Economic history

credits the Eurasian political, military, and economic superiority in the world not to their possible advancements in culture, intellect, or race, but rather by simply having geographic determinism on their side. Through analysis, Jared Diamond attempts to give the one reason explanation as to why all of the world's history unfolded the way it did. This explanation is flawed for the reason that it disregards other factors that have influenced human history. Diamond's supposition is that…

Thriving Educational Dollars: The Arts and Humanities is Powerful In Max Rebarb’s book, “Wasted Educational Dollars” New Perspectives on Education and Economic Benefit Rebarb argues, “the arts and humanities is useless.” He also states that faculties in post-secondary buildings should be removed because of them being “useless.” Rebarb’s opinion is flawed though, and one that’s inconsistent. The arts and humanities offer creativity in children for the future, historical events to review from…

Having financial access and understanding financial services and which to choose from are extremely important for economic success. Unfortunately, financial literacy and access to these services are a major concern for immigrants in the United States. Many families immigrate in search of economic security and financial opportunities, but are the necessary steps being taken to provide this key component to achieving the “American Dream” to immigrants and their families? Access to financial…

Throughout history since the birth of Civilizations such as Egypt or the Roman empire, economics has played a vital role in assessing the strength and global dominance of a Nation over its adversaries. The components which make up a nation’s economy vary from one another as certain countries are geographically located to resources which make for a better economic source as well as the strength of a countries coastal structure. America a relatively new nation in the perspective of civilizations…

Structure and Change in Economic History through an examination of North’s theoretical propositions and an analysis of his application of these theoretical foundations to various historical periods of rapid economic transformation. Specifically, the first section will pull out North’s primary theoretical assertions and assess their merits relative to their primary theoretical rivals. The second section will examine two of North’s attempts to apply his theory of economic change to empirical…

1:6.2. National Scenario Tiwari in his book- “Tourism and Socio-Economic Development” greatly emphasised the importance of domestic tourist in economic development of the state. No doubt, tourism is fast becoming global with an eye on quality. For instance the number of domestic tourists visiting Orissa in the year 1980 was 19,293 but increased sharply to 13,24,025 in2000, fuelling economic growth and development (Tiwari,2004). Today in India Tourism is the largest service industry with a…

Section 3 Marx’s general theory of capital 3.1 Alienation. Define Marx’s conception of alienation. Describe the tendencies within the capitalist mode of production that contribute to an increase in alienation (5 points). 1) Marx’s alienation: people who lack power in society will correspondingly lack of understanding the relationship between individuals and society/social structure. 2) Tendencies: (1) In the capitalist mode of production, although productive power of workers has increased, the…

knowledge economy times, due to the adoption of new technology, the labor productivity is improved, the labor cost is reduced. The use of new materials and new energy, the production cost is reduced, too. As a result, the phenomenon of economic appeared that the economic growth and price are not synchronized. The prosperity of virtual economy weakens the interactive relationship between money supply and inflation. Friedman argues that "inflation in any conditions of time and space is a monetary…

From financial expenses to the loss of rich history, it comes to great cost to separate and become an independent country. On the other hand, becoming an independent country can allow its people to have a powerful say in the politics, rather than being alienated when one should rightly be involved in the politics governing one’s province. However, considering both issues, Canada should not separate because it is a country that functions by depending on the advantages and differences each…

I don't think that everyone in the world should speak English. In other county why would they need English? Not all of mexico need to speak English, yes there is part that do need it and other parts that do not. Places that have resorts and have lots of tourism should know English. Also speaking English will open up the world to you in nearly any field of employment. Because it’s so important to be bilingual, any company in any country of the world prefers a bilingual employee and even more…