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Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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...s are all such cases. This could be argued against by saying that, in the case of economic hardship, f or instance, the damage to the mother's fut... ... Problem In the catechism of capitalism, shares represent the part- ownership of an economic enterprise, usually a firm. The value of shares is dete... ...n of the "Principal-Agent Problem". It is defined thus by the Oxford Dictionary of Economics: "The problem of how a person A can motivate person B ... ...erwise - in "optimal contracting theory" - just serves to demonstrate how divorced economics is from human psychology and, thus, from reality. Man... ...spending precisely because it is inefficient and distorts the proper allocation of economic resources. The vast majority of people are rent-seekers... ...e one. Having two concurrent speeds or "clocks" of evolution can lead to biological disasters. Polynesian islanders were wiped out by diseases impor... ...ves, dry coffee sediments contain information about the future, black cats portend disasters, certain dates are propitious, certain numbers are to ... ...ext - to mean "He" or "She"). We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of griev...

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...st the Ring is formed in our world. On the other hand, the powerful global economic and political interests know that the formation of a Global ( econ... ...n... Not counting all the physicly and mentally injured by these man- made disasters. 10 The “outside” Apocalypse of the 20th century created an “ins... ...onsciousness (GC). More and more, all people (but especially political and economic leaders) are being judged by their moral and not material acts and... ...realistic and effective value system, in all our future life: in politics, economics, trade, legislation, education, religion, etc. And so, the first ... ...es the essence of social relations, individual selfrealization, education, economics, trade, of human civilization as a whole. The basic laws and rule... ...s 51 has a specific personal background historical, ethnical, cultural, economic, social, genetic, physical, intellectual, religious, our fates are...

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...litary that we needed a missile shield. After that, he became a professor, of all things, Economics, at Harvard. The CIA believed his new chosen pro... ... squander it’s resources, and allows billions of people to suffer everything from natural disasters, to famine, plagues, and nuclear obliteration. We... ...unal that would make the world free to pursue their own interests, and free trade without economic and manufacturing restrictions.” “And what woul...

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...ost important ideal is to just reach psychological, physical, spiritual or economic wellbeing, this project is not for you. But if your most pressin... ...tionships. Their works might be immortal masterpieces but their lives are disasters. It may seem paradoxical that I propose to you to become artis...

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Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.

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...ve – Click HERE! ISBN: 9989-929-37-8 http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html http://economics.cjb.net http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Create... ...ml Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch II. The Misconception ... ... Market XIII. The Myth of the Earnings Yield XIV. Immortality and Mortality in the Economic Sciences XV. The Agent-Principal Conundrum XVI. The ... ...Green-Eyed Capitalist XVII. The Case of the Compressed Image XVIII. The Fabric of Economic Trust XIX. Scavenger Economies, Predator Economies XX... ...c of Economic Trust XIX. Scavenger Economies, Predator Economies XX. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XXI. Knowledge and Power XXII. Market... ...s crisis management. Public awareness of crises - from civil wars to environmental disasters - can be manipulated within limits of propriety and ve... ... volatility of markets, and, in short, to the vagaries of human nature and natural disasters. Some marketing efforts are known to have backfired. O... ...d into vast networks of patronage in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. NGO's chase disasters with a relish. More than 200 of them opened shop in th... ...red the fact that respect for human and political rights does not fend off natural disasters and disease. The two countries with the highest incide...

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...s are all such cases. This could be argued against by saying that, in the case of economic hardship, f or instance, the damage to the mother's fut... ... Problem In the catechism of capitalism, shares represent the part- ownership of an economic enterprise, usually a firm. The value of shares is dete... ...n of the "Principal-Agent Problem". It is defined thus by the Oxford Dictionary of Economics: "The problem of how a person A can motivate person B ... ...erwise - in "optimal contracting theory" - just serves to demonstrate how divorced economics is from human psychology and, thus, from reality. Man... ...spending precisely because it is inefficient and distorts the proper allocation of economic resources. The vast majority of people are rent-seekers... ...e one. Having two concurrent speeds or "clocks" of evolution can lead to biological disasters. Polynesian islanders were wiped out by diseases impor... ...ves, dry coffee sediments contain information about the future, black cats portend disasters, certain dates are propitious, certain numbers are to ... ...ext - to mean "He" or "She"). We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of griev...

