Business cycle

1. My initial position on trading simulation was to forecast and capture the trends of the ETF market by focusing on the Macroeconomics such as effect of the Presidential Election, GDP rate and foreign currency fluctuation. According to The Washington Post, the committee judges of The Federal Reserve have strengthened the idea of an increase in the interest rate after the election. Since the Presidential Election was scheduled during the trading simulation, I also expected the interest rate to…

During the 1930s the world was struck by a crippling economic slump due to the crash of the American stock market. The world soon started to call this slump “The Great Depression”. Until 1935 the New Zealand government was a coalition government consisting of the Liberals and Reform Party, later known as The Nationalists, these two very conservative parties thought that they could help New Zealand through the depression by cutting government spending and focusing on the farmers, who they…

The 1930s was a time of difficulty for everyone living in America at the time, both black and white, both young and old. There were many problematic occurings in the 1930s like the Great Depression and racial issues. Both of these problems greatly affected how people lived the 1930s. These events affected lifestyle of every person living in America, these events showed how African Americans were mistreated during this time period, and racial issues created a lack of racial equality The Great…

The Great Depression was a worldwide economic decline that was said to have begun in the fall of 1929. This tragedy was triggered by a sudden crash of the American stock market on October 29th, which is also referred to as Black Tuesday. With numerous places around the world suffering until World War II, Newfoundland was impacted and changed drastically. Many consequences at this time were that the depression contributed to an increased debt problem for the then self-governed country, and…

The Great Depression was a stretch where people were trying to locate an employment, and food to exist another day. People families were broken, and bank accounts gone wrong, and most of all it-helped America get to the top. In the beginning of the Great Depression, there are multiple reasons for the cause, but there is one thing that is certain and it is how it drastically affected communities in America, and how America overcame the depression. The first point is how the depression started,…

In 1929 prices on the stock exchange continued to spiral upward and create an illusion of paradise and riches in the form of paper money. British raised their international interest rate to bring back money to pay American debt off. Foreign investors and others began to dump their investments, and a frenzy of selling of stocks proceeded. The losses were huge. Stockholders had lost 40 billion dollars. By the end of 1930 four million workers were without jobs. If there were jobs at all, the…

Between 1929 to 1939, Canada suffered a Great Depression due to economic problems such as the over-reliance on staple exports, overproduction of wheat, and the collapse of the stock markets. In turn the government slowly responded to the Great Depression by deficit spending and financing a variety of work projects. These courses of action ultimately led to Canada’s revival. One the major causes for Canada’s Great Depression was their over-reliance on staples for exports. In the 1920s, 25%…

The majority of the America population knows that there is a time period in the America history that the economy falls badly, which is known as “The Great Depression”. Although people know, but not many of them can tell what actually cause that and how bad it goes. In fact, the Great Depression is not initiated by one reason, it was touched off by multiple reasons. The resulting effect of Great Depression is unimaginable. People at that time suffered so much during the Great Depression. Asking…

During the ominous day of October 29, 1929, many people had a great darkness looming over them which started in the form of the Stock Market Crash. This date later became known as Black Tuesday. As the stock market continued to deteriorate, around 400 banks shut their doors in the faces of people. According to Document 1, poverty became rampant as the unemployment rate rose to a staggering 20 percent by 1932. Millions of people became homeless and many were forced to reside in Hoovervilles,…

A Film Review of Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) and Neoliberal Subjectivity This film review will define the underlying premise of Foucault’s definition of “neoliberal subjectivity” in Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000). In Korean culture, the effects of the job market have an important effect on the main character, Ko Yun-ju (Lee Sung-jae). Ko is an unemployed professor that seeks to control noise pollution in his neighborhood by abusing and kidnapping the neighbor’s dogs. The neo-liberal aspects…