are under-whelmed with statistics and number crunching theory, then the bestselling book Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything just might be the book to make you wake up without that extra cup of Starbucks' best. Actually, Freakonomics is an engaging read because it seems to be more about sociology and psychology than boring numerical analysis.
Article Related to: books, book review, freakonomics, steven levitt, economics, book prices

21). Katrina: Victims For Life? By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
There can be no debate about the horror of the World Trade Center attack. No conceivable rational excuse for the criminal destruction of spectacular buildings and thousands of innocent lives can be advanced. It was monstrous; it was deadly; it was immoral. Four years later, the survivors still mourn their loved ones and the world looks to ground zero as the crucial moment when American innocence died.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought

22). Why You Buy, Part Three By : Steve Gillman
Part 3 Still more discoveries from the recent studies in behavioral economics: Over-Valuing "Mine" People consistently place a higher value on things they own, even if their "ownership" is temporary. The research is interesting, and I often saw this phenomenum used by salesmen on busses in Ecuador. A product is thrust into your hands, and after a ten-minute sales pitch, you pay or give back "your" item.
Article Related to: behavioral economics, money, economics, marketing, sales

23). Infrastructure and Economic Development By : Jack Deal
The relationship between infrastructure and economic development is not always obvious. This article examines the close relationship between the two and how infrastructure becomes the framework for economic development.
Article Related to: infrastructure, economic, economics, economic development, business, development, corruption, subsistence

24). The Cuban Economy: An Overview By : Robert Masud
The economy of Cuba can be divided into four phases: (i) the occupation of Cuba by the Spaniards; (ii) the post wars of independence against the Spanish and the US invasion of Cuba; (iii) the 1959 Cuban revolution; (iv) the Cuban Special Period.
Article Related to: cuba, economy, economics

25). Maybe We Need An Occasional Disaster! By : Virginia Bola, PsyD
The suffering and trauma left in the wake of last year's tsunami in Southeast Asia, our own hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, the earthquake in Kashmir, and the mud slides of Central America, cannot be ignored. But none of these were man-made acts that we can attempt to eradicate, like terrorism or the brutality of tyrants. These were natural events -- cataclysmic to be sure, but an expected by-product of life on an ever-changing and unstable planet.
Article Related to: social issues, psychology, politics, economics, thought