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20 Apr 2015
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Behind the process of inflation

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

One of the most striking differences between modern inflation and the past is that, in times gone by, the inflationary peaks were followed by long, slow deflationary declines when both prices and money wages fell, especially in times of recession. It was not uncommon in the early years of this...

20 Apr 2015
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Inflation in Brazil: characteristics, causes and stabilization program

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

One of the historical features of the Brazilian economy is the secular upward trend in prices. The periods of rapid change in prices have prevailed over the moderate inflation, especially in the last 50 years. The historical episodes of creeping inflation are all, prior to World War II. Since...

20 Apr 2015
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Unemployment, recession, inflation

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Peasants, nomadic tribes members or servants can be very unproductive, extremely poor or reduced to idleness because its institutions exclude the land or property of animals or other riches; but unemployment in these societies is static condition resulting from existing institutions. We did not...

20 Apr 2015
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Interaction of sectors and real money

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The importance of money as means of payment and as a unit of account and the relationship between the money supply and the change in the general price level is among the topics of greatest interest of the first economic thinkers. Initially, the concern was with the role of money in the...

20 Apr 2015
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Inflation - Brief case study

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

There are more subtle or safer to destroy the basis of society than to corrupt its currency. This process mobilizes to destruction, all the hidden forces of the laws economics. As currency value variations were, for all that involved, among the most significant events of economic history of the...

20 Apr 2015
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Inflation: category of variation of prevailing rates and coin value

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Of the four basic categories of change in prices and the value of the currency, inflation is by far the predominant. Practically, there is not a country that has not experienced episodes of inflation; and in many, wing has become a chronic occurrence, albeit of varying intensity. Resulting from a...

20 Apr 2015
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Critical analysis for the Brazilian case

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The Brazil felt a huge change in the economy after the Real Plan in 1994. The plan has changed the economic environment in Brazil to check the stability of the economy after a long period of high inflation. From this year on, we used two types of monetary policy: a fixed exchange rate until 1999,...

20 Apr 2015
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Inflationary goal models and interaction with the consumer - The Brazilian case

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The Central Bank, in order to achieve the inflation target, use the instruments of monetary policy at your disposal. The main one is the aggregate demand control via interest rates. Whenever there are inflationary pressures, interest rate of the economy increases. Consumption is reduced in favor...

16 Apr 2015
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American and European Experiences

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

A tendency to generate unemployment may be inevitable consequence of a market system, but it is not an inevitable evil. You can administer a capitalist system with high levels of employment - paying most likely the price of considerable degree of inflation. A critic might question the low...

16 Apr 2015
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Inflation targets scheme: General characteristics, theoretical foundations and ideal conditions for its adoption

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The regime of inflation targeting has emerged as a new attempt to discipline the management of money, explicit inflation targets will function as nominal anchor for the formation of inflation expectations and the fixing of prices and wages. This can effectively replace schemes based on targets...

16 Apr 2015
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Agro-industrial in Santa Catarina

Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies

The agricultural industry is one of the main segments of the Brazilian economy, which are both important in the domestic supply as the export performance of Brazil. Agribusiness is synonymous with value addition, adequacy of raw materials, protection and food safety, development processes and...

16 Apr 2015
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Institutionalism: Brief study

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

School of economic thought which emerged in the 20s in the United States was sought to be based on history, sociology and social sciences in general. Thorstein Veblen highlighted by the institutionalism opposed the foundations of Classical and Neoclassical schools, with the goal of leading the...

16 Apr 2015
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Classical School: Brief study

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The classical school was founded by Smith and Ricardo and Malthus and was developed by Stuart Mill, Mc Culloch, Seniar and French Jean Bapteste Say. When the Classical School was centralized, the theoretical approach on the issue of value ended up getting a full scientific character, so that the...

16 Apr 2015
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Economic theory: Brief study

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Schools of economic thought correspond not only systematized sets and interconnections of theoretical principles, it also corresponds to the systems of ideas and values, committed to ethical, political and social issues. Therefore, they do not have the direction and results of scientific research...

16 Apr 2015
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Socialism : Brief study

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The socialist thought, in its origins, linked to the ideas and proposals for social reform Robert Ower, Saint-Simon and Charles Fourier; aims a society where there is no private ownership of the means of production and it eliminates the differences between social classes and plans the economy,...