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...quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic activity throughout the world. The crisis has highlighted that financial markets are inherently unstable and market failures have huge economic and social costs. The crisis has renewed debate on the role of global fi...

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...CDOs Credit Default Obligations CDS Credit Default Swap CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CRAs ... ...lantic had to be rescued from bankruptcy. In most developed countries, the economic growth reversed. International trade and investment flows declined... ... sector rapidly spiraled into the real sector, thereby leading to a global economic crisis. Given the scale and extent of the present crisis, many eco... ...nd Freddy Mac (US), and Dexia and Fortis (Belgium/Netherlands). The Global Economic Contraction The global financial crisis is far more serious than m... ...erging and Developing Economies 1.7 5.1 World (-) 1.1 3.1 Source: World Economic Outlook, IMF, October 2009. developed economies. Likewise, interna... ...5 In fact, it is “casino capitalism” that very often perpetuates economic disasters thereby adversely affecting the lives of millions of ordi- nary p... ...nancial health of the firm with which they are dealing. Recent Derivatives Disasters Notwithstanding the brief history of financial derivatives, they ... ...nd Iguchi of Daiwa), but underlying factors behind many of these financial disasters have been largely ignored. The role played by derivative instrume... ...n%20Buffet%20on%20Derivatives.pdf). 2. For a detailed account of financial disasters associated with derivatives, see Kavaljit Singh, Taming Global Fi...

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...What this Book is About There is a commonly held view that the incidence and scale of disasters is increasing in the modern world although some disagreement on whether the incidence of events, such as Tsunamis, earthquakes, fires, floods etc., that can give rise to disasters is increasing. The view is understa...

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...7 Disaster Risk Reduction 7 Risk 10 Fast and Slow Onset Disasters 11 Resilience 12 Systems Thinking ...

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... HIV/AIDS using FCM, BAM and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps. As in our study and analysis we felt several of the factors related with the psycho, socio, economic problems of these HIV/AIDS patients from rural Tamil Nadu (a southernmost state in India) remain indeterminate apart from the data being an unsupervised one. At the outset, we first emphasize that the study and analy...

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...ey are maximum infected using fuzzy matrices 16 2.2. Analysis of socio economic position of the HIV/AIDS patients using FCM 36 2.3 Combined... ...mbined FCM to study the HIV/AIDS affected migrant labourers’ socio-economic problem 62 2.4 Combined disjoint block FCMs and its applicat... ...d NRM to study the HIV/AIDS Affected Migrant Labourers and their Socio-economic Conditions 5.1 Use of FRM in the study of relation between ... ...M in the study of relation between HIV/AIDS migrants and their socio-economic conditions 194 5.2 Definition of Linked FRMs and its applicat... ...d analysis we felt several of the factors related with the psycho, socio, economic problems of these HIV/AIDS patients from rural Tamil Nadu (a sou... ... On the other hand, involuntary migration might take place due to natural disasters or war and the consequent persecution or in some of the cases be...

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...ties. 231 -- The Shifting Human Scene. 232 -- Political Changes. 233 -- Fundamental Cultural Changes. 235 -- Foreign Impact. 236 -- Epidemics. 237 -- Disasters. 239 -- Dislocations. 240 -- The Changing Face Of Nature. 242 -- The Lands Are Apportioned. 244 -- Sugar. 245 -- The Labour Scene. 246 -- The Economic Scene. 248 -- Turn Of The Century. 249 -- Mid-Century . 250 -- E...

