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(2006, 2000 words)
The paper examines the Soviet policy in Eastern Europe after the Second World War focusing on the causes of its failure. The weaknesses of the USSR political, economic social and ideological systems are highlighted.
(2006, 2000 words)
The paper reviews the theories of industrialisation discussing market mechanisms of industrialisation, the differences in industrialisation patterns across nations, the reduced costs of transition for the countries with later industrial development, etc. The features of British and US economies are compared to those of other countries.
(2006, 2500 words)
The paper examines the periods of industrialisation in Great Britain and other countries tracing the changes from the agricultural to the industrial economic structure, reviewing theories of industrialisation, highlighting the role of the financial sector and stock market development, and discussing national differences in the approaches to industrialisation etc.
(2006, 1500 words)
The paper examines the extent of the c.1950-c.1970 economic boom can be seen as the result of successful management of the international economy rather than a fortuitous grouping of international and domestic factors. Paper is examining why economic boom happened.
(2006, 5000 words)
The paper examines the concept of corporatism discussing its necessary conditions, reviewing arguments in favour of corporatism, outlining the implications of coordinated economic relationships, identifying the weaknesses of corporatist system for the small European states, describing the features of a centralized vs. decentralised governance, etc.
(2006, 1500 words)
The paper examines the tools used by the UK government in policy making and the factors causing incorrect decisions, e.g. the oil shock of 1973-1974, the regulations of international organisations (EU, WTO, etc.), the problem of lags, the ĶundergroundĪ economy, etc.
(2006, 1500 words)
The paper examines the economic concept of externality discussing the effects of decision making on third parties, identifying negative and positive externalities, and analysing their impacts on economic efficiency.
(2006, 4500 words)
The paper examines the key aspects of science and technology policies reviewing literature on the role of technological innovations and highlighting advantages and disadvantages of technological progress. National technology policies in Japan are described focusing on the development of the computer industry.
(2006, 1000 words)
The paper examines the effects of the congestion charge (CC) introduced in 2003 to improve London’s transport system describing the launch of the scheme, the current congestion charging zone, and the consequences of CC for businesses, individuals, environment, etc. The theory of positive and negative externalities is reviewed and applied to the CC evaluation.
(2006, 2500 words)
The paper addresses the issue of unemployment reviewing classical approaches to full employment as is a natural state of the economy, including Say’s Law principle, and discussing the problems of savings, flexible wages and prices, etc. Keynes’ book ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money’ is reviewed discussing his rejection of the classical theory of employment.
(2006, 2000 words)
The following work is based analysis of four anti poverty approaches that have been prevailing across the globe. Description and analysis of Monetary Approach, Capabilities Approach, Social Exclusion Approach and Participatory Approaches have been done. Arguments based evidences have been provided to support that participatory approaches have been the most efficient of all anti poverty measures.
(2006, 2000 words)
The paper examines economic, political and security reasons behind the proliferation of free trade areas over the last two decades focusing on the increased number of regional trading agreements (RTA) and discussing economic preference for regionalism among domestic policy makers and interest groups, dissatisfaction with the GATT/WTO system, etc.
(2006, 2600 words)
This essay provides a good explanation of the Phillips curve. The unemployment and inflation data has been gathered for the US and Japan for the period of 1970-2004 and is plotted to show the Phillips curves. It is found that Japan follows it, while the US does not. The essay then goes on to explain why this occurs and provides suggestions on what the government can do. The whole essay is supported by a number of graphs and diagrams.
(2006, 1000 words)
The paper examines the correlation between the development of the welfare system and industrialisation. Theories of industrialisation and social expenditures are reviewed; arguments in favour and against the ‘logic of industrialism’ are discussed.
(2006, 1000 words)
The paper offers a critique of Keynesian theory reviewing the theory of rational expectations (RE) by Muth which claims that by learning the patterns of economic activity one can anticipate and adapt to economic changes avoiding forecasting errors. Implications of the RE model for the government policy are examined; positive and negative aspects of the theory are outlined.
(2006, 1500 words)
The paper reports on the policies of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in developing countries aimed at stabilizing their economies. The techniques used by IMF, including currency devaluation, the Swan Diagram (showing equilibrium between the internal and external balance of an economy), etc. are critically evaluated.
(2005, 4000 words)
The paper reviews theories behind business cycle fluctuations including monetarist model, Keynesian model, Real Business Cycle Theory, etc. Examples of business cycle fluctuations in different countries including the UK are analysed applying various statistical approaches.
(2006, 2500 words)
The paper reviews the theories of business cycle comparing the ‘equilibrium business cycle theory (EBCT) and the ‘real business cycle theory (RBCT). The theories are reviewed in the context of the Keynesian revolution in macroeconomics; their main concepts are discussed, including ‘rational expectations, ‘efficient utilization of information, ‘quantity theory of money, etc.
(2006, 2500 words)
The paper looks at the concept of sustainable development examining it in the context of environmental degradation and critically reviewing neo-Malthusian and ‘ecocentric theories, population growth models, Hardins coercion strategy, sustainability dynamic, etc.
(2005, 2700 words)
This essay discusses the main issues of Japanese economic growth after the Second World War. The main emphasis is given to the analysis of Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) contribution to Japanese economic and business prosperity; and the reasons behind its recent declining role.
(2005, 5000 words)
The paper goes into the history and current activities of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) giving an overview of its purposes and financial assistance to developing countries. A case study is provided arguing the implications of the IMF policy in relation to the current financial crisis in Argentina. Social position of women in Argentina is discussed.
(2005, 2000 words)
The paper examines the impacts of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the environment addressing the issues of tariffs, surplus dumping, GDP and production possibility problems in developing countries, trade liberalization, etc.
(2004, 2000 words)
The paper seeks to identify the roots of the present-day poverty in India. A historical survey of the countrys political, social and economic make-up is given focusing on the role of education in the population split. The impacts of the conflict with Pakistan on the ethnic divisions in is analysed and compared to the partition in sub-Saharan Africa.
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