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Papers On Economic History
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Industrialization Development in China and the United States
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A 9 page paper discussing the greatly different routes that industrialization has taken in China and in the United States, to the point that only now is it reaching into the more remote regions of China. There are a litany of cultural and philosophical reasons for this difference between these two nations. The purpose here is to examine some of those reasons, which include facts of history and several cultural issues such as identity of place, perspective of time, availability of labor and the role of tradition in the two cultures as it existed a century ago. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSchinaIndust.rtf
Inflation and Real Estate
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A 4 page overview of the relationship which exists between levels of inflation and the real estate market. Using examples from the 1970s and 1980s the author presents the case that while some arms of the real estate market can benefit from times of high inflation, arms such as real estate investment trusts that benefit from rising rent, other arms are negatively impacted. High inflation puts real
estate outside the economic grasp of the majority and into the control of the few. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPinflat.rtf
INTEREST RATE AND THE U.S. ECONOMY: 1990-2000
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This 3-page paper focuses on the impact of interest rates on the U.S. economy during 1990-2000. Included are discusssions of whether Greenspan's efforts helped or hurt the economy.
Filename: MTintrat.rtf
Interest Rates
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This 10 page paper looks at interest rates on mortgages and savings. A short history of the banking industry is included in this paper that contemplates why banks charge so much for loans. High interest rates on credit cards are discussed. Charts including various interest rates are included. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: SA006Int.rtf
Interest Rates' Effect on the National Economy
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A 7 page paper
discussing how interest rates and national economic growth are interrelated. Though called
"the dismal science," economics provides a fascinating field of study, particularly in
macroeconomics, that larger portion of the economy involving interest rates and GDP.
Understanding the effect of interest rate manipulation also serves to make more sense of it.
The paper also provides a general US economic history from the 1960s through 1990s.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSintRtsGDP.wps
Interest Rates Effect on the Larger Economy
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A 10 page paper discussing the role that interest rates play in progress of the economy. Interest rates fill a primary role in determining the path of the economy and the decisions of businesses and investors. The purpose here is to assess some of the ways that interest rates affect the national economy. In a shrinking or slowly-growing economy, businesses' abilities to grow are greatly reduced, and so investors are more cautious in the prices they are willing to pay for a share of stock. Also, higher interest rates make other types of investments more attractive and many investors will increase their holdings in bond markets while reducing those in the stock market. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSeconIntRtEffect.rtf
International Relations and Economics
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A 5 page paper examining the role of the US in the future world economy. It appears inevitable that the US is in the closing stages of its economic leadership, but neither is there a single country poised to take the lead. There is a single region, however; Asia will lead in the same way that the US has led until now. A strong and active US is vital to the world economy at present, but it will not remain in that position for more than a few decades. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSintlRelEcon.rtf
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