Good job. I see that you have the skill of producing scatter plots and weighted averages. Close to approval, not yet. I do not understand the logic between air pollution death and sanitation though. Sanitation is directly related to water infection diseases, but I am not sure about its relation to air pollution death. Am […]
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the financial and economic crisis over the last 30 years in Rwanda
Write one page (12 point times new roman, double spaced, one inch margins, citing sources within the text, also provide the link of the websites please) describing the financial and economic crisis over the last 30 years in Rwanda. What caused them? Were there crises in neighboring countries that impacted Rwanda? (I uploaded the note […]
Impact of low minimum wage on crime
In this assignment, you will critically read and summarize the information in the peer-reviewed articles and/or books from Assignment 1 and the additional references that you have collected. This should not just be a summary of what each paper did and what results they found. Given that you will be reading more papers than the […]
Uber’s IPO
Ubers decision to become a public company. Why did they do it, the process that it went through for its initial public offer, and, for a bonus, what investment bank(s) it used to help it in the process. The history of the Uber/SA stock price since its initial public offering. What is the market cap, […]
Any topic (writer’s choice)
Select a country of your choice (other than Saudi Arabia) and observe the last balance of payments issued by that country. Does the country run a current account deficit or surplus? What are the driving factors for the deficit or surplus? What are the implications of the current account deficit or surplus for the overall […]
Approval of outline of brief paper/statistical exercise
Guidance on your brief paper/statistical exerciseOne of the goals of this course is for you to become familiar with how to use publicly available data to check facts and satisfy your curiosity about the Middle East. The most general database in which you can look for data is World Development Indicators(http://databank.worldbank.org/data/Databases.aspx), but there are lots […]
Discussion
Is Poverty an Economic Problem? Watch the video Acton Institute- How not to help the poor- Welfare (new window) (5:49).This is the link: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=ID4oMkPxt(1) How do transfer payments to low income households affect the incentive (a) to have a child at an early age, (b) to drop out of high schools, and (c) the abandonment […]
Discussion
Is the earnings difference between men and women the result of employment discrimination?Watch the video AEI Gender Wage Gap (new window) (3:15)This is the link: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=du72ZDEAL Do the employment choices differ between men and women? If so, why? How do the following productivity-related factors differ between men and women: (i) continuous employment experience, (ii) education, […]
Discussion
Do sweatshops exploit their employees?Watch the video Stossel Macro 07- Boycotts of sweatshops helpful?(new window) (6:16).This is the link: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=R6BJsjqiz How do the employment opportunities at the sweatshop compare with the alternatives available to the employees? If the sweatshop was closed, would the employees be helped or hurt? Explain. As always, please make reference to […]
The Great Recession of 2008 – Causes and Consequences
Introduction and objective. Make sure the objective is specific.Literature Review. Conduct a search on the topic of your paper and summarize works of others similar to what you are writing on. Be sure to follow APA guidelines. Analysis: Analyze your topic with reference to the objective.Summary and conclusion.References. Provide at least five references, at least […]