14 Apr 2015
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Crisis Action Plan and Response

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The first step of the action plan is the acknowledgement of the occurrence of the incident. The unpleasant incident involved Mr. Ward, who together with 14 other family members had booked rooms in the hotel (Amy & Kimes, 2014). Mr. Ward and his wife were not able to get their rooms when they...

14 Apr 2015
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Unit and Standards That Students Are Expected To Meet In Education

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

It is simple for learners to get disappointed in a class of blended capability. Stronger students may feel kept down weaker people may feel compelled. The instructor may feel focused. The best answer for this is to have an open-class talk about the classroom circumstance - to guarantee the best...

14 Apr 2015
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The Trayvon Martin Case

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

state of Florida. The contentious Claus about standing ones ground emanates from role of the law in protecting personal property and human dignity. Because the ‘crime' or the incidence because the defendant was found not guilty, occurred in the state of Florida, the state legislature has the...

14 Apr 2015
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Virtuous Leadership- Responsible leadership

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Magnanimity is the habit of leaders to strive towards great things. They strive for these achievements, not for their personal gratification, but for the good of the entire population. For example, the aspirations to be a world leader have been a constant trait in all recent American leaders...

14 Apr 2015
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Technology As A Function Of Religion And Science

Essay - 2 pages - Educational studies

The rising usage of technology in the society has raised questions about the relevance of religion. Advancement in science has enabled man to play roles akin to those described as being in the exclusive domain of God. For example, cloning and inter-genetic crossbreeding in contemporary times...

14 Apr 2015
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Kant on moral autonomy - Ethics and Privacy

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Ethics are concerned with right and wrong in a particular society (Reamer, 2013). The definition literally means there are different definitions of ethics depending on the society. For example, there are assessments based on the intention of actions as well as on the outcomes of the actions. For...

13 Apr 2015
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Racism as a cultural phenomenon-South Africa and France

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Racism as a cultural phenomenon In recent times, the aspect of culture has emerged as central in the debate about racism. Due to its mode of transmission, culture has a direct impact on the interactions of the current generation. For example, the Japanese population within the United States only...

13 Apr 2015
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Drone Warfare in Pakistan - Effects on Civilians

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

the recent past, the US has increasingly replaced manned aircrafts with drones in the ‘Fight against terror'. The drones are preferred to manned aircrafts because they reduce the risk in soldiers' lives, they are much more accurate than people are and they have the ability to access...

13 Apr 2015
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Facts about Overseas Outsourcing

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Market forces are the main determinant of outsourcing. For example, there is an increase in the need to lower the costs of production in order to produce similar changes in the costs of products. Companies are forced to move to overseas countries by market forces because they need to remain...

13 Apr 2015
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Astronomers of Golden Age of Islam

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The golden age is dated from the mid-7th century to the mid-13th century when people affiliated to the Islam religion prospered. The golden age of Islam is associated with political leadership and produced Cultural Revolution in all areas controlled by Muslims. Therefore, the domain of the...

13 Apr 2015
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Article Analysis: The Environmental Issue from Hell by Bill Mckibben

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

McKibben evaluates the notion that degradation of the environment creates public policy problems (McKibben Par 1). He sets out to show that while people are debating the best approach to solve the problem, it is escalating and its severity is bound to catch them by surprise. For example, the...

13 Apr 2015
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Why is the incidence of obesity increasing in Ireland?

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

In contemporary times, obesity is a global problem. It has grown to be among the leading causes of death in the developed countries. In Ireland, there is a high prevalence of obesity. The rates of overweight people are 61% in adults and about 14 percent in children between the ages of 12 and...

13 Apr 2015
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Against human rights - Slavoj Zizek

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Slavoj Žižek proposes an argumentthat goes against all the basis on the contemporarysocieties. He proposes that human rights are not as relevant as they are made to be. He uses the belief that human rights rests on three assumptions, reducing the ability of political leaders to have...

13 Apr 2015
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Relevance of humor - The Comic Dimension of Human Experience

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

This paper will explore the concert about the presence of gender and sexual stereotypes in popular sitcoms in the country. Specific references will be made to the popular series Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory. The paper will show that appreciation for these sitcoms emanates from their...

13 Apr 2015
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Rehabilitation of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Management was the key political strategy used to solve the problem of environmental degradation in the loess plateau of China (Tsunekawa, 2013). The process had many phases and many levels that integrated local and national leadership (Liu, 2012). For example, the objectives of the restoration...