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................................................................... 29 NATURAL DISASTERS .................................................................. ...establish a Communist utopia hinged on a combination of human frailties— the economic selfishness of the masses, the power-mad leaders and the univers... ...d have been much better off. But then by halfway through my trip the Indian economic miracle had increased by tenfold the Indian per capita income. ... ...s are poorer while some of the former third world nations have gained great economic advantages. The keys to both paths have been the approaches each... ...e’s progeny. Laws and customs have to be changed. We need more than natural disasters to cope with the calamity that is already here. But there aren... ...orer countries. “In the 1990’s it began to become evident to the more economically advanced countries of the western world that several factor... ...ntelligent people with high level educations are needed as technology fuels economic globalization. “If Nietzsche were alive today he might ... ...that human history is largely a chronicle of tragedy, with wars and natural disasters killing millions upon millions, people keep thinking that thing... ...ff? Is the ultimate control of population in our mammalian genes?” NATURAL DISASTERS —“Commander, even if we don’t make any adjustments, nature ...

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...ation and health care, so they now had climbed another rung or two up the economic ladder. They now had some exports of food, clothes and toys, and s... ...NG THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS ‖Years ago when I was at Cambridge my economics professor said that the World Bank reported that poverty was dow... ... ‗lies, damn lies and statistics‘! ―Population growth cancels out economic gains unless the economy leaps forward like it did in China. The ... ...the people living in poverty dropped from 58 to 16%. This was the Chinese economic miracle. In this part of the world 400 million people were no lon... ...point, more poor but eager workers should contribute to a labor intensive economic situation where a country benefits from the richer countries outs... ... we suffer. ―In this country, the crisis is compounded by natural disasters that have destroyed wide swaths of farmland. Many Bangladeshis h...

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...s of Hawai‘i and Maui to provide firm power for the entire state. CREATING ECONOMIC STABILITY The Kü‘oko‘a Plan will decrease and stabilize the cost ... ...s of Hawai‘i and Maui to provide firm power for the entire state. CREATING ECONOMIC STABILITY The Kü‘oko‘a Plan will decrease and stabilize the cost ... ...7043 State of Hawai‘i Energy Ofce, Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism CONTACT: energy@dbedt.hawaii.gov 808-5... ...nguished guests and visitors from the member economies of the Asia Pacifc Economic Cooperation (APEC). Hawai‘i is world-renowned for our natural beau... ...leasure to send my warmest aloha to everyone gathered for the Asia Pacifc Economic Cooperation Conference. The name of our island, ‘Oahu, also kn... ...s of active seismic areas prepare their homes to better withstand future disasters. Professor of Ocean Engineering Kwok Fai Chun, perhaps best kno...

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...ERS ................................................................. 127 ECONOMIC CONCERNS WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ............... 128 ... ...CONOMIC CONCERNS WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ............... 128 ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY .......................................................... ...ANCING THE BUDGET—TAXES FOR YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ...................... 152 ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE ......................................................... ...s goal beyond it.‘ Yes, Con.‖ --―I remember taking a graduate class in economics from Dr. Easterlin at USC. He had been researching happiness rel... ...tican‘s rules put the official church at odds with the people‘s more basic economic needs. I was told of a priest who was running shelters for AIDS o... ...s lately. But he listens to prayers, approves of wars, and allows natural disasters. ―How we define the Creator may have more to do with how w... ...fficial position of the Church.‖ ---―So we can see charity, natural disasters, kind acts and warfare as all from God?‖ --―Yes. Wreck, do ... ...lim God in allowing so many deaths to innocent people in wars and natural disasters. They often also may evaluate the lack of mercy among believers i... ... Rain, sun and wind, are certainly considerations. Then there are natural disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes and forest fires. ―Then what ...

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...s in The Open Directory and Suite101. Between 1999-2002, he served as the Economic Advisor to the Government of Macedonia. Visit Sam's Web site at h... ...sal Interface VII. Internet Advertising – What Went Wrong? VIII. The Economics of Spam IX. Don’t Blink – Interview with Jeffrey Harrow X. ... ...onsumers. This is a return to pre-industrial times when artisans ruled the economic scene. Work stability will suffer and work mobility will increase... ...ng and advertising once a product's first mover advantage is established. Economic laws of increasing, rather than diminishing, returns mean that eve... ...ll it be able to support its content creation and distribution operations economically? If the Internet is a budding medium - then we should derive... ...e ancient data files. And, to ameliorate the impact of inevitable natural disasters, accidents, bankruptcies of publishers, and politically motivate...

