Economy

Is there a better quality of life in Johannesburg or Cape Town? Aim: My aim is to determine which city, Johannesburg or Cape Town, has the best quality of life using income in both cities, life expectancies in South Africa as a whole, literacy levels, crime and leisure’s in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. Review of literature What is the quality of life? Quality of Life is the well being of individuals and societies. It has a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international…

Demographic transition is a demographic phenomenon that is characterized by changes in the population indicator of fertility and mortality from a high numbers towards a stable lower numbers. This phenomenon in the study of development is one of the alternative points of view to explain the development process, in addition to any other point of view that tends to emphasize the economic aspects, such as capitalism, industrialization, and the theory of modernity as the center of development process…

Aswatha Raghunathasami Professor M.Elango Dissertation November 2009 CONSUMERISM IN ARCHITECTURE 1. Background of the research The globalised modern society is on an economic drive altering the expression of several aspects attached to it. After the Industrial Revolution, mass production of goods resulted in the supply largely exceeding the demand. As a result, producers turned to advertising for selling their surplus supplies and encouraged conspicuous consumption of their unwanted goods…

After 1945, many Americans moved and shifted due to the changes in the economy. An average of 30 million people change residence every year, which but strains and distance between family and friends. Changing residence and moving caused many psychological problems like isolation and loneliness. However, many Americans migrated in search of jobs, better climate and lower taxes. Some Americans moved to different states, while others moved to the suburbs. After World War II, the new frontier…

Liberalism is the International Relations (IR) theory best reflected in the 2015 NSS. One key tenant of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy formulation is global economic prosperity and independence. American economic prosperity and interdependence with other state actors are critical drivers of global leadership, reflecting fundamental United States (U.S.) interests and values, and accentuates economic exchange with allies.1 (Walt, p.2) The stratagem recognizes a critical need for global…

polices that protect the worker. Labor flexibility has created a system of low wage labor that relies heavily on part-time contracts on an annual basis. Major transnational corporations, such as McDonald’s, epitomize the development of the South Korean economy in the neoliberal model, which has crated a predominantly part-time workforce without a living wage. In my won working experience, McDonald’s has offered low wages for all levels of the franchise, which exposes the massive levels of wage…

MARITIME PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY The importance of the oceans and seas are essential to running a trade that can bring improvement economy of a country, for trade in goods globally and maritime transport activities. International trade has been increasing the number of negative impact of the increase in the exposure and vulnerability of international shipping. These problems have caused a potential target for piracy, armed robbery and other crimes (Rodrigue, 2013 as cited in United Nation,…

their types. Most of the hotel provides luxury amenities, serviced accommodation with restaurants. Boutique hotels are smaller and independent hotel that provides all such facilities. Small hotels provides a limited amount of necessary amenities. Economy hotels are also small and medium sized hotels that provide basic accommodation facilities with little or no services. Extended stay hotels are medium sized hotels that provide long term full service facilities and accommodation compared to other…

Tourism is really important for each country, this industry bring huge sum of money to the national economy. And usually local people support tourism because it provides very big income for them, but after some time line is crossed and locals start notice a lot of negative points. In this part we will talk about different types of consequences of mass tourism. As everything in our life, mass tourism has positive and negative points. First of all, as we already noticed, mass tourism provides huge…

The Title of the Article is “The Myth of Natural Monopoly” by Thomas J. DiLorenzo. According to Mr. DiLorenzo that Public Utilities are Governmental Franchise Monopolies because they are thought to be Natural Monopolies. When production technology that is high fixed cost, causes long-run average total costs to decline as output expands. Natural Monopoly is mostly run by the government, which is single provider of services or products in the community. In terms of prices it has low cost. It is…