Economics

What is the most desirable level of pollution? The American economist Simon Kuznets thought that the economic growth contributed to increase social inequalities and ecological damages at first, but that then it created the conditions of a continuous social and environmental progress. An optimism contradicted by the facts for twenty years. Already, in 1972, in a report being entitled The Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome questioned, for the first time, the virtues of the growth. This study carried

Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, vol. 4, Issue 1. _ Meadows, D. (1972), « Halte à la croissance ? », Fayard Paris, p. 315. _ Rapport Brundtland (1987), « Notre avenir à tous », Commission mondiale sur l’environnement et le développement, Montréal, Ed. du Fleuve. _ Grossman, G., Krueger, A., Alan, B. (1993), « Environmental Impacts of a North American Free Trade Agreement », The Mexico-US Free Trade Agreement, MIT Press, p. 13-56. _ Kuznets, S. (1955), « Economic Growth and Income

Globalisation It is in the 1980s that the term globalizations started to be used. According to a recent Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publication, the term was first used, in 1985, by Theodore Levitt - 'The Globalization of Markets', a monumental and iconoclastic figure in the field of marketing. Three areas were globalization plays an important part: The EEA is based on the same "four freedoms") as the European Community: the free movement

Éléments d’analyse économique de la firme, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 1999. • Milgrom P., Roberts J., Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice Hall, 1992, traduction Française : Économie, organisation et management, de Boeck, 1997. • Mintzberg H., Structures et dynamique des organisations, éd. d’Organisation, 1982. • Nelson R. & Winter S., An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, Harvard University Press,1982. • Penrose E., The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, Oxford Univ. Press

Briefing Papers are available from www.odi.org.uk everal countries, particularly in Asia, have seen soaring economic growth over the last decade. But when it comes to social indicators, such as health and education, they have made more limited progress. Inequality is often blamed for the poor links between economic growth and human development, but data show that links between economic growth, inequality and human development are less robust than often assumed. Important features of income distribution

What determines consumer confidence, and how important is it for economic recovery and growth? (Minimum 100 mots) In this document, consumer confidence is determined by employment. The less unemployment there is, the less fear of losing their jobs and their income there is. Indeed, consumers tend to spend more money shopping when they feel economically safe. Therefore consumer confidence plays an important part in economic recovery or growth. If it is low, the consumers will limit their expenses

Identify and discuss the costs and benefits of joining the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)? Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Abstract: “EMU is seen as a mean to recover some influence over European monetary affairs.” (François Mitterrand, 1992) The idea of an EMU appeared in the Werner Report in the 1970s in which France has played a major role. Indeed, the French social democratic president François Mitterrand wanted the European Union and its member-states to have a stronger influence

new industries were created. Most important, economic growth was started. A tight control of budget reduced inflation by the end of 1950. From 1958 to 1960, an economic and social plan is led by Mao Zedong: the “Great Leap Forward”. It aimed to use China’s vast population to rapidly transform China from an agrarian economy into a modern communist society. -1978-1990 In 1978, started the Chinese economic reform. It refers to the program of economic reforms called "Socialism with Chinese characteristics

Universitatea: “AL. I. CUZA” , Iasi Facultatea: “Filosofie si stiinte social-politice” Specializare: “Relatii internationale si studii europene” Anul II – Gr. 3 Echilibru şi dezechilibru economic în statele post-comuniste. Efecte ale crizei economice asupra democraţiilor est-europene {draw:frame} Studenta: Anton Alina-Gabriela CUPRINS Tehnici de culegere a datelor si de informare stiintifica Tipologia datelor culese Modele de reprezentare a datelor

cunoaşterea şi analiza evoluţiei lor având o semnificaţie practică deosebită pentru adoptarea deciziilor de politică macroeconomică. De asemenea, pe baza lor se efectuează comparaţii internaţionale, privind potenţialul economic, eficienţa şi competitivitatea bunurilor economice produse în diferite ţări ale lumii contemporane, se stabileşte locul fiecărei ţări în ierarhia economiei mondiale. Rezultatele macroeconomice se măsoară sub aspectul existenţial (fizic) şi valoricmonetar.în fiecare ţară,