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...Contrast: East-West (preface) Liu Feng (surname, given name) Dept. of Economic Information, School of Information, Xi'an University of Finance an... ...onomic Information, School of Information, Xi'an University of Finance and Economics 44 Cuihua Nan Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P. R. China 1... ...the nature. This results in the intentionality of everything – intentional economics, intentional politics, intentional manner of education, even int... ...t universally appears in current cognitive, information, system sciences, economics, quantum dynamics, and so on; to reform current sciences, natura... ...versally appearing in current cognitive, information, system sciences, and economics, quantum dynamics, and so on; to reform current sciences, natura... ...h it is God, as if it can prolong lives, solve environmental crises, war, disasters, etc. However this is the fiction of science fiction. Beyond the ... ... We are learning of increasingly more prophecies that speak of upcoming disasters, even of the end of the world. These prophecies also tell us tha... ...ome our way. Buddha Shakyamuni told us that there are three cataclysmic disasters in this world: fire, water, and wind. Fire is caused when we fee... ...jealousy and hatred. Where do floods come from? They come from our greed. Disasters caused by wind are the result of ignorance. If we want to avo...

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...re weak refutations. They apply with equal force to the social "sciences" (e.g., to economics and psychology) and even to more robust fields like bi... ...o more robust fields like biology or medicine. Yet no one disputes the existence of economic behavior or the human psyche. II. Scientific Theories... ...ves, dry coffee sediments contain information about the future, black cats portend disasters, certain dates are propitious, certain numbers are to ... ...i-Semitism - supplanted magic and alchemy. Fantastic beliefs permeate the fields of economics, sociology, and psychology, for instance. The effects ... ... fables. Indeed, one oft-neglected aspect of superstitions is their pernicious economic cost. Irrational action carries a price tag. It is impo... ...mic cost. Irrational action carries a price tag. It is impossible to optimize one's economic activity by making the right decisions and then acting ... ...city to choose Evil is what makes us human. Things are different with natural evil: disasters, diseases, premature death. These have very little to ...

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...rder (NPD), but studies have not demonstrated any ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to it. Co-Morbidity and ... ...buse and violence cross geographical and cultural boundaries and social and economic strata. It is common among the rich and the poor, the well-educ... ...o mean "He" or "She"). We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of grieving. Tra... ...ed become dependent and addicted to him. The vulnerable can be easily and economically manipulated without fear of repercussions. I think that "a ... ...and the USA. Consultant to foreign RND ventures and to Governments on macro-economic matters. Freelance journalist in various media in the United St... ...nsultant to leading businesses in Macedonia, Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic commentator in "Nova Makedonija", "Dnevnik", "Makedonija Denes"...

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...istic Personality Disorder (NPD), but studies did not demonstrate any ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to ... ...itive behaviours and eliminating negative ones. The father also provides emotional support and economic security, thus stabilizing the family unit... ...ck, the criminal, and the mentally- handicapped are denied personal autonomy and are legally and economically dependent on others (or on the authorit... ...ism". People refuse to believe that some questions are unsolvable, some diseases incurable, some disasters inevitable. They see a sign of hope in ev... ...el, Canada, the UK and the USA. Consultant to foreign RND ventures and to governments on macro- economic matters. Freelance journalist and analyst ... ...o 1999 Financial consultant to leading businesses in Macedonia, Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic commentator in "Nova Makedonija", "Dnevnik"...

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...at businesses near various Catholic churches, hoping for God to grant her economic stability and material continuum of sustenance of flesh and even p... ... birth-pangs from capitalist society. Right can never be higher than the economic structure of society and its cultural development that this determ... ...scavenging human using his or her prowess to obtain sizable pieces of the economic pie and new technological devices being invented to get all the cr... ...hat, at the blink of an eye, will annihilate whole populations in natural disasters, allows children to fall prey to predators, and subjects every ma...